Lofty Lemon Meringue Tart

One of my favorite baking books. I know, I know… another LEMON recipe.  Sometimes I get this crazy craving for lemons so I make anything lemon to work that out.   My friend gave me this book as part of a birthday present.  The pictures are awesome and make me want to make EVERYTHING – […]

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’ […]

Coconut, Pumpkin, and Chocolate Chips!

I’ve been trying to use up some ingredients in my pantry.  I found some pumpkin and coconut and thought, “there has to be something I can do with both of these”.  It turns out – there is!  I found this great recipe for pumpkin coconut muffins.  The sugar on top was my idea (and ended up […]

Perfect Chocolate Cake Recipe

As a chocoholic, I have great appreciation for a really gooood chocolate cake.  It’s so easy to make a boring, dry chocolate cake.  So, I’m always on the hunt for a great recipe. I like to take a base recipe and then adjust some of the ingredients to suit my tastes.  My chocolate cake needs to […]

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 […]

Sea Salt Caramels

Deep breath – I’m about to share one of my MOST FAVORITE recipes EVER!  It’s very addicting and I don’t mean that lightly.  Once made, this barely lasts a full day around here.  It’s just something about the sea salt, sugar, and cream.  A little background – So there I was…in Whole Foods…staring at all […]