68 Days of Gourmet: Day 14 Saturday was my one year blogiversary! On November 28, 2008 I made my blogging debut with my Dad’s chili recipe. To celebrate reaching the one year mark I decided to make the Flourless Chocolate Cake from The Gourmet Cookbook. I thought it would be a nice departure from Thanksgiving [...]
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68 Days of Gourmet: Flourless Chocolate Cake
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Special Occasion, tagged Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, flourless, gluten free, gourmet magazine on November 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Filet Mignons with Mushroom Sauce
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Beef, Big Green Egg, Blogging Events, Pork, Special Occasion, tagged bacon, filet mignon, mushrooms, sauce, steak on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 11 One of my favorite things to do is stay in on Friday night and cook a nice dinner. I’m usually pretty tired from a week of working and enjoy hanging out at home, cooking and watching a movie. We save going out for Saturday nights. Brandon commonly requests steak [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cake, Cheese, Dessert, Holiday, Special Occasion, Tarts and Pies, tagged bourbon, cheesecake, cream cheese, Dessert, gourmet magazine, Holiday, pumpkin, thanksgiving on November 20, 2009 | 9 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 10 I just finished sampling a slice of this cheesecake. I love cheesecake and I love pumpkin and this combination didn’t disappoint. Brandon’s first comment was, “I can’t believe how much it tastes like pumpkin pie.” I think what I like best about it is that it’s not too sweet. [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Macaroni and Cheese
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cheese, Holiday, Pasta, Side Dish, Special Occasion, Tried and True, Vegetarian, tagged Cheese, comfort food, macaroni, macaroni and cheese, Pasta, southern, Vegetarian on November 19, 2009 | 26 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 9 I don’t even know where to start. I don’t want to gush so much that you think I’m crazy but this macaroni and cheese recipe is pretty life changing as far as mac and cheese recipes go. If you think you’ve already found the perfect recipe you still have [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Spiced Chicken
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Chicken/Poultry, Healthy, Quick and Easy, Special Occasion, Tried and True, tagged baked chicken, Chicken/Poultry, poultry, weeknight meals on November 11, 2009 | 10 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 2 This is my new favorite easy dinner to add to our regular rotation. First thing first, I apologize for the less than stellar photo. I don’t have a lightbox and it gets dark at 5:30. Considering that we never eat until 8 p.m., there’s just no hope for decent [...]
Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Posted in Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Special Occasion, Tried and True, tagged baking, Cake, Chocolate, chocolate cake, cream cheese, Dessert, frosting on October 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I had a three week break between my temporary job with the American Cancer Society and my new full-time job that I started Monday. I’m not going to lie…I must admit that I enjoyed my brief stint as a housewife. The best perks were having plenty of time to work out (daily run and yoga [...]
Sausage, Cheese and Basil Lasagna
Posted in Basics, Cheese, Ethnic, Italian, One Dish, Pasta, Pork, Sausage, Special Occasion, Tomato, tagged basil, Cheese, comfort food, Italian, lasagna, Pasta, Sausage, Tomato, Tomato Sauce on October 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have a confession. There are a few simple things that I just cannot seem to master. Among those are pancakes, gravy, biscuits and lasagna. Seriously, who can’t make pancakes and lasagna? It’s embarrassing. Well, last weekend I was craving traditional lasagna. This is strange for me because I’m not the biggest traditional meat lasagna [...]
Fruit Skewers with Vanilla Cream Cheese Dip
Posted in Appetizer, Breakfast/Brunch, Fruit, Healthy, Quick and Easy, Special Occasion, tagged cantaloupe, Fruit, pineapple, skewers, Strawberry, summer appetizer on September 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
These fruit skewers are one of my favorite things to serve at showers, parties and lunches. They only take a few minutes to put together, look beautiful on the plate and are easy to pick up. I vary the fruit depending on what is looking good and in season. The dip incorporates cream cheese, vanilla [...]
Coconut Cake with Lime Curd Filling
Posted in Cake, Special Occasion, tagged Cake, coconut, coconut cake, Dessert, lime curd, summer dessert on August 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My mother in law’s birthday was last week and of course I volunteered to bring the birthday cake to our dinner party. I love making cakes but it doesn’t make a lot of sense to make a whole cake for just Brandon and me. I wanted to make a summery flavored cake. We have coconut [...]
Seared Tuna with Herbed Aioli
Posted in Fish, Quick and Easy, Seafood, Special Occasion, tagged Aioli, easy, Entertaining, Fish, Seafood, Tuna on June 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Before we get started on the tuna let’s talk about my absence from blogging the last couple weeks. My husband just graduated from law school in Birmingham, Alabama and will be practicing in Charlotte, North Carolina. Moving has been a gigantic pain but we’re so excited to finally be in Charlotte and getting settled in [...]
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