Easy, Perfect Homemade Hamburger or Hot Dog Buns

Summer is the time for cook-outs for sure. When you can make homemade, delicious (soft!) hot dog and hamburger buns in less than an hour why in the world would you buy them?

Did I say less than an hour? Yep!
These freeze well so you can make them ahead of time. If you have [...]

Real Food…Real Quick: A Food Blog Invitational

Thanks for all of you that took the poll. The results were about what I expected.
The first question was how much time do you spend cooking per week and the answers were pretty close between

6 hours or more
3-6 hours

To me this says a lot. You are willing to put a little time into [...]

Maple Tangerine Chicken: I’m Walkin’ on Sunshine…

Maple Tangerine Chicken Breast is one of those perfect throw together meals. You know the ones…the kind you want to be really impressive but you don’t have time to create magic? Yeah. This is easy….

The flavors came together better than I expected them to. I combined maple syrup, a good dijon, and tangerine for the [...]

Brownie Cheesecake

I love doing cheesecakes. Even though people think they are really hard, and impressive–they are a cinch. Just a few tricks and tips will guarantee your success. Once you have the basic formula down you can change flavors and crust and topping to your heart’s content.

This brownie cheesecake was actually an accident. I was trying [...]

The 50 Best Cookie Recipes on the Internet

Copying this over from Baking Delights…The Best 50 Cookies on the Internet was my biggest post ever and made the first page of Digg in 24 hours. Who knew that y’all liked cookies so darn much? Here it is, the original. I am checking all the links and polishing it up some but The 50 [...]

Orange Ricotta Pound Cake

This cake is so extremely moist it isn’t funny.  The ricotta adds an unbelievable texture that you just don’t find in pound cake.  It is rich without being heavy and the orange and almond flavors are very delicate.  You definitely need to use whole milk ricotta in this, the skim milk versions just won’t work.  [...]

Root Beer Pot Roast, Seriously

It may sound weird but my family gave this root beer pot roast at least a hundred and fifteen stars.  Maybe more.  There is something about the soda that makes the meat buttery and tender, absolutely melt in your mouth good.  The root beer adds a subtle sweetness and a nice spicy touch.

Since it is [...]