Every week, I buy new bananas for the house because I have two hungry children who love bananas. But sometimes they hang in the corner of my kitchen for a while and don’t get touched…and then they turn brown. Poor bananas! Feeling abandoned and alone, I usually use the overripe fruit for banana cakes, breads […]
Zwetschgenkuchen (Plum Cake)
So what is Zwetschgenkuchen? And how do you pronounce it? I never say it right, but I guess you would say tsvetch-gen-kuchen. If you really can’t say it, just call it a plum cake, or a plum kuchen. Basically, it is the #1 dish that my father-in-law asks me to bake for him when I […]
German-Style Pickled Eggs
I never really thought I would be pickling anything, let alone eggs! But along came an intriguing German-style recipe for pickled eggs from allrecipes.com (one of my favorite recipe sites) as I was searching for deviled egg recipes. They had me at “German”! So I changed directions from deviled to pickled and I’m so glad I did. […]
Crispy Fluffy Homemade Doughnuts
Happy Mother’s Day! Is there any better way to celebrate than with fresh, homemade doughnuts?!? They are crispy, creamy, fluffy and very hot! I wouldn’t have it any other way. Since Justin and I just purchased patio furniture and a barbecue last week (we moved in to our house eight months ago, at the end of summer), […]
Huevos Rancheros with Homemade Tortillas
Happy Cinco de Mayo! I don’t really celebrate this holiday, but why not use it as an excuse to cook something delicious?!? And I do love Mexican food. So I decided it was time to put together an American variation on huevos rancheros and enjoy this traditional Mexican breakfast dish for dinner with Justin. Instead […]
Mini Tomato Soup Cupcakes
You might think that a tomato soup cupcake would taste like tomato soup when, in fact, they actually taste like carrot cake. I have seriously been waiting to make these cupcakes for a while! In fact, this recipe was on my original list of ideas when I started this blog but I just never made them. […]
