The holy grail of soups in my world is Tortilla Soup (yes, capitalized, it’s that important!). We spent a very brief stint in the 1990s living in Southern California. The one thing I miss that I have never been able anywhere else is a Tortilla Soup as delicious as the variety I ate at Spoons […]
White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle recipe review
*sniffs* Do you smell that? Ooooo, baking bread! I can’t think of anything that makes a house feel more like a home than the smell of baking bread. My mom is a bread baker and I am always reminded of coming home from school on cold days and smelling her sourdough bread baking. Nomnomnom…nothing better! […]
Ranger Cookies are a family favorite. I don’t know for sure where they get their name, but I know that just about everyone in my family makes a variation of these cookies. I got this version from my mom, who is an amazing cook. These are so yummy, I included them in the 2008 holiday […]
O! Christmas Candy! My house smells like chocolate…and peanut butter…and coconut…and sugar and and… Christmas! I grew up with my mom making Coconut Bon Bons (which we called Bon Bons) every Christmas. My mom still makes them and it’s one of the candies I make that my friends start asking about in mid-November. Peanut Butter […]
This is one of my mom’s recipes. I can’t even guess how many times she made these chocolatey wonders for my brother, sister and I when we were growing up. They are amazingly simple, yummy and cheap to make and I love making them for my own family. One caution for those that like to […]
Sometimes, the best treats are the ones that you never planned to make. My kids have been under the weather and everyone has been feeling a little low. I wanted to make a treat to bring up the general household spirit, but a quick rummage through the kitchen (and the knowledge that tomorrow is my […]
I’ve been making this banana bread for years. The fun part about it being that it started as a “real” recipe, but I’ve modified it so much over the years that I eventually gave up on the penciled-over version and typed up my own. My family loves this bread and I hope you’ll like it, […]
Happy Halloween, my friends! I will be going to Quilt Festival in Houston in November. We will be having a meetup, tentatively scheduled for 2 pm Friday in the food court. Invite going out on social media this week! 😀 I had a query about Halloween patterns designed by me. Links are below for some of […]
At last and as promised, the Metroid charts are here! Earlier this month, I finished the quilt above, dubbed “Quilt-Roid.” See my Talk to Me Tuesday about it here. Below, I share the charts for Samus (the tough lady shown here in yellow) and the Metroid (the creepy little critter in the top right). Please […]
