Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge
It’s holiday baking season and plans for what I need to make and share became my focus today. A few years ago I found a recipe inspired by Alton Brown that I knew I would love. A microwave peanut butter fudge that I knew I needed to use for a start to my version. Don’t we all tweak? add? subtract? Yep, most of the times that happens after I make the original recipe. Do you do that, too? And a microwave peanut butter fudge? One that doesn’t require a candy thermometer or slaving away over the stove. I’m all in!…
Thanksgiving Place Setting Inspiration
Place settings are near and dear to my heart…each and every time guests have their feet under my table. With that in mind, I’m sharing some of my favorite Thanksgiving place settings that provide inspiration each time. I love Hester…
Preparing Menus for Food Allergies
I don’t know about you, friends…but food allergies around here are growing by leaps and bounds. I have always had folks who had their feet under my table for a meal, who needed special care to adapt for food allergies.…
Caramel Apple Cake
A couple of weeks went by our favorite orchard to pick up our annual bushel to make apple jam and applesauce for the pantry. Lots of that apple jam will be gifts and served with guests when their feet are…
Apple Salad
It’s apple harvest season here! A trip to the orchard gave me a bushel of a variety of favorites. Batches of apple jam, applesauce and caramel apple cake were made. But, this apple salad was too great not to share.…
Holiday Baking Time
I know I am about a month early…but, if you are like me and you wait until holiday baking time, you might not have all of the equipment or tools needed to prepare holiday recipes. Does that happen to you?…
Pumpkin Spice Creamer
Let’s get to the point of today’s recipe…are you a pumpkin spice person or not? That is the question, right? I am truly not one to run out to my favorite coffee shop and hit repeat on how many times…
S’Mores Cookies
Happy Fall Yal!! You know when fall hits, you just need s’mores in your life. Well…what if you combined those s’mores contents with a great chocolate chip cookie to create s’mores cookies? Yep, the blending of two favorites have taken…
Orange Loaf Blender Cake
Have you ever tried to make an orange loaf cake? I am all about a great loaf cake with a glaze. Are you? And I love citrus zest- lemon or orange for so many recipes. But the whole orange, just…
Stacked Cobb Salad
With unbearable hot temperatures still lingering here, I can’t help but share a new salad that is a favorite. I’m always a fan of a Cobb salad…but, this cutie, “Stacked Cobb Salad”, was so much fun that I may have…
2026 St. Jude Dream Home
I’m not sure if your area hosts the building and giveaway of a St. Jude Dream Home, but it’s a beautiful fundraiser that raises money for St. Jude and I’m all in for that. Do you have a local St.…