With my 29th birthday only a month a way, it’s definitely crunch time in knocking out the 30 Foods to Cook before 30 list! Last weekend I finally checked brownies off the list. Now of course I have made brownies many times in my almost 29 years, but this was the first time I made… Continue reading 30 Foods to Cook Before 30: Brownies
With only a little over 15 months until my 30th birthday, it’s definitely time to get going on the 30 foods to cook before 30 challenge. As part of our Kentucky Derby celebration last month, I decided to knock an easy one off the list, pimento cheese. To be perfectly honest, I never really knew… Continue reading 30 Foods to Cook before 30: Pimento Cheese
Happy Memorial Day everyone! Our family celebrated with a weekend at the shore and of course some delicious food! As usual, I was in charge of dessert and wanted to try making something new. I knew it had to include berries since not only are they in season, they are also the perfect patriotic colors!… Continue reading Memorial Day Dessert: Lemon Berry Tiramisu
This past weekend, I went to the beach with a few friends that I used to work with. I, of course, offered to bring some baked goods along with breakfast meatballs. I wanted to make something that would be good for breakfast or a snack and so I settled on making muffins. After a bunch… Continue reading Summer Sweets: Blueberry & Peach Muffins
I’ve always loved coffee cake. It could be because of the awesome crumb topping or it’s simply because coffee cake makes it perfectly acceptable to have cake for breakfast. But regardless of the reason, it has always been something I enjoyed. Surprisingly up until last week, I had never attempted to make a coffee cake.… Continue reading Dessert for Breakfast: Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Since I was at home this weekend for my cousin’s son’s birthday, I figured it was a great chance to check an item off the list of 30 Foods to Cook before 30! I thought it would be fun to start with something I haven’t tried making before and poached eggs fit the bill perfectly!… Continue reading 30 Foods to Cook before 30: Poached Eggs
I know that people always says there mom’s pie, cake, or casserole is the best, I’m pretty sure my mom’s apple pie really is the best apple pie ever. While apple season doesn’t start until August, we typically start seeing apple pie at our family gatherings at the end of June since it’s my brother’s birthday… Continue reading 4th of July Dessert: Mom’s Apple Pie
While I love ice cream in all of it’s forms, I must say that the Italians do it best. Ever since our trip to Italy ten years ago, I’ve been a huge fan of gelato and sorbetto. A love that only intensified when my cousin gave me his gelato maker when he moved to Italy… Continue reading Summer Sweets: Gelato & Sorbetto
Our dad’s two favorite pies are lemon meringue and coconut cream and so for Father’s Day a few years ago I made both into cupcake form. While they both were delicious, we realized that switching out the cake on the coconut cream pie cupcake with chocolate cake would make it even better. And with that… Continue reading Father’s Day Dessert: Mounds Cupcakes
With strawberries in season, and blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries not far behind, it’s the perfect time for berry desserts. One of my favorite desserts featuring fresh berries is my Lemon Berry Trifle. It’s incredibly quick and easy to make, but still looks and tastes like you spent hours making it.
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