On my most stressful days, I need a bite of cold creamy cheesecake.  But, I never have the time to make a whole cheesecake on days like that.  Enter mini cheesecakes!  One bowl, 15 minutes plus chill time and you’re in heaven.  This recipe makes 4 cupcake-sized cheesecakes. It gets better:  instead of grinding up [Click to Continue Reading...]

Today, we are celebrating! Today is the day Jenna Weber’s book, White Jacket Required, is released!  Jenna of Eat Live Run is one of the best bloggers out there, and I’m so happy to be a part of her celebration!  I completely adored her novel.  It’s a coming-of-age story about Jenna finding herself on the [Click to Continue Reading...]

The best desserts have streusel on top, am I right?  Peach crisp, apple crumb pie, and berry crumble would all be lost without the crumb topping.  Buttery bits of cinnamon and brown sugar clumped together just have a way of making you lick your fingers to pick up every last crumb.   These donuts will [Click to Continue Reading...]

Two jars of pink lemonade are for two people who are joined at the hip and glued at the lips. Two jars of pink lemonade are for two people who have date night in a combine harvesting corn til 3am. Two jars of pink lemonade are for two people sittin’ on a porch talkin’ ’bout the [Click to Continue Reading...]

I’m so easy lately.  Wait, that came out wrong.  Can I start again? I’m the queen of easy recipes lately.  First, I gave you sticky buns made in 30 minutes with the help of frozen puff pastry.  Then, I gave you macaroni and cheese that you make in a blender. A blender!  And now, I [Click to Continue Reading...]

Before we talk about those crunchy golden chicken fingers, we need to discuss this easy mac ‘n cheese recipe.  When I say easy, I mean it.  Macaroni and cheese usually requires a thick white sauce made on the stovetop with a butter and flour roux.  It’s delicious and definitely worth the effort, but I adore this [Click to Continue Reading...]

I dreamt up a cupcake made with fresh peaches topped with peach buttercream. We’re making fresh peach puree in the microwave today—it’s easy peasy.  I tossed in a little fresh ginger into the cupcake batter last minute, and I loved it even more. We’ve suddenly had a cold spell in our area lately (low 90s instead [Click to Continue Reading...]

Sometimes, you just need chocolate.  It can be for celebratory reasons, or it can be because you had a bad day.  Chocolate is for the good times and also for the low times.  In the midst of summer, when we’re drowning in watermelon and peaches, I made a decadent chocolate cookie for no good reason, [Click to Continue Reading...]