My blog-ff calliespondence recently brought home baby sister and, like so many did for me after growing our family, I headed right over, using a hot meal as a fantastic excuse to get my hands on gorgeous little Rinne. (ahhhh…I just adore that name!) My new baby meals on wheels rules are as follows: 1) all… Read More
Given my current obsession with Pinkberry’s salted caramel frozen yogurt, coupled with the ever so unfortunate fact that they have replaced it with peanut butter, I surprise even myself that this ice cream sat untried in my book of clipped recipes for seventeen months. It all nearly came to fruition at a thrown together cookout… Read More
We looooove us some pizza around these parts. Last week while snacking on some Trader Joe’s eggplant curry (mmmmmm…) and garlic naan, I had the bright idea to turn the naan into mini personal pizzas! So a few days and one four pack of garlic naan later, we dined on perfectly portioned pizzas loaded up… Read More
With Mother in town and Sister, her Mister and baby Bird over, we kicked off our last weekend before the advent of school with a delicious family summer supper on the deck. I tried new recipes and have deemed them all keepers! Bacon Pimento Cheese Burgers For the patties, combine 1 1b. ground chuck, 1… Read More
The PCP helped me whip up a batch of red and blue flavored popcorn for our Fourth of July sweets and treats table. It was easy, festive and pretty delish to boot. Using the recipe below, we mixed up one batch of red (cherry) and one batch of blue (berry). Party Popcorn 8 cups… Read More
With a fridge full of blackberries after our berry pickin’ excursion, we pulled out the cookbooks and scoured the internet for delish ways to put them to use. It’s been a blackberrypalooza around these parts this week! Blackberry Vinaigrette 1 c blackberries 1 small shallot, chopped 1 t white balsamic vinegar 1 t honey 1/8… Read More
After three hours worth of happy hour last Friday night I adventurously set out to bake, from scratch might I add, a honey almond pound cake for bestie S’s baby shower. So, after I’m-not-sure how many pool-side spirits, I peeled the cover off of my brand spanking new Williams-Sonoma Honeycomb Cake Pan, bought specifically for this… Read More