Cheesecake Anyone?
This week for Sunday Company Dinner it was lasagna night. I whipped up a standard lasagna, planned for a salad and garlic bread, but needed a dessert. What could be better with...
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As Promised- Orange cake
I did go with the recipe posted below. Essentially, yes, it is a doctored cake mix. The only problem I had with making it is that there was no such thing as...
Winning The Battle
I promise- I will get to that orange cake today, and if I don’t get around to posting it today- it will be posted tomorrow. But today a comment in my Lunch...
Orange cake?
I will be back later today. I have it in my head that I want to bake an orange cake. Is there such a thing? I guess I’ll find out… Update: here’s...
Lunch Lady Land
I think I am not going to win the lunch battle. 🙂 It may be too soon to say for sure, but when Abigail comes home on the fifth day of school...
Eight Years Today!
Andy and I have been married for eight years as of today. That’s a little bit of time! That also means that we’ve been together for just over nine years of our...
Crispy Fish From the Oven
Last week Andy requested fish and chips for dinner one night. When he suggested it, of course it immediately sounded good, but that meant deep fat frying, and I just wasn’t in...
Weekend Extra: Earth Friendly Products
Recently I questioned the fine folks on the Cooking Light Bulletin Boards about their dish soap. For the life of me, I have pots, pans, and spatulas that retain soap flavor, and...
An After School Snack
By the time Abigail gets home from school every day she’s a starvin’ marvin. Lucky for me, she’s always been a fan of “healthy snacking.” Her favorite snacks are a piece of...
Simple Braised Chicken
Today’s recipe is almost on the line of the ridiculous as far as how easy it is. Literally, you drop ingredients into the pan. It could be considered difficult, if like me,...
The Best Carrot Cake So Far…
And it should be no surprise to anyone who has cooked from her book that this cake comes from the Queen of Deliciousness- Dorie Greenspan. When I realized that we were going...
The First Day of School!
Well, she’s there. Day one of second grade has begun. Long time readers will remember that last year Abigail was in a class with no one she knew from kindergarten- so she...