Want to impress your guest with a simple but amazing dish? If you haven’t made Chicken Piccata before you have to try it. Every time I make Chicken Piccata I always ask myself why I don’t make it more often? Chicken Piccata is chicken breasts, dipped in egg then flour mixture, browned and served with a lemon and caper sauce. I love to have mashed potatoes with this dish ... continue reading...
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Doughnuts!
It is that time of the month again, here is the next Daring Bakers challenge. The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious. I never thought I would be making doughnuts, but when this ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Brownies
I was going to a dinner party and the host asked me to do a dessert. I knew she was a huge pumpkin fan so I wanted to figure out a good pumpkin recipe. First I was thinking of doing a pumpkin cheesecake, but as you know cheesecakes are pretty temperamental so I didn’t feel like dealing with it. As usual I was looking around for on the web for pumpkin recipes and came across ... continue reading...
Cheesecake Tartlettes
Believe it or not, but growing up I was not a fan of cheesecake but that is because it was made out of some type of cottage cheese. I didn’t start liking cheesecake until I had the cream cheese type or what is called today the New York Style Cheesecake. Now I love it. I usually make the New York Style Cheesecake but it is very heavy and filling. This time around I wanted ... continue reading...
Sweet Potato Soup
If you recently started reading my blog you might think that I just post soup recipes. That is not true. But it is fall and I am a soup lover so I have been making lots of soups, but they are all delicious and I love to share them with you. Once in a while I end up with a bunch of vegetables in my refrigerator that I have not used and they might go bad so I take them all ... continue reading...