• Sweet Things

    Oatmeal Cookies with Sea Salt Caramel Chips

    I don’t know what genius decided to make Sea Salt Caramel Baking chips….wait, yes I do….it’s Hershey’s!!!  I couldn’t be more happy about that little discovery the other day in the baking aisle.  So, what to do with them?  Eat them straight out of the bag?  Okay, what about the next bag?  I got it!  Oatmeal Cookies!!!! It didn’t take me long to make these delicious things, and even less time to gobble them up like I was headed off to war and didn’t know when I would get another good meal…or cookie.

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  • Main Dishes

    Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joe’s

    I love Buffalo Chicken in many forms, but oddly, I don’t eat Buffalo Wings.   The truth about me and chicken is that I am not a fan of any form of it on a bone, but fry me up some chicken strips and I’ll eat til my pants are too tight.  Throw on some Buffalo Sauce and I’ll never leave the couch.   As it would happen, National Sloppy Joe Day is Sunday, March 18.  I don’t know if that’s because a greasy sloppy joe is just what one might require to nurse a case of overindulging in some St. Patrick’s Day cheer.   I decided to celebrate by…

  • Breads

    Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day….Guinness Bread!

    If you follow me on Instagram, and you saw my Insta story on Wednesday, you know that I spent the majority of my day working on super glamorous projects around the house….like cleaning the oven, shampooing the carpets, removing months of dust from the window blinds and  scrubbing floors.  Oh the sophisticated life I lead!  Anyway, before I started the oven project I stirred up a quick bread that combines (are you sitting down for this?) bread, cheese and BEER!!!! How on earth could you pass that up? I think it’ll make the perfect vehicle to deliver some leftover corned beef to my waiting mouth after St. Patrick’s Day.  Let…

  • Sweet Things

    Is it a Torte or a Cake?

    To answer the age old question….Is it a Torte or a Cake?  Who cares!!!!!!  It’s dessert and it’s delicious and that’s all that really matters.  But, for those of you who may want to distinguish…..tortes ARE pretty much cakes that are generally made with less flour than a traditional cake and many have ground nuts to replace some of that flour.  We’ll save the great Torte vs. Cake debate for another time, and just get to the good stuff.   Today, March 13 is National Coconut Torte Day….who knew?   So in preparation for the big celebration I wanted to make a semi-easy version that screamed classy dessert, but didn’t…