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Cooler Nights & Falling Leaves might be right around the corner here, but that doesn’t mean that you can no longer enjoy S’mores! These s’mores can be enjoyed all year round, even during “outdoor s’mores season”. In addition to being an easy to enjoy snack …
If you have been taking care of your Basil Plants this year, they should be doing really well at this point in the season. Pretty soon we are going to need to save every last one of those leaves from the dreaded frost and make …
Pancakes are a fantastic, amazing, delicious, yummy breakfast, but they involve a bit of hands-on time and attention to make them perfect and avoid burning. I figured that there had to be an easier way to get the delicious flavor of a pancake without touching the stove-top. Pancake Mix can easily be turned into pancakes or waffles or biscuits or a bread/cake base use as a coating for something fried – so why not a baked pancake!?
I would say that this “Baked Pancake” is somewhere between a really thick Pancake and a Cobbler (with “biscuits”). All of the flavors that come out of this breakfast Continue reading Peach Cobbler Pancake Bake
Sometimes cooking for a crowd can be a bit overwhelming, but if you plan ahead – cooking for a dozen can be as easy as cooking for two if you just put a bit of thought and planning into it! Breakfast is one of those …
Little bite-sized amazing tastes of yumminess! People always seem to really enjoy mini-quiches. You can buy them pre-made and just throw them in the oven There are some half-way decent frozen quiches out there… but there are some pretty cruddy quiches out there too! When …
There is something magical about slices of fresh crusty bread topped with a delicious combination of flavors! These Mushroom Crostinis fit that bill: you start out with a loaf of fresh french bread, toast it up just a bit and then add some smooth & creamy ricotta and toast that up to just develop a crust, and finish it all off with some caramelized mushrooms – to end up with a totally new flavor profile which is sure to please everyone who allows this to pass their lips 🙂
The addition of toasty Ricotta on top of Bread is something I had never done before this, and it is magical. I could even toast these up with some tomato or other summer treats on top. Or maybe on the grill (yum, grilled toasts) to avoid heating up the house in the summer.
Such a Simple Appetizer Continue reading Ricotta Mushroom Bruschetta Toasts