Category: Recipes

  • DIY Pumpkin Pie Spice

    DIY Pumpkin Pie Spice

    Tis’ the season for pumpkin. And lots of it. Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Chip Bars, Pumpkin Spice coffee creamer (like I was drinking yesterday), Pumpkin Butter, Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins… Many of these items call for a certain ingredient called “Pumpkin Pie Spice.” It’s sold in eensy-weensy containers for a gajillion bucks. Well, maybe that’s a slight…

  • Buffalo Chicken Calzone

    Buffalo Chicken Calzone

    Oh hello there, you hunk of awesome-ness: Cheesy, spicy, chicken-y…nom nom nom. The other day I mentioned on facebook that I was making a buffalo chicken calzone for dinn-dinn. I got the idea from these buffalo chicken bites I pinned many moons ago. (here’s the original pin, for any of you interested in the historical…

  • Granowenda :: The Best Chewy Granola

    My 2 year old, Anna Grace, has this thing about pronunciation. For example, her favorite princess is Cinderenda. Most people know her as Cinderella. One of her favorite snacks is granowenda – aka granola. This is our favorite granowenda recipe. It bakes up chewy, flavorful, and sweet but the only sweeteners in it are honey…

  • How to Peel a Perfect Kiwi

    Oh yes, it’s true. Perhaps it’s because my birthday was yesterday.  Maybe I’m reaching a new era of confidence. I don’t think so. Nevertheless, a couple weeks ago when I was making fruit pizza, I needed to peel quite a few kiwis. Now, in the past, I’ve always used a knife to peel off strips…

  • Fruity Pizza

    Fruity Pizza

    What do you think about this? O my. Yes, it was tasty. I do love pizza – last week we had pizza for dinner (homemade crust topped with garlic white sauce, chicken, olives, mozzarella & oregano) and then this fruit pizza for dessert. One can never eat too much pizza. Try this recipe and I’ll prove it…