Lemon Bars

Hubby loves lemon bars. Honestly I don’t like them at all. I’m just not a huge fan of lemon although I recently fell in love with this Lemon Yogurt Cake. I couldn’t stop eating it! The concept of lemon bars sounds fabulous – that buttery shortbread type crust with gooey lemony filling (if you like [...]

Berries with Vanilla Sugar

Sometimes its just this simple…dice up some fresh fruit and top off with some vanilla sugar. Soooo good!! Obviously it’d be healthier to eat the fruit plain, but I love the little bit of crunch you get from the sugar and that wonderful vanilla-y sweetness! Even better when the berries are chilled before you add [...]

Lemon Yogurt Cake

Lemon Yogurt Cake. Honestly, its something I skipped right past when I got my Barefoot Contessa at Home cookbook years ago. I’m just not that into citrus desserts. Hubby loves them though and as I bake more goodies for him, my fondness of all things citrus is growing. This was definitely a lemon cake but [...]

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I’m growing more and more fond of the peanut butter and chocolate combo. I used to hate it. And generally speaking I still don’t LOVE it like so many people do but I have come to appreciate the complimentary flavors. Some day when I really love the combination, I want to try BakingBlonde’s recipe which [...]

Key Lime Meltaways

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I contemplated making something special for St. Patrick’s day this year… Guinness Cake or something of the sort but decided I’d contribute a little green to St. Patty’s day by making something with the key limes sitting in our kitchen instead. Hubby loves key limes and I always tell [...]

Foodbuzz 24,24,24: A Night of Texas Hold ‘Em

We love entertaining and don’t do it as much as we should but we’re working on it! One of the things we’ve been trying to stick to over the last 8-9 months is having a regularly scheduled game night. We’ve had 3 or 4 to date and they’re always a hit. The thing we haven’t [...]