homecooking

Tamale Pie

by beth February 2, 2012

Mike wanted to try some­thing new and enter the Tamale Pie. It is really a Tex-Mex take on a Shepherd’s Pie ver­sus a true tamale if you ask me. But it was pretty darn good not too spicy and not too com­pli­cated to throw together. My old­est couldn’t get enough of it. And that is […]

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins

by beth January 10, 2012

My old­est {yet again} con­vinced me to make him muffins. Not any old muffins but Peanut But­ter Choco­late Chip Muffins. What can I say I am a sucker for his meth­ods of per­sua­sion which include not only beg­ging but also hav­ing D-man beg as well.  Together they are a deadly combo of cute­ness. A team […]

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Eggnog Cookies

by beth December 19, 2011

At our house almost every­one likes eggnog. It is rich, creamy and a once a year hol­i­day treat. It feels like I should be drink­ing it by a roar­ing fire, instru­men­tal Christ­mas music play­ing in the back­ground, sit­ting in a snowflake themed sweater with a good book set down beside me only because the conversation […]

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Mike the Baker

by beth October 24, 2011

On Sat­ur­day after­noon Mike down­loaded Michael Rulman’s app Bread Bak­ing Basics.  By the time the sun­set there was fresh bread wait­ing to be sliced into. And can I just say how unbe­liev­ably happy I am to have mar­ried a man who knows his way around a kitchen. Seri­ously. Mike the baker can bring me his […]

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