When we lived in NY, my husband we had a lot of neighbors with Irish ancestry. There was a set of triplets of Irish descent whose mother made the most amazing Irish Soda Bread. The triplets attended the school where my husband worked. They would sell their mother’s Irish Soda Bread to friends, neighbors, and […]

This month for Cake Slice Bakers, we chose to make the Triple Lemon Chiffon Cake from Sky High: Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes by Alisa Huntsman. Because I have a very good reason, I deviated slightly from the recipe and added strawberries. The inside is a moist lemon chiffon cake filled with tangy lemon curd and a […]

This year I swore up and down I was going to make a real Irish dessert on St. Patrick’s Day. Instead, my daughter begged me to make green mint ice cream. I threw in the white chocolate to please me, and the green mint pleased her. My husband was pleasantly surprised how much he liked […]

I love coconut cake. It’s probably my very favorite. I usually only make it once a year for Easter. I made an exception this year. (I’m still making one for Easter.) I made this for our Brazilian crowd for my MIL’s birthday. (This is the last post about it!) The Brazilian way to cut a […]

This salad was a great compliment to some tasty enchiladas we made for dinner last night. And it also lends itself to variation. Could you add tomatoes? Sure. What about a jalapeno? Why, of course. Don’t like cilantro? Add parsley. I think the possibilities are endless.  Jicama and Black Bean Saladby Lindsey Johnson Ingredients:1 small […]

Need an idea for your Saturday breakfast? My little guy peeled a mushy banana and it fell apart in his hands. He sobbed for me to fix it. And because sometimes life hands you mushy bananas that won’t stick back together, you have no choice but to make muffins. I looked to my favorite recipe […]

Back in 2004, the folks at Cooks’ Illustrated included a recipe for Fruit Sherbet in their May/June issue. I let the idea of that recipe simmer for almost 5 years before trying it. Before I made the Blackberry-Strawberry Sherbet, I made plain Strawberry Sherbet using that recipe as a guide. I served it last month […]

This recipe originally comes from my trusty Land o’ Lakes cookbook. They are simple, fast biscuits to make and go great with soup. Parmesan-Herb Pan Biscuitsadapted from Land o’ Lakes Ingredients:1/3 cup butter2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese2 Tbsp. chopped fresh herbs1 Tbsp. sugar3 1/2 tsp. baking powder1/2 tsp. salt1 cup milk […]

We are huge pizza snobs. Since leaving NY, we just can’t bring ourselves to eat inferior pizza from some of those chain places. And it’s okay if YOU do. We just don’t like it so much. (Exception: Nicolitalia Pizzeria makes the best Boston-style pizza. It’s in Provo for any locals wanting to check it out.) […]

We are, like most everyone else, trying to cut back on needless spending. Have you checked out how much baby food costs these days? It’s a lot. Too much, actually. I experimented a bit with making my own baby food after my first baby. She hated it. So I stopped. With my second I was […]