Peppermint Popcorn Balls
It’s the season of the Holiday Cookie Exchange! To many, it’s a beloved tradition – where each participant brings only one variety of homemade…
Banana Crunch Bread with Toasted Millet
We’ve both been baking banana bread. Deanna and I baked then photographed separately and did a little self-critique of the photos. We are far from…
The Recipe Redux: Rich Hot Cocoa Mix
I had plans of reduxing an ooey-gooey chocolate dessert for this month’s Recipe ReDux post. But when we ran out of milk last week and my kids…
A Cheese Lover’s Valentine Box
Don't get me wrong, I *heart* chocolate and am happily reading all the blogsphere's February celebration recipes I stumble across (like the 100+…
Clementine Kissed Marshmallows – {First on the First}
Happy 2012! I'm excited to kick of the new year by committing to a new bloghop called First on the First. Created by Carrie of Poet In the Pantry and…
24 Gifts That Give – Charitable Gift Ideas for Food Lovers
Last year, I wrote a guest post on the lovely Robyn Webb's Fabulous Food Finds blog about 5 holiday gift ideas tied to food and charity. Between…
Cinnamon Crisps: A Community Cookbook Gem
One of my favorite baking challenges is to thumb through my collection of community cookbooks until I find a recipe I’ve never before seen or…
Popcorn Peanut Butter Crunch (for Santa to Munch)
I had all intentions of making these into bars to put on the holiday cookie tray but alas, the popcorn, peanut butter, peanut, dried…
The Gift of Panettone + Recipe for Panettone Eggnog Ice Cream Cake
Disclaimer: this post is full of calorie-laden goodness and this dietitian thinks that's just fine. It's the time of year that panettones are…
Gingerbread Zoo
We live only a mile from the Brookfield Zoo – the largest zoo in Chicagoland – we were even there today. So it was not surprising that my kids…
Vanilla Bean Spice Set {Holiday Recipe Exchange}
I'm not going to be grinchy and post how many shopping days until Hanukkah or Christmas. But at the very least, there is still time to make some…
