Author: Brenda

Cakes

Apple Upside Down Cake:

This Apple Upside Down Cake is the perfect dessert. With its tender cake and sweet cinnamon coated apples, it is likely to become your new Fall favorite. I’m always looking for a new way to incorporate apples into a dessert. I’ve done apple pie, apple crisp, apple donuts and many more but I was looking […]

Donuts

Baked Lemon Blueberry Donuts:

Who doesn’t love brunch. In my house brunch is a common occurrence, weather it be with family or friends. We love it because it is so much more laid back then a sit down dinner. With brunch you can just put everything out and your guests can just casually help themselves to what they would […]

Salad

Kale & Brussel Sprout Salad:

This Kale & Brussel sprout salad is a great accompaniment to any meal or as a meal in it self. It is packed full of nutrients and with the addition of cranberries, crispy apples, shallots, crispy bacon and maple toasted walnuts it taste amazing as well. The tangy balsamic vinegar dressing brings it all together. […]

Cakes

Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cake

So, a few summers ago I decided to grow some zucchini in my garden thinking that the plant would produce two or three zucchini’s if I was lucky. Well my garden produced way more then the two or three that I expected. Now I had an abundance of zucchini and there is only so much […]

Soups & Stews

Roasted Broccoli And Cauliflower Soup

I’m always trying to come up with a new soup that my kids and husband will like. Soup is my husbands absolute favorite. Even in the middle of summer he will eat a bowl of soup. So he is my soup critic. When I told everyone I made Roasted Broccoli And Cauliflower Soup, with no […]

Cookies

Orange Truffle Cups

This is the perfect sweet little treat to put out for your guests. The best part is that they can be made in advance and placed in the freezer for up to one month. That alone makes them a perfect treat. I had made a batch around the holidays once and put them in the […]

Cookies

Almond Spritz Cookies:

This is one of my favorite Spritz Cookie recipes. I love Spritz Cookies because there easy to make, freeze well and ship great. So you can make several batches ahead of time, freeze them and when your ready to give them as gifts just package them up and send them. This is also a great […]

Cookies

Rainbow Cookies:

Nothing says the Holidays are coming in my house better then a batch of rainbow cookies. My kids would always know they were coming when the almond paste showed up on our shelves. They always said “ It’s are favorite part of the Holidays “. They are definitely labor intensive but well worth it, especially […]