Warm bay scallop salad with zucchini, asparagus and a lemon shallot vinaigrette. A quick to make salad using a just few ingredients for a light and delicious meal. I am so excited it is finally officially spring! It means two things to me, one season closer to summer AND a lot more variety of produce...
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Easter Carrot Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Easter Carrot Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting Cute decorated carrot cupcakes seem to be an Easter dessert staple, and these are my version with egg nests and candy carrots on top. Easter desserts seem to always come in pastel colors and often have eggs and bunnies as part of the decor. These cupcakes are...
Easter Coconut Lemon Cake
Easter Coconut Lemon Cake Easter is about a month away, so why not start planning your Easter dessert with a show stopping three layer coconut lemon cake like this one! I am guest blogging for Cost Plus World Market with a couple Easter themed recipes and this decadent coconut lemon cake is the first recipe....
Chocolate Cake and Martha Stewart
Chocolate Cake and Martha Stewart I met Martha Stewart. Then I made one of her chocolate cake recipes from her new Cakes book. And now I am here to tell you all about all three. Martha, the cake and the Cakes book. I was invited to attend Martha Stewart's book signing for her new book,...
Steamed Mussels with White Wine Cilantro Pesto Sauce
Steamed Mussels with White Wine Cilantro Pesto Sauce While pink was the color of most recipes in February, green is the theme for March, starting with these insanely good Steamed Mussels with White Wine Cilantro Pesto. I love seafood, fish, shellfish, you name it. If its from the sea I will eat it. Even seaweed....
Baked Shrimp Scampi with Spaghetti Squash
Baked Shrimp Scampi with Spaghetti Squash, a delicious alternative to the version of this dish using pasta such as spaghetti or linguine. I would like to thank the AMAZING people over at my favorite butter and cheese company, Kerrygold USA, for sending me some butter and cheese to try out that I used in this recipe....
Frozen Hot Chocolate for a Frozen Movie Themed Oscar Party
Frozen Hot Chocolate and Coconut Snowball truffles Do you want to build a snowman? That song, plus many others from the movie Frozen, have been sung or played in my house every day since we first saw the movie at the beginning of December last year. To say we love the movie Frozen is an...
Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Martini
Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Martini Apparently its Chocolate Dipped Strawberry month on my blog. This time instead of cupcakes, its martinis!! Yay for Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Martinis and they aren't just for any occasion, they are for Galentine's Day!! What is Galentine's Day? Well, remember Festivus in December? This is sort of the same, being a...
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Hi Hat Cupcakes (Gluten Free)
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Hi Hat Cupcakes are one of my favorite cupcakes to make and eat! My kids love helping me make them too. This version is gluten free. One of the first things that comes to mind when I hear the words " Valentine's day" uttered is chocolate covered strawberries. It is the quintessential...
Almond Coconut Cocoa Overnight Steel Cut Oats
Almond Coconut Cocoa Overnight Steel Cut Oats Oatmeal is a staple in my house and these overnight steel cut oats just so happen to be my family's favorite way to eat them. Steel cut oats are hearty, relatively easy to make and the flavor combinations are endless. This post is sponsored by Maranatha and Arrowhead...
Tropical Mango Raspberry Pineapple Smoothie
Tropical Mango Raspberry Pineapple Smoothie Sipping on this tropical mango raspberry pineapple smoothie right now is really making me wish I was sitting on a beach in Hawaii while sipping. Not at my desk staring at a computer screen. I miss being in Hawaii. I miss the beach, the ocean, listening to the wind in...
Simple Roasted Baby Bok Choy With Walnuts
Roasted Baby Bok Choy, my favorite veggie next to artichokes. Bok choy, specifically baby bok choy are a lot simpler to prepare than artichokes and are incredibly versatile. I seriously eat baby bok choy all the time and I am FINALLY sharing my favorite and super easy way to prepare them that is insanely delicious....
Roasted Carrot and Butternut Squash Soup with Walnut Pesto and Roasted Red Pepper Puree
Roasted Carrot and Butternut Squash Soup with Walnut Pesto and Roasted Red Pepper Puree I have been craving brownies for two weeks now. But instead of making brownies I made soup. A really flavorful Roasted Carrot and Butternut Squash Soup and I added a little something extra with topping the soup with walnut pesto and...
Best Ever New England Clam Chowder
I am going to proudly say that this is, by far, hands down, the best ever New England Clam Chowder. Ever. I have been a lifelong New England clam chowder connoisseur. It is my jam. It is pure comfort in a bowl. Its the one thing I crave when its cold and dreary outside in...
Easy Shredded Chicken Tacos
Easy Shredded Chicken Tacos are a quick and healthy dinner for those busy week nights. Prepare it all ahead of time so taco assembly is quick and gets dinner on the table as fast as you can say, "Taco Tuesday". I have been going the last two weeks not really knowing what day it is....
Wintertime Ceviche with Scallops, Pomegranate and Kale
Wintertime Ceviche with Scallops, Pomegranate and Kale. Happy New Year!! I figured I would have fresh start to the new year with my healthy and fresh Winertime Ceviche. So many look towards the new year as a fresh start with eating healthier, getting rid of the remaining cookies and sweets from the holidays and getting...
Pineapple Coconut Champagne Cocktail and My Top 10 Recipes of 2013
Pineapple Coconut Champagne Cocktail and My Top 10 Recipes of 2013 Cheers! My last post of 2013 is this Pineapple Coconut Champagne Cocktail. The perfect sip to end a fantastic year and start a new one. And at the end of the post is a round up of my top recipes of the year. Can...
Gluten Free Eggnog Waffles with Warm Bourbon Cranberry Compote
Gluten Free Eggnog Waffles with Warm Bourbon Cranberry Compote Out of all the holidays meals throughout the year, I look forward to Christmas breakfast the most. Its one of the holidays where you get to eat a decadent breakfast like these Gluten Free Eggnog Waffles with Warm Bourbon Cranberry Compote, lounge in your pajamas all...
Lobster Scrambled Eggs with Wasabi Hollandaise and Crispy Leek and Potato Cakes #Festivus
Lobster Scrambled Eggs with Wasabi Hollandaise and Crispy Leek and Potato Cakes "I gotta lot of problems with you people and you're gonna hear about it!! - Frank Costanza, "The Strike", Seinfeld. A Festivus for the rest of us. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am for this post. And this...
Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies
These Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies were on my to-bake list last Christmas and I ran out of time to make them. Dang way too busy holiday season!! I always make too huge of a Christmas cookie baking list as it is, and there are still some on this year's list I have a feeling I...
Holiday Spiced Cranberry Margaritas
Holiday Spiced Cranberry Margaritas. Spices, cranberries and a festively garnished glass make these margaritas perfect for the fall and winter holidays. Who doesn't love a holiday margarita? Who doesn't love margaritas? So festive and sparkly!! These are great to sip on while at home watching holiday movies and wrapping presents as well as serving at...
Vanilla Cardamom Shortbread Sandwich Cookies with Espresso Buttercream
I know the name of these cookies is long. But. Don't let that intimidate you because these cookies are SO GOOD. A crisp, buttery cardamom shortbread sandwich cookie with vanilla beans and filled with an espresso Swiss meringue buttercream filling. Think a warm, spiced vanilla latte in cookie form. ( Recipe and notes have been updated...
Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Maple Poached Pears and Maple Buttercream #ChristmasWeek
I made some whoopie pies for you today. Not just any whoopie pie, but Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Maple Poached Pears and Maple Buttercream. These little bites of whoopie pie goodness have winter and Christmas written all over them. These were originally for a group project "Christmas week" recipes years ago, but many of those...
White Chocolate Dipped Pistachio Cranberry Crescent Cookies
White Chocolate Dipped Pistachio Cranberry Crescent Cookies, are perhaps my new favorite Christmas cookie this year. One thing I love about wintertime is the cookie baking season. I bake a ton of cookies and every year I like making a cookie with white chocolate pistachios and cranberries in one form or another. Every year the...
Christmas White Chocolate Cranberry Layer Cake
Christmas White Chocolate Cranberry Layer Cake. A decadent and delicious Christmas cake. Can you believe it's December already? I think I say this every December. This decadent cake is one that I have made for many years now at Christmas, and I am finally blogging about it. White Chocolate Cranberry Layer cake. I like baking...
Persimmon Pear Brandy Pie with Vanilla Bean Crumble #PieWeek
I can't believe I made two pies this week. The person that doesn't make pie. I guess the Boozy Pumpkin Eggnog pie from the other day gave me so much pie making confidence that I thought, " why not make a second pie for Pie Week". I am an overachiever like that. Plus I had...
Blender Acorn Squash Soup with Apples and Leeks
Blender Acorn Squash Soup with Apple and Leeks. This soup starts in the oven then finishes in a blender. If you don't have a blender, stovetop cooking method is mentioned in recipe notes. This acorn squash soup starts with the squash roasting with garlic. Leeks, apple and shallot get sautéed on the stovetop then everything...
Salmon Mousse Dip
Salmon Mousse Dip - a perfect holiday meal appetizer. Just a few ingredients and takes only a few minutes to make. Here I am with another Thanksgiving recipe my mom has been making for a million years and I figured I should share it because it is a good one. This is her Salmon Mousse Dip...
Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies
I am super excited to share these Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies with you today. I adore chocolate and peppermint together in drinking form, and now in cookie form. Being a food blogger definitely makes the holidays seem to happen sooner than they happen just as the stores have them up on display. I get that...
Spiced Apple Cranberry Chutney
Spiced Apple Cranberry Chutney. I have made this recipe both stove top and slow cooker and it comes out amazing every time with both methods. (updated Nov 2021) I cannot believe it is November already. Wasn't it JUST summer?? I am already seeing pics of snow from where some of my friends live throughout the...
Gluten Free Vanilla Doughnuts with Mini Chocolate Chips
Gluten Free Vanilla Doughnuts with Mini Chocolate Chips. Doughnuts or Donuts? Does it matter? Or is one the proper spelling and the other the Homer Simpson version of spelling it? Either way you will love these gluten free vanilla doughnuts I made for you all today. Now I know that a lot of people don't...
Oven Roasted Lemon Chicken Thighs with Artichokes and Kalamata Olives
I had something all fun and witty to go along with these photos of this Oven Roasted Lemon Chicken Thighs with Artichokes and Kalamata Olives recipe and then I scratched my left eye and now I am writing this with one eye closed and in slight pain. I had my hair up in a ponytail...
Chocolate Crepes with Spiced Pumpkin Butter Filling and Maple Pecan Syrup #holidayfoodparty
It's that time again - Holiday Food Blogger Party!! This time its the Halloween edition and I made these insanely yummy Chocolate Crepes with Spiced Pumpkin Butter Filling and a Maple Pecan Syrup. Decadent sounding, easy to make and surprisingly not overly sweet, but so so good! This Halloween post almost didn't happen. And not...
Pomegranate Coconut Mousse
Pomegranate, another of my favorite - I look forward to every fall - fruits is the reason for the pink in these super easy to make and great tasting pomegranate coconut mousse. The reason for a pink recipe post is for Jen of Beantown Baker's Power of Pink Challenge. She emailed me asking if I...
Persimmon and Medjool Date Green Monster Smoothie
Persimmon and Medjool Date Green Monster Smoothie. Its middle of October and here I am with one of my favorite smoothie recipes, with my favorite fall/winter fruits - the persimmon. So many people look forward to fall for pumpkin everything season and apple everything. I look forward to more unique produce such as pomegranate and...
Creamy Maple Bacon Pumpkin Risotto
Creamy Maple Bacon Pumpkin Risotto. A comforting, hearty fall risotto recipe. I gave in. I FINALLY made something pumpkin. But it was planned. And it is only October 2nd. Even though everyone else has been making pumpkin recipes for the past month, I try to hold out until it is October. While I do like...
Spicy Cioppino My Way
Cioppino os a classic Italian-American fisherman's stew that is hearty, filling and so flavorful. Tomato and wine based broth, tons of different seafood and shellfish, don't forget the crusty bread for dipping. I am so excited to share with you all my Spicy Cioppino recipe. It is one of my favorite seafood dishes, I will...
Chocolate Vanilla Tuxedo Cake with Raspberry White Chocolate Buttercream
Chocolate Vanilla Tuxedo Cake with Raspberry White Chocolate Buttercream. A cake title to match the height of this massive cake. I seem to really like making these crazy tall cakes. I have this problem where I go ALL OUT and make cakes like this 8 layer (16 if you count the filling) or you know, smaller...
Vanilla Bean Creme Brûlée
Vanilla Bean Creme Brûlée. A classic dessert, made with a blowtorch, and a life lesson from Julia Child. (This is a wordy post, if you choose to skip to the recipe, I won't be offended.) (post originally published in Sept 2013/updated Feb 2021) "Every woman should have a blowtorch" - Julia Child. I wholeheartedly agree....
Dragon Fruit Ice Pops
I think I am still the only one not baking with anything pumpkin yet. I have 4 little sugar pie pumpkins in a bag about 4 feet away from me that my husband's co-worker gave to me that I still haven't gone near. My kids drew faces on them and thought that was great fun...