July 28, 2009 •

Fresh Peach Drop Cookies

I was wanting to make something sweet for a ladies retreat, and these cookies came in my inbox from Martha’s Stewart’s Cookie of The Day e-mail. They are also in her Cookies Cookbook. These were so light and fluffy. They had a nice slightly sweet and lovely flavor. These are best eaten the day they […]

July 16, 2009 •

Busy Day Cobbler

I absolutely love my mother-in-law’s blackberry cobbler and am so thankful she gave me the recipe last year, but I’ve never gotten around to making it. It’s such a great throw everything in the dish kind of recipe, and can be adapted for any kind of fruit. We had enjoyed an amazing mango cobbler at […]

June 30, 2009 •

Healthified Strawberry Shortcake

One of my favorite summer desserts is strawberry shortcake. I personally love the kind with pound cake and strawberry sauce, but no whipped cream for me. I know, I’m like the only person in the world who doesn’t like their dessert topped with whipped cream. I can eat it mixed in things, just not on […]

June 19, 2009 •

Herbed Yogurt Chicken with Mango Couscous

I’ve been wanting to make this chicken for months. I found it on Sweet Tea in Texas and thought it looked and sounded so delicious. She paired this with mango rice, but I opted to do couscous since I am like addicted to it lately. I actually used a boxed couscous mix that had pine […]

June 2, 2009 •

Berry Cheesecake Parfaits

Some friends of ours recently had a cookout and one couple made these wonderful berry cheesecake parfaits. I knew I had to try them! She had found them in the Spring Food & Family magazine. I made them this past weekend when my mom, stepdad, & brother came over for dinner. These were so good! […]

May 19, 2009 •

Strawberry Limeade Cupcakes

I also made some desserts for our gathering, and while not completely mexican, these still said party! I found these Cherry Limeade Cupcakes on Annie’s Eats, but since I’m not super crazy about cherry in my desserts, I decided to use strawberry in the icing instead. The icing is from Culinary Concoctions by Peabody. These […]

April 29, 2009 •

Vanilla Almond Cake with Strawberry Filling

I had been planning on making a chocolate layer cake for our dinner party, but it was such a gorgeous and hot day outside, that I thought that might be too heavy. I immediately thought of doing a yellow cake with some sort of strawberry filling. However, I couldn’t really find a recipe that I […]

April 15, 2009 •

California Chicken Salad with Balsamic Poppy Seed Dressing

Lately, I’ve been eating pretty strict according to Jillian Michael’s Making the Cut, which I raved about a few months ago, here. Thus the reason for me not posting very many actual meals. It’s been mostly grilled chicken with fruit and steamed veggies. I had put on a few pounds since the holidays and just […]

January 27, 2009 •

Pink Grapefruit Sandwich Cookies

I have never been a huge fan of grapefruit. I always find it much too tart. Well, I saw these cookies about a year ago on Martha Stewart’s show. I printed out the recipe from her website and filed it away. I had thought about it a couple of times but had just never made […]

January 13, 2009 •

Cranberry Scones

Scones get a bad rap I think. Everyone thinks of them as dry and hard as bricks, but that’s not the way they are supposed to be. Scones are one of my favorite breakfast foods, but I had never made them before. Then, I saw these cranberry scones on Annie’s Eats and immediately knew I […]