2009 December | Hottie Biscotti

Chicken Spaghetti

Pioneer Woman is a blog I’ve been following for a few years. Ree Drummond has exploded in popularity, written a cookbook and has thousands and thousands of followers. I love the food part of her blog the best. I am incredibly jealous of her photography. And I am amazed that she has the time to [...]

Banana Oatmeal Cookies with Coconut, Walnuts & Chocolate Chips

Bethenny Frankel was on the Today Show yesterday talking about her cookbook, The Skinny Girl Dish, and I was inspired to search for a healthy dessert recipe to try out. I found a recipe for banana oatmeal cookies that sounded very tasty. To my dismay, I did not have all the ingredients. So I searched [...]

Hot Chocolate Layer Cake

A while back I lost my Canon camera in a horrific flood. A water bottle mysteriously opened in my purse, drowning and destroying my camera. Anyway, for a while I took pictures with my iPhone. Not spectacular, but sufficient photos. Then, Ben bought me a Sony camera that has served me well for the last [...]

Merry Christmas and Some Monks

This has absolutely nothing to do with food, but my dad sent it to me, and I think it’s worthy of sharing on this lovely Christmas morning. The Messiah is something my family would listen to, and even sing along with, every Christmas. I know that seems a bit hokey, but how can you not sing along with [...]

Chicken Posole with Avocado and Lime

This is a yummy, comforting and spicy soup that is similar to chicken tortilla soup, but with more substance and kick. The hominy provides the substance, and the roasted poblanos give a smoky, spiciness that increases as it sits. So be prepared for a spicier soup if you have any leftovers that you eat the [...]

Daring Bakers: Gingerbread House

For years before my sisters starting getting married, having babies and spending Christmas with their in-laws, we made gingerbread houses together. We did all of it: made the gingerbread dough, baked all the pieces, assembled the house, and decorated the house using nothing but edible candies, chocolate, etc. We would spend the days before Christmas, and [...]

Candied Ginger Scones

These are lovely and delicious. Fresh flavors with just enough sweetness. Fall apart goodness with pieces of spicy, sweet ginger. I found the recipe on Epicurious. It is a basic scone recipe consisting of simple and pure ingredients: chilled butter, flour, cream, salt, sugar and baking powder. They stray from the basic scone with the [...]

Peanut Butter Marshmallow Bites

These little, unassuming bite-size goodies made quite an impression last weekend. I brought them to a Christmas party where they were completely devoured and raved about. I saw one of the party guests 2 days later and she asked me for the recipe. I hadn’t had such a great response to a dessert in, well…ever! I [...]

Christmas Cookie Exchange

This past Saturday I hosted and attended my first cookie exchange! It was a really fun afternoon of visiting with friends, and snacking on delicious cookies. I ended up with more than 4 dozen of eight different types of cookies, and I only had to make one kind. This is a pretty sweet deal. Get [...]

Spice Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

These cute little cupcakes were for a December birthday lunch at work. I really over-committed myself this week. We attended Ben’s office party on Tuesday night, I volunteered to make a dessert for the birthday lunch, I’m bringing Swedish meatballs and a very time consuming little cookie to a Christmas party tonight, and I’m hosting a [...]

Hottie Biscotti

Categories

Recent Comments