Recipes

The passing of beloved Aunt B was the final excuse I needed to bake chocolate cookies. Well, I never need much of an excuse to make something chocolate. Let me rephrase. It was the final excuse I needed to make the family recipe. Oh, hooray for f..

I learned a lesson from this cheesecake. If I keep a few items on hand, I can always have a quick and easy dessert, no matter how unprepared I feel. Having just a little foresight can save you a ton of worry and stress...

Truth be told, this particular beverage isn't adult in the afternoon-cocktail-no-kids-allowed sense, but more in the kids-prefer-grape-soda-to-grapefruit-soda sense...

It was a brilliant idea, but an utter disaster. The cookies are still glued to my favorite baking sheet. Talk about embarrassing. I reworked the recipe a couple different ways until I found a combination that I was happy with...

I mean, sometimes a girl just has to cheat a little to stay sane. Sometimes she hides the dirty dishes in the oven. And sometimes she makes three-ingredient cookies...

This batch of cream cheese mints caused me to exercise a vast amount of self control. I was self-controlling right and left so I could share these little goodies with my friends, who were obviously impressed...

I actually love this recipe, because it's super easy. You start with a boxed white cake mix, and then you improve on it by adding your own concoction of creamy milk fats...

The cash diet forced me to part with my beloved chocolate muffins, but I figured there was no reason on earth I couldn't recreate them with ingredients I already had on hand at home. Happy Dessert-Breakfast to me...

Stuffed mushrooms are one of my favorite appetizers. Since I kind of love appetizer recipes, I decided to remake this old classic with a new twist...

Meanwhile, I think Valentines Day is a really fun opportunity to celebrate love in the family, and focus on the kids. We'll have a quiet dinner, give little Valentine gifts to the kids, and eat chocolate for dessert...