Baked Eggs

When you are cooking for company and easy is the name of the game, this recipe kicks it.  Some of my family came into town for a few days and I wanted something easy for Thanksgiving breakfast.  Easy was NEEDED because right after breakfast, the dessert making commenced for the large Thanksgiving dinner that we…

Bolognese with Polenta

Here it comes ladies and gentleman…another time consuming, but absolutely delicious-I’m-going-back-for-seconds-and-maybe-thirds kind of dinner!   For my birthday, the wonderful man who is sleeping next to me and his daughter gave me a cookbook.  I had seen the chef before, primarily as a judge on the Iron Chef, but wasn’t familiar with her as a cook….

The Day After Holiday Leftovers

After a big family holiday meal and making sure the family and guests are all fed, well, at least with this family, there is enough food for leftovers.  After all of the cooking, all of the laughter, all of the eating…this year, it seemed a little boring to just reheat the leftovers and eat.  Plus,…

Lemon Cut Out Cookies with Royal Icing

My mom starting something last fall which I believe/hope may become a tradition between the households.  When she came to visit, she brought treats in a large Tupperware container.  The next time she came to visit, I tried giving that container (emptied of goodies and washed) back to her, but she would not accept.  She…

JoAnn’s Peanut Blossoms

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without some cookies and every year there were two cookies that would be have more than one or two batches made throughout the season.  JoAnn’s Peanut Blossoms and Poppy Seed Cookies.  Both simple and with a chocolate star and both somewhat addictive.  Look out tummy ache…here we come. JoAnn’s Peanut Blossoms…