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I feel abundantly blessed as we have been unscathed by recent calamities in my home state.  As I concoct delicious cuisine in the comfort of my own dry kitchen, I have pondered over difficulties that some of my fellow Texans have endured as Hurricane Harvey has stormed in, followed by an unprecedented amount of rain […]

I have tried several peach cobbler recipes and none have come close to what I would consider peach cobbler perfection. My quest continues. In the meantime, my Pacific Northwest friend, Tina, baked a rather tempting looking peach crisp last week and shared her recipe with me. She put a lot more of the crumbly crisp […]

Hurricane Harvey hit the coast of Texas this weekend and devastating flooding continues.  Flash flood warnings in our area have been called off today, and we are safe on high ground. Our school district in Austin issued a two-hour late start, and the temperatures have dropped down to the upper 70s.  For us, that means […]

Recently I ordered this cool ice cream sandwich maker because who doesn’t love ice cream sandwiches? Why would I buy this contraption when I can just go buy a box of FatBoys at the grocery story?  Why not?  Think of all the possibilities of flavors and combinations!  It could easily be one of those one-hit-wonder […]

I’m a connoisseur of brownies and absolutely love the texture of this simple and relatively basic brownie creation that uses semisweet chocolate chips plus cocoa powder to create chocolatey brownie goodness with its signature shiny top.  I also like that this version makes a small, just-right sized batch in an 8-inch square pan. Semisweet Brownies […]

Last Sunday we invited two sweet young women over for dinner and one was leaving Texas to return home to Utah. I asked what her favorite dessert was and she said German chocolate cake, so I baked it for her, experimenting with a devils food cake recipe for the first time.  I plan to share […]

This is an easy way to serve eggs quickly for breakfast, presented with a little love.  It doesn’t get much easier than mixing a few ingredients into a bowl, pouring them into a muffin tray, then baking them while you finish getting ready for the day or chilling on the sofa while they bake.  Here’s […]

While making tuna salad today for lunch, I had an epiphany to add diced green chiles and now will probably always make it this way.  It’s so good.  Here’s what I did to prepare this five-minute appetizer.  I already had hard boiled eggs, peeled and stored in the refrigerator, so that helped. Also, this is […]