Category Archives: Cooking

Weeknight Chicken and Mushroom Sauce

I mentioned how my friend Amber is responsible for my rather manic fascination with making strawberry shortcake crumb topping to recreate a childhood food memory.  I briefly mentioned how she readily shares the arsenal of tools that she has, sometimes … Continue reading

Posted in Chicken, Cooking, Recipe | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Strawberry Shortcake Crumb Topping

I often find the words “back in my day” tumbling out of my mouth.  As enjoyable as I find these trips down memory lane, I’m not sure the person I’m forcing the reminiscence upon would say the same.  Unless we … Continue reading

Posted in Cooking, Dessert, Food, Photo, Recipe | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

Bacon Cheddar Waffles

Back in the day….and by that I mean 2012…I was on Twitter.  All.  The.  Time.  Why?  Because I could.  And because I wanted to.  In the virtual world I don’t need to worry about being socially awkward.  It’s hard to … Continue reading

Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Cooking, Food, Photo, Recipe | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Clodagh’s Mint Chocolate Cupcakes

Disclaimer:  The good folks at Kerrygold provided me with a copy of Coldagh’s Kitchen Diaries and coupons for their fantabulous butter.  I highly recommend both. I have found a new outlet to get baked goods out of my house….it’s called … Continue reading

Posted in Baking, Cooking, Food, Photo, Recipe, Sweets | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

Easy Mac and Cheese

I swear this rambling is going to get to a point….and a recipe. Parenting styles.  Seems like there is a new one every week.  I hope to avoid becoming any type of parenting caricature…tiger, helicopter… by embracing the things that … Continue reading

Posted in Cooking, Food, Pasta, Recipe | Tagged , , , , | 9 Comments

Big Ass Biscuits

Remember all those times you were asked to picture your life in x number of years?  Did your idea of what that life was include the nitty gritty details?  Like that you would struggle with {fill in the blank with … Continue reading

Posted in Baking, Breads, Cooking, Food, Photo, Recipe | Tagged | 7 Comments

Easy Lemon Curd

I had to check my typing and make sure I did not title this post Easy Lemon Crud.  Because I have crud on my mind.  Our house has become a breeding ground for crud and crap thanks to the germs … Continue reading

Posted in Cooking, Dessert, Photo, Recipe, Sweets | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Angel Food Cake

My Grandmother is old.  I say that because she just turned 90.  And let’s be honest….90 IS old.  But the funny thing is that in my mind, she’s always been old in an ageless sort of way.  As a child … Continue reading

Posted in Baking, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Photo, Recipe | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

Pimento Cheese

Once upon a time, not so long ago, my routine went something like this: Get up Go to work Come home Dinner Go to bed Interspersed, at totally random intervals, were things like: Run errands Meet friends for coffee/drinks/dinner Read … Continue reading

Posted in Cooking, Food, Photo, Recipe | Tagged , , , | 13 Comments

Flashback Friday – Poached

The following post appeared on BAH on 9 September 2009. After the underwhelming outcome of my egg experiment, I wanted to give it another try. So I tasked my friend Google to see what other recipes were out there. The … Continue reading

Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Cooking, Flashback Friday, Food, Recipe | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment