Sometimes a Sunday just begs for lots of home cooking and meals that aren't served at their typical weekday times. This past Sunday was one of those days.
We started our laid back Sunday with a late breakfast of homemade waffles for the kids and egg white wraps for the adults. Not needing lunch, we decided to make an early dinner of slow roasted, coffee and brown sugar rubbed pork served with veggies. A baked dessert seemed to be the best way to end our day.
With our refrigerator fruit bin still full of apples from a previous picking adventure, they seemed
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Freshly Picked Apple Bread Pudding
by TT on October 16th, 2009 | Desserts, Recipes
While apples are available all year at the grocery store, there is nothing like freshly picked apples in the fall. Living where we do, it is a 10-minute drive to a handful of orchards. Conveniently, our 11 year old daughter takes gymnastics lessons at a studio near these orchards. With everyone in our house enjoying apples, I typically get a new bag of apples weekly.
For the first month of apple season, we enjoyed Ginger Gold apples, but as with any type of produce, their season ended. When I went to the orchard last week, I needed to choose a new
For the first month of apple season, we enjoyed Ginger Gold apples, but as with any type of produce, their season ended. When I went to the orchard last week, I needed to choose a new
PopPop’s Strawberry Shortcake
by TT on August 21st, 2009 | Desserts, Recipes
Bringing two of the kids to Delaware for a weekend with their grandparents, we decided to celebrate PopPop's birthday a week early. Instead of purchasing some random golfing accessory, we opted to make his birthday dinner his present. Planning dinner was the easy part- he's a meat and potatoes sort of guy. Desserts are a little trickier. Spending the day driving from New Hampshire to Delaware would leave little time to bake for dinner that night, and many desserts would not survive that length of drive.
To start my planning I asked my mother-in-law to suggest a few desserts that would
To start my planning I asked my mother-in-law to suggest a few desserts that would
Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
by TT on August 18th, 2009 | Desserts, Recipes
We attended a friend's 40th birthday/housewarming cookout this past Saturday. As the hosts were providing the main part of the meal (a pig roast plus hot dogs and hamburgers), guests were asked to bring a dessert or side dish. With a family of six, we decided we should bring one of each.
My husband chose to make a pasta salad with an Italian flair. It had quite an assortment of ingredients, including homemade sausage, roasted red peppers, kalamata olives, and caramelized onions. It produced a salad that was appealing to both the eyes and mouth.
Being the main baker in the house,
My husband chose to make a pasta salad with an Italian flair. It had quite an assortment of ingredients, including homemade sausage, roasted red peppers, kalamata olives, and caramelized onions. It produced a salad that was appealing to both the eyes and mouth.
Being the main baker in the house,
Zimtsterne
by TT on May 14th, 2009 | Desserts, Recipes
I have to start by confessing that I was late in giving my mom her birthday gift this year. Yes, I did send a card on time, and I did call her on her special day, but I didn't send a present. To be honest, I was stumped as to what she would need or want. So, I pondered for a while. . .
As Mother's Day drew near, I decided the best option would be to give her a two-for-one gift, which meant now I needed a bigger and better idea than the lack of idea that I already had.
As Mother's Day drew near, I decided the best option would be to give her a two-for-one gift, which meant now I needed a bigger and better idea than the lack of idea that I already had.
