Sweet, tart, delicious Chocolate Cranberry Bars made from fresh or frozen cranberries. Freeze a few bags of cranberries to enjoy this treat year round! Cranberries Have a Short Season – Stock Up While You Can! I may or may not be a hoarder of cranberries. No judging. They’re one of my favorite fruits and they’re…
Recipes
Chicken Barley Chili
Try this flavorful, delicious, creamy, hearty Chicken Barley Chili. So simple to make and it feeds an army! Hearty & Delicious Comfort Food I really can’t say enough about this Chicken Barley Chili. It’s one of my favorite cold weather comfort foods! This stuff gets devoured in my house! Friends & family – everyone loves…
Braised Beef Cubes with Green Peppers
We all have certain foods, tastes and smells that take us back. There are so many foods that bring back smiles and memories for me. If there’s one meal (ok – there’s a whole slew of meals) that makes me think of my Polish Grandmom it would be stuffed peppers or stuffed cabbage. She made…
“5 Banana” Banana Bread
After coming home from a weekend vacation I was greeted by a bunch of rotten bananas (in the words of Athena, my 8 year old). More commonly known by the rest of us as super ripe, at their prime, ready to bake bananas. Perhaps most normal people wouldn’t find this exciting – I was totally ecstatic. Banana bread…
Mexican Chocolate Chip Cookies
It all started with a cone of piloncillo and a craving for chocolate chip cookies. For those of you not familiar with piloncillo, also known as panela, it’s a Mexican brown sugar. It’s a pure, unrefined form of cane sugar that tastes very similar to brown sugar with a hint of molasses to it. This…
Crockpot Sofrito Chicken
There’s just so much flavor in this Crockpot Sofrito Chicken. Bright, bold, fresh – it’s a wonderful change of pace. Liven up that chicken with this Latin inspired crockpot dinner! This post may contain affiliate links and/or Amazon affiliate links. Aa always, all opinions are my own. Thanks for reading & thanks for your support!…
German Apple Pancakes
Sweet, simple, rustic, puffy oven baked German Apple Pancakes. Apples and a simple batter transform into a magical breakfast treat. German Apple Pancakes / Apfelpfannkuchen This really is one of my favorite breakfasts EVER. I’m so excited to share this recipe with you and hope you have apples so you don’t have to wait to…
Oven Baked Chinese BBQ Chicken
Barbecue seemed to be the theme of the week at my house. First ribs, now oven baked BBQ chicken. It’s been a cold week – 10° or colder. That’s dreadfully cold and it only gets worse. California dreaming on such a winters day. Now I don’t venture outside any more than I have to during…
Dr. Pepper Ribs
I’ve seen a ton of Dr. Pepper and cola bbq recipes floating around for quite some time now. Honestly, I wasn’t the least bit interested in trying any of them out anytime soon. My husband, however, had other plans. He found a recipe for Dr. Pepper ribs “he wanted to make”. He bought ribs, the…
Hungarian Pork and Sauerkraut Goulash / Szekely Gulyas
This Hungarian Pork and Sauerkraut Goulash / Szekely Gulyas, without a doubt, will be one of the best sauerkraut dishes you’ve ever eaten. Delicious, melt in your mouth pork simmered all day with sauerkraut, paprika and veggies – finished with sour cream. Seriously One of The Best Sauerkraut Dishes EVER This Hungarian Pork and Sauerkraut…