Kerrygold Open-Faced Breakfast Toasts
I’m a sucker for a good breakfast. I love breakfast, and I also love to entertain guests. When I have overnight guests I like to make them a special breakfast. Now, if you know me, you know I like things that LOOK like they took a lot of effort, when in reality they are dead simple. This recipe is one of those. It looks like you slaved, when in fact you could sleep in and still have time to get this yummy dish on the table! This...
Cheesy Roast Beef Pie Bites
Another year draws to a close. 2013 was a big year for me in many ways. Lots of life changing events. The most important of these was in February when I lost my beautiful, and always inspiring, Aunt Ruby. I still can’t really believe she is gone. If you know me at all you know she was a source of inspiration to me. A real treasure. She was a strong, smart, spunky lady who had a ready smile, a warm heart, and baked a killer pecan...
Cinnamon Pecan Swirl Monkey Bread
Happy Leap Day! February has been one bitch of a month for me personally, so to celebrate the end of it I decided to bake something really, really naughty. I was inspired by monkey bread, a heavenly concoction of cinnamon sugar covered dough that is baked in a sticky brown sugar and butter sauce. The end result is sweet, buttery, and perfect for sharing. Most of the recipes I found on the interwebs for monkey bread used a short...
Baked Eggs with Homemade Sausage and Grits
There is something magic about food. The last few weeks have been somewhat difficult for me. Nothing too extreme, but I have had a fair amount of work related stress, the stress of Christmas Day, and I am coming up on my first deadline for the next book. Needless to say, I have been a little distracted. Food makes a wonderful escape for me. I am able to get into the kitchen and sort of lose all the baggage that is otherwise...
Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
When life gets busy I turn to easy comfort foods. I am currently working, quite furiously, on my next book. In fact, I just passed the half way point! My work on the book, as well as my trips to BlogHer and IFBC New Orleans, mean that this month I will not have as much time for cooking anything other than pies. Anything I can bake and stash in the freezer makes me feel a little more secure. I love knowing I am just a few moments...
