Homemade Graham Crackers

Since its the time of year for making memories with gingerbread houses, I’m sharing an excellent recipe for homemade graham crackers.  This dough is so versatile and easy to shape into walls and roof pieces to make the perfect gingerbread house of any size.  Merry Christmas! So, what did I do with those soft, sweet, […]

Luscious Lemon Bars

Every so often I get a craving for lemon bars.  I didn’t have a recipe that I just loved so I’m always trying new cookbooks and websites for the perfect one.  Ones in the past have been too sour, too bitter, too sweet, or just not enough lemon.  I recently tried the ‘Luscious Lemon Bars’ […]

WW Banana Bread with Wheat Germ

Banana bread is one of my simple pleasures.  Warm, right out of the oven, and melting butter is my favorite way to eat it.  It’s also a nice and easy way to use up over ripened bananas sitting on my counter.  Weight Watcher’s ‘Simply Delicious’ cookbook has been on my shelf for going on five […]

Super Chewy Donuts

super extra chewy donut

One of the things I missed most about Maryland was the FOOD!  I had some fierce super chewy donut cravings.  Don’t get me wrong – Texas definitely delivered when it came to good food as well.  It’s just a different kind of food I missed.  Above all, the crabs!  Second to that is the delicious […]

Painted Easter Crackers

painted easter crackers from sugarbananas.com

A cute take on simple crackers, these painted Easter snack crackers are fun and super easy for kids to decorate just like Easter eggs. So there I was. It was 9pm and I was signed up to bring in CHIPS to the Easter party (the next morning). Chips were too easy. So, I found a […]

Veggie Tower

In an effort to incorporate a lot more veggies into our diet, I came up with this delicious experiment. It’s a tower of roasted eggplant, caramelized onions, tomatoes, and goooood cheese. The eggplant and tomatoes had a moment in the oven to get rid of some excess moisture. While that was going on, I caramelized […]