Buttermilk Biscuits

A few weeks ago, we woke up on a Saturday morning and I asked Brian and Rebecca what they wanted for breakfast. Rebecca wanted sausage (she’s such a little carnivore) and Brian didn’t have a prefrence, so I started flipping through cookbooks and came across a recipe for biscuits and...

Black bean tacos

In one of those frustrating Mother Hubbard moments, where there seems to be nothing to eat in the house, I threw together this haphazardly and wound up with one of our new favorite meals. These tacos are veggie-friendly but tasty enough for even the most dedicated omnivore Black Bean Tacosprint...

Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla Ice Creamprint this recipe Ingredients:1 cup whole milk¾ cups sugar2 cups heavy creampinch of salt1 vanilla bean6 large egg yolks¾ teaspoon vanilla extract Directions:In a medium saucepan warm the milk, sugar, 1 cup of the cream and the salt. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the milk...

Mustard-Roasted Potatoes

While flipping through a few new cookbooks I received as Christmas gifts I came across this recipe for roasted potatoes and thought they’d go perfectly with that night’s dinner, T-bone steaks with red wine reduction. These were so good, they easily rivaled the t-bones for center stage of the dinner....

Baked Eggplant Parmesan

We’ve decided around our house that we need to start eating more vegetables. We have so few meat-free dinners, and veggie-centric dinners that we make on a regular basis and I decided to finally start to remedy that. I’ve never tried eggplant before but I’ve been curious for a while...

Snickerdoodles

My snickerdoodles are kind of famous within my family. Or is it infamous? When I was about 14, I’d say, I made a batch of snickerdoodles using my mom’s recipe. It’s one of the first clear memories I have of baking something completely by myself (although I’m sure I had...

The Best Chocolate Cake. EVER.

So, funny story. A few weeks ago was my daughter Rebecca’s third birthday. All along we’d talked about the kind of cupcakes she wanted for various birthday functions that week and we’d agreed on Oreo cupcakes for The Big Day. Then, just before naptime- when I was going to be...