Sweets

Okay, I know it’s January and you’re probably sick of holiday candy… At least, I thought I was until Dustin brought up peppermint bark. Making your own bark candy, like toffee, is super, super easy. Let’s look at the ingredients, shall we? Dark chocolate.  White Chocolate.  Crushed Peppermint. I mean, c’mon, right? Plus, this peppermint [...]

I said in my recent post on How To Make Pumpkin Puree that I’d share my Pumpkin Spice Muffin recipe, so here it is! Especially this time of year, I love a good pumpkin muffin. For me, there’s something very special about the combination of pumpkin, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.  (Um…and a latte at [...]

A little bit ago, I was contacted by Hannah at Fat Toad Farm in Vermont regarding her family’s prized caramel made from goat’s milk. Hannah explained their rich and creamy caramel is made right there on the farm with milk from their own herd of dairy goats.   How cool is that?   She offered [...]

It really amuses me just how easy some things are. Well…once I realize how easy they are, that is. For some reason, I’ve always thought making crepes would be super difficult. But, then I started looking into their ingredients. How could something be difficult that was made up of such simple ingredients? If you’re anything [...]

Today’s lesson: When life gives you apples, make Cinnamon Apples! As part of my Personal Chef business, I also offer cooking demos for local businesses.  Last weekend, I baked my Soft Ginger Cookies for a Fall Fair at Falcon Pointe in one of their model homes.   While I was there, I met a friendly [...]

Every once in a while, I meet an impasse with choosing new recipes to share on this blog. When this happens, I search and search for what to make next. I look through my food magazines.  My cookbooks.  Other food blogs.  On dishfolio.  Anywhere and Everywhere. Ugh. I pester Dustin to think of something and, [...]

I know I’m a bit late to post this Creamy Peanut Butter Pie for Mikey, as Jennie requested they be made a couple Fridays ago. But, I figured better late than never. And I imagine Jennie would agree. If you missed my BLT with Chipotle Mayo post, you probably have no idea what I’m talking [...]

Okay.  I’m in love with popsicles. And, well, chocolate, too for that matter. Put them together and I’m a happy camper. But — wait — these are *gasp* healthy chocolate popsicles?!? Awesome. Growing up, I absolutely loved fudgsicles.  Like — if we had a box of 6 or 7 of them, they wouldn’t be safe [...]

I wanted to share a sorbet recipe with you that has seen many changes and variations in our home over the last few years. It started as a lemon sorbet.  Then I added whole blueberries.  Then I removed the granulated sugar and used honey.  Then I blended it. With each new variation, it gets better [...]

You know how they say there’s only one true love for each of us out there? Well, I feel that way about apricot trees. Yep.  I said apricot trees. Let me explain… You see, I grew up on a 60-acre ranch in a small town.  On that ranch, there was this apricot tree. Now, this [...]