With the a fresh new year to celebrate, I know a lot of people are doing their best to get back to a routine, and particularly to get back to good family dinners after the treat-filled holiday season. Today I’m going to share recipe ideas, specifically dinner recipes, that readers have shared are a hit… Read Post
Happy New Year! We always love taking a couple weeks off at the end of each year (and start of the next). Kate and I love having the time off to spend with our families, and I always come back around this time feeling refreshed and renewed with lots of great ideas to share with… Read Post
This party sub is one of my favorite easy dinners as well as a great way to feed a crowd! You could even fake a 6′ sub by cutting off the ends of the french bread and assembling several of these onto one long sandwich board. Because it’s so simple, be sure and use the… Read Post
Apparently I’m on an orange-cranberry kick (if you missed my scones from Monday, be sure and check them out!) But it’s Christmas, which means ’tis the season for many things, orange-cranberry included. And this Honey Cranberry Orange Baked Brie is definitely worth it. I love baked brie because it is so elegant and also so easy. The tartness… Read Post
We are now entering what I like to call hell week. The last week of school before Christmas. Every child I know is currently insane. Every parent I know is pushed to their limit. Teachers can’t wait for school to get out. I’m wondering how much stuff can arrive from Amazon in the next few… Read Post
Creme Brûlée. It actually amazes me that after nearly 11 years of blogging we don’t have a recipe for creme brûlée posted?? It’s one of my favorite fancy desserts to make because despite the high-brow reputation, creme brûlée is deceptively simple to make. One of my favorite tricks for holiday baking is to make candy… Read Post
Ah, the small-batch cookie. You’re craving a warm, chewy-soft cookie but not enough to spend an hour making a big batch and then rotating pans through the oven and getting full and sick from eating cookie dough about half-way through. So many of you have fallen in love with these Small Batch Cookies, which are… Read Post
So I guess this is not super-last-minute, especially for people like me who are nowhere near done with their Christmas shopping. But close to last-minute. I’ve rounded up some of my very most favorite things this holiday season and I hope they’ll help you fill some holes in your Christmas lists! 1. Ingrid Michaelson Songs… Read Post
So I had my oldest child relatively young (I realize that now–at the time, I felt like a senior citizen) when I was 24. For most of his life, I have felt like a pretty young mom, mostly in touch, kinda-cool-but-not-in-an-Amy-Poehler-in-Mean-Girls kind of way. Until recently. not a cool mom. just a regular mom. Now… Read Post
I consider myself to be a pretty good artist. My education and former profession is in the design field and I’m pretty good at craft stuff. I also think I’m a decent cook, so I figured with those two things going for me, decorating fancy sugar cookies would be right up my alley. Imagine my… Read Post
Chocolate bark is one of our favorite holiday treats because it’s so easy to make and perfect for gifting (or snacking!) . We recently hosted a holiday contest with AMERICAN HERITAGE ® Chocolate to find the best toppings for gourmet chocolate bark and boy did you guys come through! You submitted hundreds of fantastic ideas and we… Read Post
