Jazzed up Cottage Cheese

Do you find you’re always rushed for time, getting the kids off to school, doing paperwork, answering the phone, running errands, getting dinner ready, walking the dogs……with barely a minute for yourself let alone time to sit down and have a bite to eat?  Well you’re not alone. In...

Kitchen Facial

Now that winter is over and spring is here, I feel like I could use a facial.  Although there are numerous places to get one, most start at around $95.  It’s wonderful spending a morning or afternoon getting pampered at a spa but I don’t always have the time or feel...

Flower Power – Cupcakes!

The flowers have been so beautiful lately lining the streets of our neighborhood, that I decided to create my own.  Since I don’t consider myself to be the best at gardening, maybe because I’ve never done much of it, I decided to make flowered cupcakes. My idea was to create large chocolate...

Sonoma Chicken Salad

  Have you ever had a dish that you crave and love to eat, but know you shouldn’t eat it?  I hate when that happens.  For those of you that follow my blog you know I enjoy going to Whole Foods Market.  Oftentimes, during the afternoon when I’m running around...

Passover Macaroons!

Wednesday I posted a video for making cute little bunny cupcakes, so today I wanted to post a recipe for the jewish holiday Passover. Tonight marks the beginning of Passover one of the most important holidays of the Jewish faith, an eight-day commemoration that overlaps in date with Easter....

Easter Bunny Cupcakes

Back in 2009 I appeared on KMOVs, “Great Day St. Louis” to demonstrate how to make bunny cupcakes.  It’s been 3 years since it aired and thought with Easter this Sunday some of you may like to try to create these cute and tasty little bunnies for your family and friends. Here’s...

Meyer Lemon Tart with a Layer of Chocolate

It was probably back in 2004 that I first experienced the smooth, sweet, citrus, buttery flavor of homemade lemon curd.  Prior to that the word “curd” made me feel sick for some reason, until I discovered what went into it. If you like lemons, limes, oranges or any type...

Vegetarian Pasta with Roasted Campari Tomatoes

Do you ever have those days where all you want are veggies?  That was me today.  I’d been doing a lot of work at home and was craving fresh vegetables.  I checked to see what ingredients I had on hand and fortunately I was well stocked. I had some beautiful...