This recipe began last week when we were having a friend over for dinner. I had my hands full in the kitchen and was searching for a quick dessert that I could throw together with little effort.  As I paged through the Pioneer Woman Cookbook, I came across her cobbler recipe that consisted of a [...]

We’ve been eating a lot of salads lately because our CSA has been providing us with lots of greens and giant heads of lettuce.  I don’t mind eating salads for dinner, but I need something to go with them – bread, muffins, quesadillas, etc. So, this week when salad night rolled around, I decided to [...]

I have to admit that I am addicted to gorgonzola cheese right now. It’s a bit of a change for me because I’ve never been much of a fan of blue cheeses, but I just can’t get enough of it. I’ve posted a few recipes using it, and I’ve also been adding it to a [...]

I still haven’t gotten over my muffins for breakfast mood… So last week I decided to use up the overly ripe bananas on the counter to make some banana muffins. When I started mixing up the batter, I intended to make my standard whole wheat banana bread based on a recipe from my mom. But, [...]

I go through breakfast stages. For a few weeks, I’ll be really into smoothies or yogurt or cereal, and then I get bored and move onto something else. Lately I’ve been in a muffin mood. I can’t really afford to have sugar-loaded cupcakes disguised as breakfast food every day for breakfast, though… Not if I [...]

Every year, I get excited to see the first rhubarb at the farmer’s market… And, I have to have it. I always buy a giant bunch with great hopes and dreams for it. Then, it sits in my fridge. Part of my problem with rhubarb is that I LOVE it, and my husband HATES it. [...]

Last week, I was craving cinnamon rolls. I saw a few Easter blog posts about cinnamon rolls, and they were driving me absolutely crazy. So, when the weekend rolled around, I just had to make some cinnamon rolls for Saturday morning’s breakfast. I know that I have made cinnamon rolls before… So, you might be [...]

If you read my piece on baking with butter over at In Jennie’s Kitchen a few months ago, you already know that I am a big fan of Michael Ruhlman’s book Ratio.  It has definitely freed me from always being tied to a recipe or cookbook.  That’s not to say that I never follow a [...]

Everyone loves blueberry pancakes, right? At first bite, these pancakes will satisfy any blueberry pancake craving. But, then you hit a little pocket of warm, creamy ricotta cheese with a hint of honey and orange, and you know that these are not your ordinary blueberry pancakes! For the past few days, I have been dreaming [...]

My hubby has been asking for some of my banana chip muffins for breakfast lately.  So, I dug out some of the ripe bananas that I have stashed (or should I say stockpiled) in the freezer with full intentions of making some muffins.  When I got started, though, I realized that I wasn’t really in [...]