Eggland’s Best Holiday Baking Party

Tweet On Friday some of my best friends and I spent the entire afternoon doing one of our favorite things – baking! Eggland’s Best sponsored this fabulous baking party and we even had door prizes! We made Quiche, Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies and homemade ice cream, all with Eggland’s Best eggs. (See recipes below.) [...]

Homemade Treats Make Great Gifts

Tweet My family and I make lots of goodies during the Holiday season – Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Pumpkin Cake and Fudge are just a few of our favorites. Baked goodies are not only extremely yummy, but they also make great inexpensive gifts for neighbors, family members and friends, especially when packaged up nice [...]

“This is the best pizza ever!”

Tweet Ben seems to think that the sourdough pizza we made tonight, inspired by my grandfather’s famous recipe, is the best pizza ever. Of course, everyone agrees, but I suppose Ben thinks it’s particularly good partly because he and Josh helped me make it. First, we toasted both sides of sourdough bread slices, covered in [...]

A Big Hit {or Why I Created a Fabulous Chicken Dinner On The Fly}

Tweet It was 5:30 this evening and Ray called me from work. There was a huge promotion going on at The Old Spaghetti Factory and we could save 41% on all of their classic pasta dishes in celebration of their 41st anniversary – Happy birthday to The Spaghetti Factory! Well, it sounded like a great [...]

Oreo Truffles – Pure Indulgence

Tweet One can simply not resist these yummy and delicious Oreo Truffles that my kids and I make.  They are such a big hit at Christmas that we also make them for a scrumptious Valentine’s Day treat, as well! The kids have a blast rolling the mixture into balls, coating them in the chocolate, then, [...]

Punkin’ Cake

Tweet Most of my friends know me as having a major sweet-tooth. This reputation does not come from my love of cakes, cookies, or sweet breads, but more from my love of candy! Sure, I love a good cake, but definitely have my favorites. Carrot Cake and Pumpkin Cake are two for which I would [...]

Julia’s Meatloaf

Tweet By popular demand! Here’s what you need for Julia’s Yummy Meatloaf: 2 lbs round beef 2 small french bread rolls,c rumbled (or two slices of bread, crumbled) 3 beaten eggs 2 T worchestershire sauce salt and pepper to taste Mix all ingredients together. Be sure you get in there with your hands and get [...]