Pound Cake with Lemon Curd

*Be sure to stop by The Granola giveaway JK Gourmet.* My Aunt recently made my great grandmother’s pound cake and posted about it on facebook. I don’t recall ever eating her pound cake (though I am sure I did) as I was 5 or 6 when she passed away. But I just knew in her […]
Sauteed Bananas, Tangy Sweet Cream

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame my Mother is Melissa D’Arabian. Melissa is the winner of The Next Food Network Star, season 5. I remember watching this show and rooting for her because she was a stay at home mom and a mother of twins. Not only that but she had […]
Hearts of Palm Salad

This recipe is featured in my E-licious E-cookbook, stop by to see more details about the e-book and over 45 yummy recipes. After a party the other day My parents had my Dad came boasting about how great a salad was. Really a Salad I thought? This coming from my Dad a total meat and […]
Uova in Brodetto: Eggs in Tomato Sauce


This week’s Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Mario Batali. He is famous for his Italian cuisine and orange crocs. He has a massive list of recipes all of which look amazing but many have hard to find ingredients and/or don’t seem like something we would love to try, and […]
Baked Custard

As I have mentioned before we’ve been picking quite a few eggs lately. Say 25-30 a week. So I’ve been trying to find as many egg recipes as I can (if you have one, please share) Luckily for me a while ago Lynn posted this yummy baked custard recipe on her blog. We tried it […]
Spaghetti Puttanesca

This weeks Food Network Chef Challenge hosted by I blame my Mother, is Jaime Oliver. Jaime hosts the show The Naked Chef, featuring a “stripped down” style of cooking. I don’t think I’ve ever seen his show before, but the concept sound very interesting. He has a huge list of recipes and it was hard […]
Cherry Mini Cakes

I love making and creating sweet little treats to share with loved ones on Valentines day. DT requested that I make a strawberry cake, or red velvet cupcakes or even a flour-less chocolate cake and ice cream (all of which I made last year, obsess much??) But see I’ve done all of those and while […]
Sweet Potato Oven Fries with Avocado Dip


This week’s Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Ingrid Hoffman. Ingrid hosts the food network show Simply Delicioso, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen an episode. But her style is everyday foods with a latin twist. I can dig that. Just like these sweet potato fries, with an avocado […]
Chicken Corn Chowder

A long lost recipe that I am so glad I found the other day. My Mom had this soup at a luncheon once and got the recipe and we’ve been making it ever since, well probably not for a few years, but its back and I am happy. This recipe is super easy and […]
Carrot Pineapple Cake


This giveaway is closed. Winner announced here. Just a few short weeks ago I had never heard of Agave Nectar before, I just ate plain regular white sugar. But after DT and I went on our sugar and gluten free diet, I dove right into natural sweeteners like Agave nectar. Agave (if you not familiar) […]
