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The richest and nicest tasting Pound cake I have made in years.

Great Carrot Cake!

The best banana pancake recipe I have found in a long time. Granted, I haven’t been looking because I just really have a hard time switching from my all time favorite French Toast if I am going to switch from something “light” or eggy for breakfast.  But I have been enlightened with this one. This…

I love Indian food and can’t wait to visit my favorite restaurant in Menlo Park soon. As much as I try to cook as though I am in one of those delicious restaurants, I am still missing the magic. If you cook vegetarian, it seems to come a bit closer but I figure with a…

It was one of the nights, or rather beautiful days where I just couldn’t get warm and really missed making my soups. Since the dogs were not well this week I went out and bought them a chicken. Lazy me, I picked it up at Costco so I could get back to work and get…

While perusing my cabinets and finding more of those lovely and delicious udon noodles, found a favorite recipe of mine (yes on www.tastespotting.com) and threw this quick and easy dish together. I didn’t have the chili oil, but have some wonderful sesame oil with this exquisite chili powder we picked up at the Asian market…

Why are these noodles so saintly? Must be because the Japanese just have some of their food so elegantly served that you can’t go wrong.  The little ribbons around each portion are even decorative. This Japanese wheat noodle recipe on a scale of 1 to 10 is about a 7. Yes, wish I could rate…

My boyfriend was a professional chef and always bringing home ingredients I have never purchased before. One of the easiest and truly delightful items were the beautiful shrimp and veggie rice paper rolls he made. Honestly, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is almost more difficult. So I encourage many of you if you have…

Can I just tell you that whenever I see easy, breezy bread I get a little nervous? Rightfully so, as yeast and certain ingredients do need special time to mature. DON’T we all to become better humanoids or in the case for bread, mouth watering quick and easy shouldn’t be in the same sentence.

All fun…

It is time for a new month. And with it some new recipes. I love cucumbers and the watery juice that comes from them. It is so refreshing on a hot summer day. I loved this recipe and want to share it but it would have been a great valentine dish to have fixed. Pourquoi??…

Snagged this idea from www.Tastespotting.com (oh, how unusual Kathleen) and it is a great way to serve Potatoes. Soooo easy. I love potatoes, especially if they are easy, aren’t loaded with too many extras and are as healthy and natural as possible. Remember, buy local whenever you can. 

(PLUS, there is a movement coming up…

What’s not to love about lemons? Today, a noteworthy honorable mention for the lemon tree. The Lemon tree even has a song derived for it’s dual personality. And one of the things I miss most about my backyard is my magnificent lemon tree. Lemon oils have so many uses that I could go on for…

First of all, can I tell you I tried these for the first time at a great cafe in McKenna, Washington? Liquid Soul uses absolutely no sugar in almost all of their pastries and pies. It is truly incredible. So, I needed to try to make these myself and found them on the web.  Believe…

I love quiche. I just absolutely love quiche. It is my comfort food for sure. My girlfriend has her own chickens and said they had eggs “coming out of their ears.” (See where this is going!) So, Tracy delivered the eggs and I had to brush up on my quiche perfection. Such sunny warm weather…