Polenta Bread French Toast with Brown Sugar Pecans
French toast made from polenta bread and topped with brown sugar toasted pecans. Soooo delish! We fell in love with polenta bread when we were …
Orange Corn Polenta Bread
Courts and I discovered polenta bread at the delightful Red Hen Baking Company in Middlesex, Vermont. We bought it to make French toast the next …
Espresso & Toasted Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
How about adding a little espresso to your favorite chocolate chip cookies? ☕️🍪🍫 We love these Espresso & Toasted Pecan Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies, made …
Tomatoes Provencal
Tomato season is here! Gardens are starting to produce homegrown tomatoes (at least ours is in Austin) and we LOVE these grilled tomatoes provençal. They …
Pavlovas with Lemon Curd
The first time we ever had pavlova for dessert was when a friend and her Australian husband brought it to a dinner party at our …
Air Fryer Falafel
We love this falafel recipe made with roasted chickpeas, plenty of fresh parsley, cilantro, garlic, shallots and spices and then air-fried to the perfect crispiness! …
Pistachio Cupcakes
This color! It’s so pretty and vibrant and the rich pistachio flavor derives from chopped toasted pistachios in the cake batter, as well as a …
Fallen Chocolate Souffle Cake
This cake is rich, dense, and definitely very chocolatey!!! Made with a full pound of bittersweet chocolate, eggs, a little sugar and Amaretto, it is …
Frosted Animal Shortbread Cookies
Courtsie and I felt like school kids one day and got this crazy idea to make giant-sized frosted shortbread animal cracker cookies! They just sounded …
Radicchio Caesar Salad
Radicchio puts a whole new spin on Caesar salad! We saw this on the menu at Nostrana, a fantastic Italian bistro-style restaurant in Portland, Oregon …
Sun-dried Tomato & Goat Cheese Biscuits
Goat cheese and sun-dried tomatoes might as well be married … they are so good together! And they are delicious in these savory, buttery biscuits, …
Stuffed Strawberries
It’s definitely strawberry season and these are a fantastic way to serve them! Your guests will be so impressed that you went to the trouble …
Lemon Mousse Lemons!
Creamy and fluffy lemon mousse-filled lemons make a beautiful and delicious springtime dessert … no bowls required! We couldn’t resist using hollowed-out lemons for serving …
Popover Egg ‘n Cheese Bites
We are getting ready for Easter and were thinking of fun recipes to make for Sunday brunch. Popovers came to mind. My mom used to …
Grilled Salmon Cobb Salad with Cilantro Buttermilk Dressing
We love a good Cobb salad and you can find one in just about every restaurant these days! This fun twist on the classic Cobb …
Watermelon Radish Pancakes
There are so many beautiful veggies, but in our opinion the watermelon radish takes the cake! With it’s gorgeous pink starburst center, this Daikon heirloom …
Blueberry Corn Muffins
It looks like we’ve been on a corn kick lately, and it’s true … arepas, chocolate chip corn cookies, and now blueberry corn muffins! These …
Chocolate Chip Corn Cookies with Toasted Pecans
We first tasted corn cookies at Patika, a local Austin eatery, and fell in love with them! They are like the best sugar cookie you’ve …
Homemade Egg Noodle Pasta
This is our tried and true recipe for homemade pasta. We can’t claim that it turns out the exact same way every time, however, it …
The Best Lamb Ragu Pappardelle Pasta
Rich and meaty, the flavors of this succulent and aromatic lamb ragu are the perfect complement to wide pasta noodles. So good! And this slow-cooked …