Today felt like fall. It was the very first morning that I could feel that teensy bit of crispness in the morning air. The sky was insanely, deeply, perfectly blue. And there was not a cloud in it. Still warm enough outside to wear a tank top and my old faithful Rainbow flip flops, but cool enough …
Learn how to make this Easy French Bread Recipe with step by step photo instructions! I am a bread eater. I can distinctly remember craving the biscuits more than the bacon when breakfast was served while visiting my grandparents as a kid. I would opt for an extra dinner roll – the plain old brown …
It’s Labor Day! Let’s not work. My little boys are still sleeping and I’m curled up on my sofa, bare feet tucked beneath me, coffee in one hand, typing with the other. Chad tried to work this morning. He got out of bed, donned that familiar uniform, laced up his work boots, and headed out the door. …
So I mentioned it a little bit last week, but I thought I’d take just a minute to talk about how much I really like to smash things into butter. Blueberries, strawberries, GARLIC!, and this week basil. I have the fondest little girl memories of my dad and I sharing a big basket of hot popovers …
The Best Big Fat Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies! If you are craving chocolate chip cookies with the perfect crackled top, soft insides, and loads of chocolate chips, this recipe is IT!! Do you want to eat one of these cookies? I do. IN FACT, I would eat this entire plate full of cookies right now if …
There are some things I never, ever get tired of. morning coffee. getting magazines in the mailbox. finding a mix CD in the car that I haven’t listened to in ages and the anticipation that goes with figuring out what’s on it. spicy chicken. I know it’s only been a couple of days since I unleashed …
A simple summery tart filled with fresh blueberries, honey, and butter. This Rustic Blueberry Tart has a cornmeal crust that comes together quickly and simply. You could also use your choice of berries and fruit! This blueberry tart is like one last hoo-rah before the summer ends. Starting tomorrow I will be immersed in apple …
I should probably warn you ahead of time that this post may not be for the faint of heart. Sometime earlier this summer my sweetheart developed a passion for insanely hot peppers.
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Or lemon cake. Or lemony blueberry muffins. The last week has yielded, for me, a metaphorical 5-gallon bucket of lemons. In order to maintain a level of relative calm in this sour hurricane of a storm, I have adapted a few practices that have made it bearable; things I …
As I perch here writing about ice cream sandwiches, WISHING I had one of these fabulous minty chocolatey grasshopper ice cream thingamabobs in my posession to stick up my fingers while I one-handedly type, Chad is sleeping. Okay, he’s not just sleeping. He is hibernating. He is sprawled out, face down across the bed with …