When life gives you a boatload of bananas, you make mini banana bread loaves! This recipe only takes 30 minutes to bake and leaves delicious and moist mini quick-bread. I don’t know how much you cook or bake, but you can guess how much I do by the sheer number of posts that I put up …
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Transform your Moscow Mule into a Blarney Stone cocktail just in time for St. Patrick’s Day! Use your favorite whiskey for a this fun drink. St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner and here in Chicago, people tend to make a weekend of it. The Chicago river gets dyed a neon green that reminds …
This fire chicken recipe is the perfect blend of Szechuan peppercorns and dried habanero peppers! Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the launch party for CookGirl. It was a fantastic, very intimate event held in the event space of Little Goat. If you are familiar with the dining scene in Chicago, then you …
This easy breakfast quesadilla is a great way to start your day – full of eggs, black beans and cheese! Only 10 minutes to cook. I have been having some trouble with cooking. Every blog I look at, every cookbook or cooking magazine I open, every time I turn around… I see shellfish recipes. I …
Buffalo sauce chili is hearty and the perfect use for leftover buffalo sauce. Tailgating, anyone? After last week’s Super Bowl, I felt the urge to eat food fit for a tailgate. I guess in my own way, I was lamenting the end of football season. Usually, football ends and the city of Chicago sets into …
S’mores chocolate covered strawberries are the perfect dessert for Valentine’s Day or treat for any day. Easy to make your own at home! Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Mr. B and I don’t really celebrate the holiday, but we do celebrate dessert often. And these s’mores chocolate covered strawberries are so easy to …
This 30-minute cheesy tomato pasta skillet is perfect for dinner. (Secret ingredient – arugula!) If you’re looking for game day recipes, this is the perfect dinner! Well, we had a blizzard in Chicago. It snowed a lot, as it does when you have a blizzard. I shoveled a lot too. I really wanted to finish putting this recipe up …
Start you day with a stack of blueberry orange pancakes. It’s a flavor explosion – orange zest and fresh blueberries for the win. There are a trillion food holidays (not exaggerating, I swear,) but my new favorite one just happens to be on January 28th, which is today. I’m talking about National Blueberry Pancake Day …
This red fruit salad is full of raspberries, currant berries and pomegranate – perfect for lunch or an afternoon snack! I have finally caved and decided I should get on the healthier-eating train for 2015. I word it “healthier” because I am not quite able to stop myself from the occasional sweet or snack. And …
If you have a ton of leftover ham after Easter or Christmas dinner, make this ham jalapeno green onion quesadilla. A few weeks ago I made a ham in the slow cooker. We don’t normally eat hams here, mainly because it’s just the two of us. And a ham equates to A LOT of food. …
Butterscotch spice cookies are a great alternative to traditional holiday cookies like gingersnaps. They still have the spice but are softer and delicious! After my crazy pomegranate cake last week, Mr. B’s sweet tooth had a hankering for cookies. I thought he would eat the bag of Halloween candy that is still sitting on the …
Roasted red pepper white bean hummus is a great alternative to traditional hummus. Serve it with chips or vegetables – perfect party food! I hinted at this roasted red pepper and white bean hummus recipe on my olive oil review/giveaway post and it’s not the week to disappoint people. But it is the week for …
Looking for a holiday cake? Try this vanilla bean bundt cake with a sweet pomegranate glaze! I am participating in the Food Blogger Cookie Swap again and sent out my cookies last week. The big recipe reveal is coming up on the 15th so keep an eye out – I can’t wait to share with …
Maple bourbon cranberry sauce is the perfect addition to Thanksgiving dinner. Equally sweet and tart, it will make you never want to buy canned sauce again! I…. am still on a Thanksgiving kick. Last week I shared my fabulous recipe for gorgonzola green bean casserole. It has been a hit on Foodgawker and Tastespotting – …
Gorgonzola green bean casserole is a perfect Thanksgiving side dish – add pecans and panko bread crumbs for extra crunch! Sometimes when I’m planning what I’m going to cook for the week, I get stuck on one ingredient. It could be because I have a taste for something. This week, all I can think about …
The flavors in this quick bread recipe are perfect for fall! Make this apple almond cranberry quick bread for chilly autumn mornings or to bring to Thanksgiving dinner! I just realized that we are only 3 weeks away from Thanksgiving. Yes, it is time for you and I to both freak out. For the holidays, …
Get dinner on the table for your family with this easy recipe for slow cooker bruschetta chicken! I received a slow cooker to review, all opinions are my own. Having a rough week at work? A busy week in general? Not sure if you’ll get the chance to get a warm meal on the table …
My version of the shopska salad! Cucumbers, green peppers and tomatoes with a healthy portion of feta cheese! Two weeks ago my friend Emma and I went out to lunch. I love my weird schedule because it means I have the opportunity to still hang out with restaurant friends (who work a lot of nights …
Slow cookers are made for autumn. Try out my recipe for slow cooker boneless apple short ribs – it’s easy and delicious! Today is the first day of autumn! I’m so happy I can’t even explain it to you without confusing you and not making sense. I am truly not a summer person and while …
If you have pickled blueberries, brie and pickled blueberries are the perfect combination! This is great for dinner parties and girls night’s in. I went on a farm tour this week (more on that later) and one of the other bloggers there made a comment that has resonated with me all week. She said that …
Easy slow cooker BBQ pulled chicken sandwiches, topped with red onions, pickles and pickled jalapenos! If you’re looking for game day recipes, this is the perfect dinner! My husband, known here as Mr. B., was on vacation last week. With the weekends too, it was more like a week and a half – lucky guy, right? It was …
Have an extra pint of blueberries on your hands? Follow my easy recipe to make pickled blueberries! My kitchen seems to be full of two things this summer: vinegar and blueberries. Tuesday, I shared an easy recipe for homemade berry vinegar and today you get a recipe for pickled blueberries. I didn’t mean to share …
If you find yourself with a cup of cherries, make these easy baked cherry vanilla bean doughnuts! You won’t be able to eat only one. Do you like doughnuts? Cause I sure do! I overbought cherries (again!) so I decided to make doughnuts out of them. There’s nothing like doughnuts to make a bad day …
A delightful chocolate chip cookie experiment. What’s better: chocolate chip cookies or duck fat chocolate chip cookies? I had a little Maple Leaf Farms duck fat leftover after making my cornbread recipe, so I decided to do a little duck fat experiment this week. I put on my apron and oven mitts (the kitchen equivalent …
This vegetarian grilled corn soup is perfect for summer! Veggie based with tons of flavor and color! I am one of a small group of people who are happy it’s unseasonably cool in the summer (Mr. B is not in this group). After the very ridiculous winter we had in Chicago (and that many other …
Two weekends ago, Mr. B and I loaded up the Jeep and drove with Nero to visit Pepin, WI and the surrounding small towns. Road trip!! As a kid, I spent many summer vacations traipsing around the town and local farms thanks to my mom and step-dad Greg. Greg’s family is originally from Stockholm, WI …
This brown butter alfredo pasta with roasted red peppers and sausage is perfect for Sunday dinner and a great way to use up leftover grilled sausage. I was away on a long weekend vacation to western Wisconsin (more on that soon) and I purchased a bathing suit to take with me. First time wearing a …
This tomato habanero relish is perfect for BBQ season! Garnish your hot dogs and sausages with it or top a grilled steak or chicken breast with it. It’s so flavorful you could even eat it with chips! I was away at Blogger Duck U with Maple Leaf Farms last week (recap coming soon!!) and before …
This lemon vinaigrette dressing is perfect for summer salads and for marinating chicken! Over the weekend, my mom, sister and I threw a surprise birthday party for my other sister. Happy Birthday Meagan – we hope you had a spectacular time. 🙂 We sure did! And today is her actual birthday. 🙂 We ate well, …
Happy Easter everybody! I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families and friends on this beautiful day. If you don’t observe Easter, I still hope you have a beautiful day – Sundays are days to rejoice for life in general. If you do observe Easter, then there is a good chance that …
This hearty beef mushroom barley soup will really warm you up on these last days of winter. I didn’t start off planning on making this soup but I found an awesome package of mushrooms at the grocery store. All my cooking plans for the day changed the minute I found this: Shiitake, oyster, pleurote and …
This easy side dish is aromatic and flavorful – pair this lemon parsley rice with broiled chicken or baked tilapia. Sleep is a wonderful thing, until that is all you are doing. I don’t know what’s going on with me, but I have been unable to do anything but sleep since Monday. And all of …
Each bite of these ginger candied carrots has a nice balance of lemons and ginger. It’s the perfect holiday side dish for ham, roasts, or everyday dinner. Ginger candied carrots are the perfect side dish for everyday meals and holiday dinners. Making my orange honey ham for Christmas, or any holiday dinner? Or this chicken …
Life really has a way of getting in the way of things. I’ve been sitting on this slow cooker recipe for two weeks now. Switching over from wordpress.com to wordpress.org was a lot of work, and a lot more complicated than I thought it would be. I’ll leave out the details and maybe in the …
I’m back! I returned home from 2 weeks in Poland late last Wednesday night, and jumped right back into working at the restaurant Friday morning. Between that and a bad case of jet lag (is there ever a good case of jet lag?) I haven’t had time to do much else. Today is the first …
My version of a Trader Joe’s meatless recipe – Slow Cooker Ground Beef and Chorizo Chili. This last week has been crazy. After my Memorial Day BBQ (which I forgot to take pictures of – didn’t take a single picture of any of the food that I made or my handmade decorations), I started a …
A tutorial from Honey and Birch for DIY melt and pour soap – perfect for gifts! It’s much easier to make your own soap than you think. Updated: 7/26/14 Hello to everyone coming here from Mashable or Pinterest! You may be wondering why the pictures all say “Honey B’s and Birch Trees.” I wrote this …