Food Recipes

Let me start by saying, I’m a boxed cake kind of gal!  Actually when it comes to cakes and brownies, I rarely make ’em from scratch. A boxed mix is just too easy! After seeing this Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Cream Frosting from Bon Appetit, I thought I would venture outside of my comfortable cake …

You know that moment in the World Series where one team realizes it just won?  That final catch or the walk-off homerun or the last strike?  Some guys run around like lunatics… others fall to their knees… mouths gaping, shouting for victory… you know what I’m talking about?  Yeah… I feel that way when I …

I have been experimenting with different ways to use my favorites – peanut butter, brownies and pretzels. I could just pour them in a bowl and I’d be in heaven but that wouldn’t be very fun, would it? We’ve talked about pretzel crust before but this is a new twist. This weekend I came up …

When I was a kid I loved St. Patrick’s Day!  My mom made the milk in my cereal green, I eagerly got dressed in my green outfit for the day, and even more eagerly pinched every person in my path that was sans green.  Don’t mess with me on St. Paddy’s Day! In college, I …

Yep, I’m baking again! I have a good excuse this time and it’s not just to eat the goodies. It was my mother-in-law’s birthday this weekend and I just had to make her “my special birthday cake”. I’m a big believer that everyone should have cake on their birthday. Adults get my special “Ultimate Death …

I’ve got myself in a little baking bonanza right now. To be honest, I’m always the Baking Betty but I just haven’t shared that with you until recently. I’ve always joked with my family that the only way I’m going to look skinnier is to make them all fat around me. Hmmmm.  Maybe that’s exactly what …

Sure, kids love mac and cheese and tacos but raise your hand if you are over the regulation chicken finger thing. You can’t see me of course, but I have both hands up. In fact, if I see one more chicken finger on a “kids” menu, I think I’ll scream. Sure, kids like them (unless …

I know we’re just getting to know each other, but I have a confession to make.  The slow cooker scares me.  There, I said it!  I think I’m a pretty good cook but for some reason I cannot manage to figure out cooking in my slow cooker.  Every time I make meat it comes out …

After my recipe, the Ultimate Pretzel Crusted Peanut Butter Cookie Candy Brownie Bars, pretty much became the most popular dessert on Pinterest this week, I started getting the same question over and over. Would this recipe work as a cupcake? Well, I was thinking the same thing! Let’s make these brownies portable!  And that’s just …

This weekend when family was over, I didn’t just make one dessert but two! The first dessert was the wildly popular Ultimate Pretzel Crusted Peanut Butter Cookie Candy Brownie Bars that exploded on Pinterest!  It had every right to light up on Pinterest because that recipe is freakin’ awesome!! And the other one was the …

It’s time for the famous Ultimate Pretzel Crusted Peanut Butter Cookie Candy Brownie Bars recipe. We had family stay at our house this weekend and it’s the unspoken word on both sides of the family that I will have something yummy baked for them while they visit. Yes, my cookies, brownies and bars have a reputation …

Okay, I’m feeling a teensy bit guilty about throwing brownies and cookies at you lately.  It’s just not nice especially if you are watching your figure. Funny thing is, like I told you before, I’m in the middle of doing the Jillian Michael’s 30-Day Shred. As you can imagine, cookies and brownies are not on …