Killer Pumpkin Bars

Killer Pumpkin Bars

Several years ago when I started browsing around food recipe forums and message boards on the internet, I most often returned to one particular one that I still use today. Although I have a ridiculously enormous cookbook collection, I have to say that beside the wonderful recipes I find through other food blogs, it is [...]

Meatball Salad

Meatball Salad

Like many households, it's pretty much tradition that when the grown kids come to visit, we cook their favorite meals. So when Amy came home this past weekend... in from Chicago for a little R & R... I knew it'd be no different. Her latest food obsession? Meatball Salad. We both had our first meatball [...]

Almost-Famous Pumpkin Cheesecake

Almost-Famous Pumpkin Cheesecake

Okay. I waited for two years to post this one. The guilt pangs were holding me back. This is obviously not a daily dessert. Not even a year-round dessert in our household. But with the holidays approaching, I felt it would be negligent of me not to let you know... that this is one "bang-up" of a [...]

Watermelon Cookies!

Watermelon Cookies!

Oh, have I been having fun. I was browsing online last night, submersed in the big-wide-world of recipes as I do, and I happened upon this darling recipe for Watermelon Cookies. I got so excited that after copying and pasting, I closed my browser and called it a night. I couldn't focus on anything else as [...]