"Me like cookies!"  That's what Cookie Monster used to say when I was a little girl.  Does he still say that?  My kids don't watch Sesame Street, so I'm not sure.  I have heard that he does now teach that cookies are "sometimes" foods.  But probably not "sometimes I have 5 of them in a Continue Reading...

Hip! Hip! Hooray!  My baby turned 6 today!  (Well, he turned 6 on the day when I made this cake...that was a bit ago).  He's my son that has food restrictions, so I make most of our food from scratch.  For sure, I make most of his food from scratch.  It's a bummer, but things Continue Reading...

Frank Sinatra says: Love and marriage, love and marriage They go together like a horse and carriage This I tell you, brother You can't have one without the other But, maybe the following is also true: Chocolate and peanut butter, chocolate and peanut butter They go together like a love and marriage This I tell Continue Reading...

We love Blueberry Banana Bread at our house! My boys just devour it, so when it came time to make something for the teachers at one of my son's school, I thought about that bread. But I wanted to make it a little easier to eat than a slice of bread. So I turned it Continue Reading...

Snickerdoodles!  They're just a great, traditional cookie, ya know?  But I often think of them as being store-bought, never made at home.  But it doesn't need to be that way.  It's an easy cookie to make - a simple dough, chilled for a bit, then rolled in a cinnamon/sugar mixture.  And, yet, I've only made Continue Reading...

Disclosure: Contains affiliate link. Read full disclosure policy. Know what's really delicious?  Chocolate.  Know what's even better?  Adding peanut butter to the party.  Combine both of them together in a brownie and it's close to heaven.  If you're my husband, you take that brownie and add a scoop (or 3!) of vanilla bean ice cream Continue Reading...