Valentine’s Day

Sweet & Salty Valentine Cookie Bars.

Adapted from Guittard Super Cookie Chip Cookie Recipe. Ingredients: 1 cup of all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup of butter, softened 5 tablespoons granulated sugar 5 tablespoons of light brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 10 ounces of Guittard Super Cookie Chips 1/2 cup of pretzel pieces, salted … Continue Reading »

White Wine Braised Chicken with Thyme.

Braising meat, if you’ve never done it, is so easy and such a flavorful way of cooking a typically low cost meat (red) but I opted to use some chicken for this recipe.  It’s flexible, work with what you have on hand.  You can braise this on the stovetop or in the oven, like I … Continue Reading »

Oat Chobani PB2 Cookies. {no flour & gluten free}

  I had an old recipe that I wrote down on a notepad – totally random that I discovered it and I thought I would tweak it and mess around with the ingredients and see what would happened.  I made the batter two days ago and refrigerated it, only because the dough was really loose, … Continue Reading »

Raspberry Apricot Oat Bars.

    I’ve been very lucky to receive several new cookbooks for birthday and Christmas gifts. I love the inspiration and trying out new recipes, after all, who doesn’t?!  I found this recipe in Giada’s latest cookbook and made it healthier and protein-packed thanks to my go-to Chobani yogurt. These bars are cooling right now … Continue Reading »

Pumpkin Maple Granola with Cranberries.

I recently received several great cookbook for my birthday and Christmas and I started to tear into them last night.  I discovered this recipe and tweaked it and made it my own to suit my family.  They loved it and I loved making it.  Super easy and extremely flavorful. *Adapted from The Sprouted Kitchen Ingredients: … Continue Reading »

Broiled lobster.

My husband prepared broiled lobsters for dinner tonight and with several requests… I promised to post the recipe. First, line with foil your broiler pan.  Set aside.  Take your thawed lobster tails and cut the shell (with sharp scissors) and pull the lobster meat gently out and rest it on the shell as seen above … Continue Reading »

Cookie Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. {addictive}

  My daughters fell in love with Trader Joe’s cookie butter.  Admittedly, it is quite good.  We’re hosting a football party tonight and I thought I would whip up some chocolate chip cookies and thought I HAD to use some as we just stocked up big time at Trader Joe’s.  These cookies are super light … Continue Reading »

Lemon Almond Biscotti.

My favorite cookie is the biscotti – hands down!  They are so versatile and I love trying out old recipes and new.  In the coming weeks I will be sharing my favorite recipes with you.  I hope you give some of these a try, especially with the cookie baking holidays upon us. *Adapted from Giada … Continue Reading »

Eggnog Pull Apart Cinnamon Rolls.

I’ve been thinking (and panicking) a lot about Christmas.  I swear it was just October and next week is Thanksgiving already?!  I’ve been concocting some recipes in my head and gave this one a whirl last night – thinking it would make Monday morning that much more special.  It did!  I love this recipe and … Continue Reading »

Chocolate chunk blondies.

While my kitchen is under mass destruction, ummm I mean construction, my sweet best friend Leslie has opened up her kitchen to me so that I can keep cooking and blogging this week.  She is the BEST!  Coincidentally, we both got Ina Garten’s new cookbook Foolproof so we decided to work our way through it … Continue Reading »