Blueberry Pecan Brownies

This is an experiment gone awesome. Not gone wrong, I repeat, gone awesome. Grammar? At the moment, who cares. The point here is that experimentation doesn’t always lead to disaster. Instead it can produce something rich, fudgy and delightfully fruity.
Ingredients
Recipe adapted from Simply Recipes
brownie
10 T. unsalted butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons [...]

Read Full Post »

Mushroom and Stilton Galette

So the galette wasn’t quite round or perfectly pleated, but the result was divine. If you like strong cheese and lots of varied mushrooms, start making the dough now. The dough takes the longest since it needs an hour in the freezer and an hour in the fridge. But don’t worry, you can use that [...]

Read Full Post »

Blueberry Key Lime Cheesecake

This is a winner y’all. Go save, bookmark, write down this recipe, anything to ensure you will make this sooner than later. The key lime kick is just right and the blueberries make anything taste delicious.
Ingredients
Recipe courtesy of Woman’s Day
crust
1 heaping cup vanilla wafer cookies
1 T. unsalted butter
cheesecake
3-8 oz packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 [...]

Read Full Post »

Potato Artichoke Gratin

What’s for dinner tonight in your house? Something savory? A big salad? No matter what you plan on making, be sure to serve this along side it (I served it with orange chicken — a perfect combo!). It makes plenty, tastes delicious and leaves plenty for tomorrow’s leftover night.
PHOTO: Yes, usually a photo goes [...]

Read Full Post »

Moussaka

Moussaka is a fun word to say. It’s also a delicious dinner to eat. Imagine a Greek-style lasagna with eggplant instead of noodles and different spices. The eggplant may have been sliced a little too thin because when we ate it, it felt as if we were forking a delicious mush of food into our [...]

Read Full Post »

Cooking for a Cause

Hi! Today I have no recipe for you, although I do have a message: tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, chef Michael Cimarusti is competing on Bravo’s Top Chef Master’s.
Now this program usually has chef’s compete for their own personal glory, but tonight only the chef’s are also competing to raise money for the charity [...]

Read Full Post »

Cherry Yogurt Pound Cake

They don’t call it a pound cake for nothing, but don’t worry about the amount of butter while you’re eating it, just focus on that when you’re at the gym next time. With cherries still in season we might as well enjoy them as much as we can before we move to baked goods with [...]

Read Full Post »

Best Blackberry Muffins

HAPPY BIRTHDAY…To Me!!!
This is the update I promised from ‘Best Blueberry Muffins‘ where I seemed to have forgotten two key ingredients. Instead of running to the market to get more blueberries, I remembered I had a few cartons of blackberries and substituted those instead. Before now, I had never enjoyed a blackberry muffin, but I [...]

Read Full Post »