April 2010

Barbeque Chicken Pizza

April 29, 2010

My husband loves this Barbeque Chicken Pizza – I remember the first time I thought I’d try making this for dinner, it was about the best received meal I ever made for him.  I can’t even remember why I put all these ingredients together – most likely, I was trying to get rid of some leftover chicken breast and […]

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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

April 25, 2010

I love entertaining!!  It gives me a chance to try out recipes I usually don’t make – for example, homemade Vanilla Bean ice cream.  As we were having company over, and we happened to have several Vanilla beans on hand, I decided to give it a whirl.  For my birthday last year, my lovely husband […]

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

April 20, 2010

I should probably rename them “Death By Cookie Dough” cupcakes.  Seriously.  A chocolate chip cookie inspired cupcake filled with eggless cookie dough and topped with brown sugar cookie dough buttercream, these are a cookie dough lovers dream!  Faces lit up at the description of the cupcakes and they were quickly devoured.  A friend who always […]

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Rosemary & Olive Bread

April 19, 2010

My husband and I just returned from a recent trip to the Waterworks restaurant in Philadelphia (which was fabulous, and I highly recommend.  Great views of the Schuylkill – both river and expressway) for our anniversary.  One of the most outstanding parts of the meal was the olive bread the restaurant served with dinner – now, I […]

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Anisette Cookies

April 13, 2010

My local grocery store’s bakery makes the most amazing Anisette Cookies – soft pillows of anisette goodness coated with a delicate sugar glaze.  They are especially tasty when consumed with a cup of piping hot Lady Grey tea. On Sunday, I found myself planning a last-minute dinner with my parents and realized that I didn’t […]

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Tarte au Citron – Lemon Tart

April 5, 2010

I spent most of last week trying to figure out what to bring to my in-laws’ for Easter dinner – and after days of deliberation concluded what better dessert than a lemony, buttery pastry topped with fresh berries to welcome spring!  Baking a tart always seemed very intimidating, but was always something I kept wanting […]

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Chocolate Mint Cupcakes

April 5, 2010

I have my husband to thank for this delicious confection.   While I was searching high and low for a fun, new dessert recipe that was guaranteed easy and tasty, he suggested I enhance my favorite cake and frosting recipe with some mint extract.   The chocolate mint cupcakes with mint frosting were born! As I’ve said […]

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Happy Easter!

April 4, 2010

Chocolate Mint Cupcake recipe can be found here. Use Wilton tip 233 to make grass.

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