April 29, 2010
My family and I were browsing in a little beachside shop last summer when my son pulled a tank top off the rack and said, “Mom! You have to buy this!” …
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April 26, 2010
These Candy Bar-Cookie Bars have a peanut butter-oatmeal cookie crust. Oats are mixed with butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, peanut butter and vanilla. The cookie layer is baked for a…
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April 22, 2010
We acquired some new toys recently… a foosball table, a ping pong table and a dart board. And this means that our place has become the new ”hang-out” for the boys in…
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April 19, 2010
A wonderful friend in our Gourmet Dinner Group is from Peru. She travels all over South America on business, and she comes back with the most amazing rustic plates and…
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April 15, 2010
Our neighborhood’s Gourmet Group had another one of our dinner parties last weekend. The theme: Gourmet Argentine Asado, which is an outdoor beef barbecue. All of the food at the party…
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April 13, 2010
Creamy Chicken, Spinach & Mushroom Enchiladas www.RecipeGirl.com sauce: ½ cup butter ½ cup all-purpose flour 3 cups chicken broth 8 ounces sour cream 4 ounces cream cheese ½ cup…
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April 12, 2010
This giveaway is now closed! The winner is reader Karen Reinecke, who commented that her favorite pasta is Farfalle with asparagus, toasted walnuts and marscapone. Congratulations Karen, and have fun…
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April 8, 2010
Sugar Cookie Bars! This recipe has been making the rounds on the internet for quite some time. I discovered them last year on The Repressed Pastry Chef blog, tucked the…
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April 6, 2010
I was with relatives for Easter Sunday this year. I happily munched on baked ham, deviled eggs, steamed asparagus, fruit salad, rolls and baked beans that someone else prepared and…
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April 5, 2010
When GoodBite asked me to participate in a secret-ingredient recipe challenge, I was a little freaked out. What the heck would they give me? What if it was something that…
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April 1, 2010
I’m excited to be debuting my first recipe video for GoodBite. The theme is “Spring,” for which I contributed one of my favorite spring recipes: a Layered Strawberry Trifle. It’s…
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March 29, 2010
Here’s the perfect dessert for Easter: Lemon Truffle Cake. It’s a four-layer white cake with a creamy lemon filling. The “lemon truffle” consists of lemon curd with white chocolate and…
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March 25, 2010
Deviled Eggs have always been a favorite appetizer of mine. Mom made them with just mayonnaise and a little celery salt and always sprinkled them with paprika. As simple as…
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March 22, 2010
Easter arrives in just a couple of weeks, so I’ve had Eastery-sorts of recipes on my mind. As a blogger, I get to celebrate all kinds of holidays much earlier…
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March 20, 2010
Bertolli recently launched a new series of webisodes titled “Into the Heart of Italy: Six Adventures, Three Celebrities, One Mission… To Unlock the Secrets of Italian Passion for Food and…
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March 18, 2010
I shop the markets almost every day, poring over fruits, vegetables and meats to decide what to make for dinner. I see the signs… “organic,” “grass-fed,” “no antibiotics,” “cage-free,” etc……
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March 15, 2010
Irish or not, I hope you’ll be making yourself some corned beef & cabbage this week to pay homage to St. Patrick’s Day. And should you have any corned beef…
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March 13, 2010
Well, it’s been ten weeks since the healthy challenge began. For some reason it feels like we’ve been at it a loooong time. I started the challenge with a bang-…
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