I cook this when I don't have the time to sit in the kitchen preparing an entire meal, but I do have time for prep-work. I mix...

I made this cake last year for my husband's birthday. It works great for cupcakes as well. For the Cake : 2½ cups + 1 tabl...

This is the cake I made for our Easter dinner. I did modify it some from a Brown Eyed Baker recipe, as well as the frostings. It cam...

This is BIG! Real big. Imagine the perfect carrot cake...spicy, nutty, & a hint of fruit. Only now...get ready.....pineapple & coco...

I managed to find the time to bake and mail out quite a few Valentine's sugar cookies (lemon & almond) just before Valentine's ...

  Fruit and Nut Spiced Granola   Ingredients: 5 cups old fashioned Oats ½ stick Butter-unsalted 1 Tablespoon Rum extract...

Roasted Vegetable White Pizza & Quick Pizza Dough   Pizza Dough: 1 package active dry yeast 2 tsp. Sugar 1 cup warm wate...

  Parmesan-Herb Biscuits Adapted from a Williams-Sonoma recipe   Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as nee...

I am actually just about 34 weeks now, but here are some photos from a few weeks ago of our finished nursery, and some recent belly pics fr...

  Lemon-Almond Sugar Cookies *makes 4 dozen-1 tablespoon cookies   Ingredients: 2 cups granulated Sugar Zest of two...

Carrot-Coconut-Pineapple Spice CupCakes with Rummy Cream Cheese Icing   CupCake Ingredients: 1 cup chopped Dates 3/4 pound ...