Something special from Mandy's kitchen...
As I mentioned in a previous post, we’ve had two breakfast staples in our house as of late: baked oatmeal and homemade muffins. Depending on what ingredients we have on hand, we make one or the other, and we change our muffin variety all the …
My grandmother makes the best pumpkin pie. Her scratch-made pie dough is the perfect flaky crust for her creamy, sweet, and wintery spiced custard. And she bakes her famous pie in a well-seasoned, weathered, almost cracked ceramic pie dish that actually has a pumpkin pie …
I’ll be the first to admit that I have never been a fan of shortbread cookies. They’re notorious for being dry, tasteless, and boring, so I usually just write them off and opt for a more exciting cookie, like chocolate chip. But, perhaps I’ve just …
I absolutely love oatmeal. I went through a phase a few years ago where I ate oatmeal for breakfast every morning, Monday through Sunday, all seasons of the year. No matter how hot it was in the summer time, it was oatmeal for breakfast. And …
One of my favorite treats growing up was my Mom-mom’s French toast. It wasn’t fancy and it only required a handful of ingredients, but she always made the best. She even used inexpensive, store-brand soft, wheat bread but it didn’t matter. Her eggy, creamy, cinnamon-y …
Last year, hubs and I got a veggie spiral cutter and I went to town using it on just about any veggie that would stand up to the spiral-cutting blade. (Check out that post here!) I had made hubby lots of chicken Amatriciana over sweet …
Pineapple is one of my favorite fruits! Whether it’s freshly cut into cubes, infused into a savory dish, or baked into a sweet dessert, pineapple is one versatile fruit. My husband and I spent our honeymoon in Hawaii and immersed ourselves in everything culturally Polynesian. …
Upon walking just a few feet into a grocery store, you are already bombarded with so many different brands of so many different items screaming for your attention. While it’s great to have a bounty of options to choose from, it can also be overwhelming. …
Nothing says a birthday celebration, or any celebration for that matter, than with a rich, moist, luxurious chocolate cake. And almost always, the best recipes have quite the story behind their genius. My husband’s birthday happens to be on Christmas Day, and every year I …
As you will start to notice in my recent blog posts, I have been experimenting more with grain-free cooking and baking. I have found that as much as I love grains, my body tends to feel better when I eat less of them, so I …