Category Archives: Food

To ring in the New Year, we made mini donuts this morning for breakfast – they came out so cute! You need a mini donut maker for this recipe. Basic Donut Batter Recipe (makes 5 to 8 mini donuts) from Sunbeam Donuts 3/4C flour 1/4C sugar 3/4 Tsp baking powder 4 1/2 Tbs melted butterContinue reading “Happy New Year – mini donuts”

My husband got me a pasta maker for Christmas and I’ve been dying to try it out since the moment I unwrapped the box Christmas morning. The first thing we made was fresh fettuccine. Recipe for 1/2lb of pasta: 2 eggs 1 3/4C Unbleached flour Water Mix flour and eggs with a flat paddle inContinue reading “Fresh Pasta”

These muffins are so delicious and were just the perfect treat to eat before we opened gifts on Christmas Morning. The center layer of streusel combined with the moist cake make them scrumptious! Coffee Cake Muffins from Martha Stewart Living Streusel Topping 1C packed dark-brown sugar 1C all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled) 1/2 Tsp saltContinue reading “Christmas Morning Coffee Cake Muffins”

Cioppino is a delicious tomato-based fish stew originating in San Francisco and I just LOVE it. I’m sharing Giada De Laurentiis’ recipe with you because it’s quick, easy, and one of the most delicious homemade versions we’ve made. I half this recipe and it’s still a lot of soup! Note: Cioppino recipes call for aContinue reading “Cioppino”

I was shopping at Crate & Barrel recently and came across this adorable cupcake cookie cutter, I obviously couldn’t leave the store without it. Well, this weekend I made a batch of Holiday Gingerbread Cookies with the cupcake cookie cutter. To make them more resemble a cupcake, I decided to use a thin wooden skewer toContinue reading “Cute Cupcake Christmas Cookies”

We made one last fall recipe the other day before we dive into WINTER! We made Beef and Butternut Squash Stew with popovers made from scratch. The popovers are SO easy to make and always turn out looking very impressive. Beef and Butternut Squash Stew from Giada De Laurentiis 3 Tb olive oil 1 onion,Continue reading “One Last Fall Recipe”

We decided this year to do a non-pie dessert for Thanksgiving. I saw an episode of Giada at Home on the Food Network and thought the cake she made look delicious!! Not only did we eat it for dessert on Thanksgiving, but we ate it as a sweet tasty breakfast throughout the long holiday weekend.Continue reading “Turkey Day Dessert”

We made our favorite fall meal for dinner this weekend – pumpkin lasagna! It’s a very rich lasagna of pumpkin, sage, prosciutto, and creamy bechamel sauce. It’s best served with just a small side salad and a little crusty bread. We usually halve the recipe, then assemble in 2 bread pans, then eat one andContinue reading “Pumpkin Lasagna”

I make a giant batch of tomato sauce every six months or so to freeze, defrost, and use as needed. Well, this afternoon was sauce day so I thought I would share the recipe we have adapted just a bit and made our own. Perfect Tomato Sauce from Food & Wine, 2008 Annual Cookbook 1CContinue reading “Homemade Marinara”