Note: If you haven’t entered this week’s fun giveaway for a new printer you have until tomorrow! Don’t delay! Quiche is not just for breakfast. Today’s recipe for enchilada quiche is a great dinner time option. I originally found this recipe in The Oregonian years ago and we have been enjoying it ever since. [...]
Cinnamon Rolls
October 4, 2011 By 7 Comments
Note: There are still a few days left to vote for my blog as The Most Awesome Local Portland Blog! I would so appreciate your vote. Hint: You can vote with each email address you have . Just head on over here. You don’t have to be from Portland to vote!! Fall is definitely in [...]
Back to School Breakfast
September 6, 2011 By 10 Comments
Today is the first day of school for kids here in Portland. Except there isn’t anyone at my house starting school today. My college kids started last week and my law school kid started two weeks ago. So I borrowed some kids to celebrate the first day of school around here. Monday morning Jim and [...]
Crepe Bar}Crepe Filling – White Chocolate Mousse and Cream Cheese Mousse
June 3, 2011 By 13 Comments
Everyone knows that the best part of a crepe is what is inside. Crepes can be savory or sweet. For the bridal shower we went for the sweet version. My favorite! Usually when we make crepes we go for the fast and easy version. A can of whip cream (the kind you spray out of [...]
Crepe Bar}The Crepes
June 2, 2011 By 16 Comments
Having a crepe bar for the bridal shower I hosted last Saturday was so much fun. It was fun, pretty and delicious. The perfect combination for a party. I love crepes and fell even more in love with them after my visit to Paris last summer where I ate as many as I could. I [...]
Baked Oatmeal
May 19, 2011 By 18 Comments
I have been doing a lot of experimenting in the kitchen the last few weeks. Most of it has involved things like rice flour, tapicoa flour, potato starch, xanthan gum, honey, agave, etc. All of this in our attempts to help Cali feel better. We paid a visit to our favorite naturopath and after a [...]
Cream Cheese Muffins}Muffin Monday
May 17, 2011 By 24 Comments
So I really do know that today is Tuesday not Monday but I have an excuse. I spent the weekend at the beach hosting a scrapbooking retreat so I am still on “beach time.” As a side note, I am considering putting together a YHM 101 Beach Retreat this fall. We’d have lots of fun, [...]
Lemon Blueberry Muffins}Muffin Monday
April 11, 2011 By 6 Comments
After a few spring like days here in Portland I have a definite case of Spring Fever. And with Spring Fever comes a longing for lemons. Lemons and Spring just go together and so do lemons and blueberries – yum!! Today’s muffin is a result of my brief case of Spring Fever (Spring has now [...]
Almond Poppy Seed Muffins}Muffin Mondays
April 4, 2011 By 4 Comments
Thanks for all the great muffin flavor combination suggestions last week. I’ve got a lot of fun combinations to try. If you did not leave a flavor combination request last week – do so this week. I’d love to hear from you. Today’s flavor combination – almond, poppy seed and a touch of citrus was [...]
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins}Muffin Monday
March 28, 2011 By 12 Comments
Today’s muffin recipe is due to having two overly ripe bananas on my counter. I just wasn’t in the mood for banana bread, although I have an amazing banana bread recipe. But a banana muffin sounded pretty good. I added in some mini chocolate chips and I had an amazing muffin. I tweeked my basic [...]
