I have something for you! No, it’s not a giant egg laid by Eagle Man on top of your car (Do yourself a favor and click the link 😉) It’s your new holiday side! That’s right, buck tradition this year, in fact, buck this whole year! Make something new, interesting and delicious, my Orzo Rosemary & ...
Recipes
Chocolate Maple Bourbon Pumpkin Bread! Chocolate Lovers Unite!
Cooler temps this week, but hey it is mid-November, so I guess 70 degrees wasn’t going to last too long. Soon we will be engulfed in darkness and cold, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and hope for brighter days ahead. But here is something to brighten your day now and your taste buds! ...
Pumpkin Maple Cream Salted Caramel Layer Cake! Every Bite Counts!
Silver linings this weekend, 70-degree weather in Chicago in November…, I’ll take it! Also, this weekend calls for more cake therapy and this baby is sure to provide all the therapy you will need this weekend. This 4-layer pumpkin cake with maple pastry cream, salted caramel and cinnamon cream ...
Apple Cider Crumble Coffee Cake! Morning, Noon or Night You Need This!
Welp, we had our first snow here in Chicago…not ready for this. Albeit it was flurries and wet and didn’t stick ( and back in the 50s this weekend), but just a cruel reminder of what’s to come for what’s going to be a long dark winter for many more reasons than the cold. Sorry that was ominous, but ...
Mini Maple Bourbon Salted Caramel Pie! Pie Me Please!
Stickin’ with pie this weekend, it is pie season after all. Also sticking with simple, because we still need simple, we still need comfort, we still need caramel and we def still need sweatpants (and bourbon)! So here you have it, Mini Maple Bourbon Salted Caramel Pies! Pie perfection in one small ...
Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bites! Pie Season In Full Swing!
It seems fall weather really has arrived; we had such a wonderful September and October with above average warm temps. But now it’s really time to start thinking about hunkering down, pulling out the heavy coats, mittens and hats…November is right around the corner. That’s ok though, it’s also time ...
Butternut Squash Tomato Soup! Simple, Satisfying & Sensational!
Welp it’s officially soup season, along with sweater season, pie season and this year, anything goes season! But back to the soup season for now. Looking for an easy, healthy, satisfying soup to warm you up on these colder fall nights? Sure, anything to help warm us goes! My Butternut Squash Tomato ...
Fig, Prosciutto & Goat Cheese Pinwheels! Easy Elagante’ App Alert!!
Fall is the start of kicking off the holiday season, albeit, this year’s season may look different from years past, there will still be the holidays. There will still be pie and there will still be overindulgence (more so this year)! Well, I have another easy elgante’ app alert to carry you through ...
Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes with Caramel Buttercream! Autumn Apple Awesomeness!
Since it’s officially fall now, (temps beg to differ today) I am back to the fall flavors from a brief intermission. I love anything caramel, cinnamon, apple and salt. So, let’s do it up with all of those with my Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Swiss Meringue Buttercream! Ta-da! ...
Lemon Meringue Mousse Pie! Pucker Up!
Giving the fall flavors a break…just for this weekend. This will have you holding onto your summer feels all weekend long (albeit summer temps are a thing of the past). Lemon Meringue Mousse Pie is for the present! It’s light, bright, refreshing and oh so dreamy and creamy! ...
