Happy birthday today to my very wonderful mother! She received her gifts from us last weekend: seasons 1 and 2 of Downton Abbey and baked chocolate doughnuts with a buttermilk glaze. Lucky lady, right? Mom’s early birthday celebration was the perfect excuse to break in my new doughnut pan. I considered apple cider doughnuts, blueberry [...]
Our friends, Mike and Kayley, visited earlier this month. They live in Arlington, Virginia, and so a trip to middle-of-nowhere Pennsylvania was certainly a change of pace. But Nick and I proved that although we may live closer to cow pastures than to a Crate and Barrel, and we may be parents to an almost-six-month-old [...]
Spring seems to have skipped over central Pennsylvania this year. Instead we went directly from winter to summer. Seriously. It was 96 degrees today. It shouldn’t be 96 degrees here until the end of July. It felt like the inside of an oven. (Minus the sweet smell of brownies or cupcakes.) This heat makes me [...]
Just call us road warriors. We have spent 30+ hours in the car over the past two weekends, not including our long weekday commutes. But our recent road trips to Michigan and Massachusetts were well worth the miles! First up: We headed to Ann Arbor for brother BJ’s graduation and the 60th birthdays of Mom [...]
Two weeks ago I bought one too many containers of ricotta for our favorite lasagna. It was fast approaching its expiration date, and because I hate for anything edible to go to waste, we added it to our pancakes this weekend. Along with lemon zest and lemon juice and fresh blueberries. Simple and tasty Sunday [...]
What do you get when you mix all of the ingredients below? … Batter for delicious pumpkin pecan waffles! Perfect for Halloween or any other cool autumn morning. Serve with powdered sugar, pecans, and real maple syrup. Mmmmmm! Enjoy. Pumpkin Pecan Waffles (Printable Recipe) Ingredients 2 cups Bisquick 1 cup milk 1 egg 1 1/2 [...]
How do you suspect we celebrated our first anniversary? With food, of course! (And paper, which I’ll get to in a later post.) Yesterday morning we were determined to recreate our favorite honeymoon breakfast. Chilaquiles are a traditional Mexican dish consisting of corn tortillas, green or red salsa or mole, eggs, and sometimes pulled chicken. [...]
Don’t you love Saturday mornings? When mugs of coffee and magazines replace alarm clocks and commutes. Nick typically takes charge of weekend breakfasts. He tops waffles with blueberries and raspberries and powdered sugar and serves them alongside maple sausage links. Or he flips chocolate chip pancakes as big as the skillet and fills tall glasses [...]
Sister-in-law Megan spoiled us with these breakfast goodies over the holidays. They are melt-in-your-mouth delicious, as only The Pioneer Woman can create. They also freeze well. Megan suggests freezing each puff in an individual plastic bag and nuking it (in the bag) in the microwave for 15 seconds. Instant hot and yummy breakfast on the [...]
What do you make for a Thursday morning potluck? Something simple and sweet, of course. And this recipe shared by Amy I fit the bill. It requires very little prep work, it transports easily, and it smells like something you want to wake up to on a cold November morning. Yesterday my colleagues held a [...]