Growing up, most kids have chores, but few had such a delicious chore as picking strawberries from our family’s garden. That was a sure sign that spring was in the air. As a little girl, I loved strawberries alone or on top of the little yellow sponge cakes available at the grocery store. After …
This blog post has been compensated by Borden® Cheese. All opinions are mine alone. #BordenCheeseLove #CollectiveBias #Ad My dad has always made stromboli with lots of pepperoni and mozzarella cheese. The recipe was always simple – dough, cheese, and pepperoni all rolled up and baked until golden. Slice it up and dip in your favorite …
I’ve been wanting to make homemade panettone for years, but was always intimidated by stories that this slightly sweet, eggy, Italian raisin bread took days to make. Who has time for that? So I stuck with mediocre store bought varieties. That was until this year. Homemade panettone doesn’t have to be labor intensive. It doesn’t …
My husband is a meat and potatoes kinda guy. He doesn’t like pasta or rice (he refers to it as “fluffy white nothing”), and there is no way he’d ever eat a sweet potato with dinner. Fried. Mashed. Grilled. Baked. Roasted. If it is a potato, he will eat it (well, except for potato salad, …
Jewish Apple Cake has got to be one of my all-time favorite comfort foods that makes me think of home, family, and growing up. My mom taught me how to bake this cake when I was a little girl, and for the last 20 years, I’ve been baking it on my own. It is amazing. …
