Now that the days are growing warmer, I’m more in the mood for ice cream. Okay. Forget everything I just said. I’m always in the mood for ice cream, especially homemade ice cream. When Erika suggested this recipe (brought to us by Josie of Daydreamer Desserts), I knew it needed to be made. Soon. I mean, cheesecake ice cream filled with [...]View Post →

  This pie had me at the word easy. Okay, it really had me at chocolate and pie. I was looking for a quick and fancy pie to serve after dinner to celebrate some fantastic report cards, so when I typed the words “easy pie” into the Tasty Kitchen search engine and voilà! I found Sissy’s recipe for Easy Chocolate Pie.   [...]View Post →

  Do you pass by recipes that look like they’re too much to mess with? I do it all the time, often finding out later how easy many of those recipes really are. Take these Hong Kong Egg Tarts submitted by Kristy of eatplaylove, for example. At first glance, I thought they’d be more involved, [...]View Post →

  If I am asked to bring a food item to a party, I always sign up for dessert. I usually choose to make cookies, because they are my life and everyone likes cookies. When I saw these Funfetti Cookies (recipe adapted from Yammie’s Noshery’s Funfetti Whoopie Pies) pop up on Tasty Kitchen from member [...]View Post →

  When I was a kid, my mum carefully tucked a sandwich into my lunchbox each day. Often it was turkey and cucumber, ham and cheese, or the always-dreaded tuna fish. Not that I didn’t like tuna fish; I just didn’t enjoy sitting in the lunchroom version of Siberia with my odiferous sandwich. If I [...]View Post →

  Homemade cereal, what a revelation! Zoe Dawn’s recipe for homemade grape nuts thrilled me. I’ve made homemade granola before, but never grape nuts. So I was excited to give this a try. And I have to say, I liked it even more than the kind you get in the store.       You [...]View Post →

  Once upon a time I loathed mushrooms. I mean, really. I wouldn’t even consider eating them—I didn’t care if they were on pizza or piled high atop a filet. Didn’t matter. It wasn’t happening. Then I got married. My husband goes through these huge phases with different foods (I once caramelized onions every day [...]View Post →

  A simple alternative to fajitas and enchiladas, enfrijoladas make a fun weeknight pantry supper that also works for Meatless Monday. You can serve these enfrijoladas topped with sour cream, cilantro, and salsa. I’ve highlighted the simplest version, but there are other great recipes that include meat, vegetables, and even eggs! For fans of spicy [...]View Post →