Cooking

Cooking, Pie

Apple pie with walnuts and cinnamon

Celebrate the New Year with this spectacular apple pie with walnuts and cinnamon. A straightforward recipe to prepare and dairy and egg-free! This spectacular tart encompasses all the flavors and aromas of the season. It is perfect to comfort the soul on these cold days, […]

Cooking, Pie

Old Fashioned Custard Pie

We lived in the tiny apartment our first year of college along with a toddler and a half.  We’d moved from out-of-town and had no idea where to live so we took the first affordable place.  Think olden days way before the interwebs, email, cell […]

Cooking, Desserts

Double Chocolate Banana Muffins

No reason why a crazy chocolate muffin shouldn’t be the main event for brunch. After all, it’s got all the elements of a fine breakfast. There’s banana, yogurt, orange juice, dark chocolate, coffee and even chopped pecans. Double chocolate banana muffins are a  pretty hearty […]

Bread, Cooking

Buttermilk Biscuits

I used to love spending the weekend at my grandmothers because I always knew I would be woken up by the smell of her buttermilk biscuits. This is really the best biscuit recipe I have ever tried; I hope you enjoy it as well. After […]

Cooking, Desserts

Fruit Salad with Honey Yogurt Recipe

The Chew is having a contest to “find the next Weight Watchers chef”. Last week on the show, two contestants for the Weight Watchers contest made breakfast recipes and my favorite was “Seasonal Fruit Salad with Yogurt Sauce” by Lisa Fontanesi. My fruit salad ended […]

Chicken, Cooking

HEALTHY FRIED RICE

In many Asian countries fried rice is the number one kids’ favourite food. When bought from a food court or a restaurant, it might have quite a bit of oil in it. And it’s hard to find out what kind of oil they are using. […]

Desserts

APPLE FRITTERS

I’m honestly not sure what the regional distribution is for Shopper’s Food Warehouse…but this was my mom’s go-to grocery store (and still is).  And the only reason I even remember it is the doughnut display.  I mean HOLY COLOSSAL DOUGHNUTS.  No, really, that’s what they were called. […]

Appetizers, Cooking

Bacon Acorn Squash Patties

A few months ago Tarah from What I Gather and Brittanie from Three Diets One Dinner came up with the idea of doing Paleo Pen Pals, a paleo themed food swap. Basically you’re paired up with another blogger (or reader) and mail each other one paleo food item. Then you […]

Cooking

SWEET POTATO PANCAKES

Man, I just love pancakes. I really do. There’s just something about them… As a kid, french toast was always my favorite, then pancakes, and then waffles were dead last. I’ve never made paleo bread so I bet you can guess that french toast hasn’t been […]

Cake, Cooking

Creamy Coconut Cake

I have a bit of a stomach ache. It started last Thursday, which was Haley’s birthday. My little girl was very particular about what she wanted to bring to school: strawberry cupcakes with fresh strawberries mixed into the batter, coated in strawberry frosting and chocolate […]

Chicken

Chicken Salad on Croissants

I not sure about you but I am positive I have eaten enough Ham to last me until next Easter:) That’s why I have decided to share my recipe for Chicken Salad on Croissants.  This recipe calls for chopped cooked chicken, rotisserie chicken works great, […]

Casserole, Cooking, You

Meatball Subs in the Slow Cooker

This recipe is the first in a series I am calling Recipes From A Hotel Kitchen. If you’re new here (big ole Welcome!) I’m currently spending about 50 days in an extended stay hotel with my family while our dream home is being built. (You […]