Apple Streusel Muffins

These apple streusel muffins are wonderful with your morning coffee.

These apple streusel muffins are loaded with chunks of tart apples, topped with a brown sugar and cinnamon streusel, and then drizzled with a vanilla glaze.

Provençal Vegetable Soup with Pistou (Soupe au Pistou)

This Provençal Vegetable Soup is so hearty.

Provençal vegetable soup is from Provence, in the south of France. It's typically made with white beans, green beans, onions, leeks, carrots, zucchini, potatoes, and pasta. Cooks also add other fresh vegetables such as yellow squash, tomatoes, peas, and corn from the weekly markets throughout the region.

Shrimp Stuffed Cuban Potato Balls

These Shrimp Stuffed Cuban Potato Balls are hot, crispy, and filled with a delicious shrimp ragout.

These shrimp stuffed Cuban potato balls are inspired by the potato balls served by Porto's, a Southern California family run Cuban bakery with a serious cult following. Their pastries are gorgeous and delicious, but their potato balls/papas rellenas filled with picadillo are in a class of their own. 

No Knead English Muffins

These English muffins are soft and airy on the inside and crisp and crusty on the outside. When split with a fork, they are loaded with "nooks and crannies."

These English muffins are "baked" on a griddle rather than in the oven, and the dough is one-third whole wheat flour, which gives them a slightly sweet hearty flavor.

Orange Chicken {copycat Panda Express}

This Orange Chicken recipe is different from any other I've tried, and it's really delicious.

I've been on a quest to find an orange chicken recipe that tops the one from the chain with the little panda. I'm a little obsessed with orange chicken because, if you ask my oldest grandson what is all time favorite food is, he will tell you that it is orange chicken, and I have been on a quest to find the recipe that beats his favorite take-out version.

Pull-Apart Dill Bread

You will love the flavor of this pull-apart dill bread.

With a 2/3 cup of chopped dill per loaf, this bread is loaded with dill flavor.

Blackberry Pie

I am so thrilled with this blackberry pie! Blackberries make such a gorgeous pie filling and they don't need a lot of extra sugar. Plus, I made a pie!!

I made a pie! I am so giddy about this blackberry pie. It's so fresh and fruity, you could almost justify having a slice for breakfast.

Rosemary Parmesan Crackers

These Rosemary Parmesan Crackers are so thin and crispy, and full of flavor. They are perfect for hostess gifts during the holidays, if you can bring yourself to give them away.

These Rosemary Parmesan Crackers are really hard to put down once you get started. This recipe makes about 4 dozen crackers, and I'm pretty sure I ate about half of them.

Slow Cooker Classic Bread Stuffing

Classic Bread Stuffing made in the slow cooker is a great way to free up your oven while making Thanksgiving dinner.

This slow cooker classic bread stuffing is my all time favorite Thanksgiving side dish, right in front of mashed potatoes.

Sourdough Barley Bread with Figs and Pecans

I'm really excited about this Sourdough Barley Bread with Figs and Pecans. The sweet, nutty flavor of the barley flour adds a wonderful dimension to this fig and toasted pecan filled bread.

This sourdough barley bread with figs and pecans has a wonderful soft and airy crumb. The bread is filled with chunks of dried figs and toasted pecans, and has a very mild sourdough tang. I'm thrilled with how it came out.