A Cookbook? What? YES!

Recipe Research Cookbook

Let’s talk about recipes!  I love a good recipe but I can never stick to it.  I am constantly changing them.  Tweaking this, leaving out that, it really is a sickness with me that started when I bought a restaurant in 2006.  The cafe I bought was located in a small Texas town on the […]

Banana Nut Cobbler

Banana Nut Cobbler Recipe

I love banana nut bread, but I always view it as breakfast food instead of a dessert.  Well, that has changed with this banana nut cobbler.  I created this recipe after a little mental push from an Instagram friend and boy I don’t regret it.  It is sweet, moist, and absolutely delicious. Have a bowl […]

Are you Carb Conscious?

The Balanced Plate

I really wanted to write a little about carbs!  You know those pesky little things that seem to be adding weight to your middle.  Two years ago I started noticing that I was suffering from scale creep.  Not enough weight gain to be alarming but enough that I starting thinking that I had better make […]

Sweet Barbecue Chicken

Sweet Barbecue Chicken Recipe

As food hacks go, this one is a good one. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in making something “from scratch” that I forget to take something already made and just make it better. Kinda like I do when I start with a boxed cake mix to make a great cake. This is a food […]

Hallmark Ice Cream Fried Chicken Bites

Hallmark Ice Cream Fried Chicken Bites

I watched a Hallmark movie last night! It was an awesome movie as always! It gave me an idea for a new recipe. In the movie, a chef used ice cream cones in the breading of fried chicken. What an awesome idea! I decided to create a new recipe using that idea. I must say, […]

Cashew Chicken Bowl

Cashew Chicken Bowl Recipe

I recently reached the point of foraging for food in my kitchen!  Like an episode of “Chopped”, I have gotten into finding things and trying to come up with something good to eat.  This recipe is inspired by a close to expiration bottle of Newman’s Own Sesame Ginger Dressing and a son that asked for […]

Italian Cream Cupcakes

Italian Cream Cupcakes Recipe

Today, I decided to make an Italian Cream Cake (as cupcakes).  I was headed to Burnet, Texas to meet my sister and do an exchange in a parking lot of the HEB.  An exchange for Easter. She is bringing me a couple of things I need for Austin and in exchange, I am taking her […]

1916 Banana Nut Bread

1916 Banana Nut Bread Recipe

I am so excited about a cookbook that my mother and father-in-law have passed on to me!  It is called Fredericksburg Home Kitchen Cook Book and it was originally published in 1916.  The last time it was revised and enlarged was in 1957. The book is full of what I am dubbing “Traditionally Tasty” recipes.  […]

Chocolate Coffee Muffins

Chocolate Coffee Muffin Recipe

What do you do when you are in the middle of a global pandemic and start craving something sweet?  Normally, I would throw together some cookies or eat some ice cream, but with the current normal I really didn’t want to use up my supplies.  So, I decided to forage and see what I could […]

Red Beans and Hot Water Bread

Red Beans and Rice Recipe

Tonight I wanted to make something vegetarian.  I have a friend on Instagram that is in the middle of celebrating Chaitra Navratri and I am posting this with respect for her celebration.  I started thinking…. vegetarian does not always mean vegetables. So, I made some awesome red beans, rice, and some old fashioned hot water […]