Spring Entertaining: Herbed Mashed Potatoes
Have you ever tasted potatoes that were so good that they stole the show? I must confess I have made many a resturant menu selection based more on the promise o...
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Spring Entertaining: Carrots Carolina
Side dishes are arguably not as seductive as a beautiful dessert, nor do they command the same attention as a roasted chicken coming out of the oven, but the ar...
Spring Entertaining Made Easy With Herbed Goat Cheese Chicken
Spring brings a host of fun holidays and events from Easter to Mothers Day to graduation celebrations. So, I thought I would start a small series on great enter...
Carrot Cake Cupcakes With Candied Carrot Curls
Cupcakes are big deal in our house. They are the most requested item that my young daughters routinely want to make. So when we were in the car last weekend and...
An English Garden Inspired Table
My garden is still waking up from its brown winter slumber, but oh how I am looking forward to spring. This week the sun came out and gave us a taste of what is...
Farmhouse Bread And The Joy Of Baking
There is nothing like the taste of homemade bread. The first time I tasted a slice was at my grandparent’s house. My grandmother’s friend Ernestine ...
Rainy Day Fun: Decoupage Easter Eggs
“Arts and crafts keep you sane.” Mary Engelbreit There is nothing like getting lost in a great art project. We have had a bit of cabin fever in our ...
Anniversary Pear and Prosciutto Salad
This year was our twelfth wedding anniversary. The day became a bit more eventful than we had planned, because our furnace decided to suddenly stop working that...
Watercolors, Scissors and Crayons! Oh My!
I was getting ready to walk out the door this weekend when I turned to see a blue crayon on my living room floor and as I picked it up I caught a glimpse of the...
Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
It’s been a snowy week here in Chicago. On Friday we had a foot of snow fall over the day and the forecast is predicting more by the end of this weekend. ...