Category Archives: Baking

what we’re eating

Anyone surprised that this is another pinterest recipe? I had been looking for an excuse to make a 5 pound chocolate bundt cake because well, I don’t know that it’s a good idea to have so much chocolate sitting in your house staring at you. But it is a good idea to bring 5 pounds [...]

put these in your mouth

Pinterest to my food inspiration once more! Fried goat cheese found here. I tossed the herb garden salad mix with some pomegranate vinaigrette, tossed in some fresh strawberries and toasted pecans. Quite the delicious lunch. And beautiful too! And sometimes I just don’t want to make a cake from scratch. And so I don’t. I doctor [...]

recent eats

Holy moly, I have cooked some good things recently and have not been sharing them with you guys! Instead of writing up too many food posts, I decided to just dump them all here into one post. You guys don’t mind, right? Let’s get started. Back in July, I made some Beef Empanadas for a friend’s birthday [...]

Homemade English Muffins

You might be asking, “who is crazy enough to make their own English muffins?” Yeah. That’s me. I saw this recipe awhile back and I knew I was going to make it. I love English muffins – I eat them for breakfast and as snacks. I mean, you can put nutella on them. Perfect snack, [...]

challah bread

Who doesn’t like challah bread? It’s eggy, a little sweet and beautiful to look at. It’s the perfect vehicle for nutella, French toast, or just a little bit of butter. I know, I know, some of you guys are afraid of making bread. It seems like such a long process and so many things can [...]

Basic Dinner Rolls

I love bread. It’s one of my guiltiest pleasures in life. I often find myself eating a couple rolls before dinner, several with dinner and maybe sneaking a couple more after dinner. I’ve shown you guys a great French bread recipe and even a couple recipes for rolls, but this one just wins it all. [...]

Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Still cleaning out my pantry. . . although I guess it was more cleaning out my freezer for this recipe. So many frozen bananas! Are you guys starting to figure out why I needed to spend some time cleaning out my pantry? I stock up on things and then I don’t have anymore room to [...]