Easiest Slow Cooker Beef Pot Roast
Recently, my kitchen looked like this:
Painting walls is a project that I actually enjoy undertaking. But painting cabinets is an entirely different kettle of fish. We decided to save up and hire professionals for
Honey Baklava
Baklava, made with honey, walnuts, butter and crispy phillo dough is one of my very favorite treats. Once a year on my birthday, I allow myself any dessert, and baklava is my birthday star.
You would think that because I
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Here is a moist, flavorful and chewy peanut butter cookie recipe made without flour and just 4 ingredients (peanut butter, sugar, egg and vanilla). Adding dark chocolate chips makes them even better. I swooned a little
So What IS a Blondie, Anyway?
Have you ever had a blondie? It's kind of like a brownie, and kinda not like a brownie. Brownies get their pop from cocoa powder. But Blondies are little masterpieces of vanilla flavors. Add
Carrot Salad
Carrot Salad
Fresh, crisp carrot salad with a homemade vinaigrette, perfect on its own, or as a bright side dish to your favorite meals.
6 carrots, peeled and shredded3 tbsp olive oil2 lemons, juiced1 tsp sugar2 tbsp fresh parsleysalt and
Blueberry Lemon Crisp
Summertime and blueberries are a match made in heaven. When my kids were little, we spent hours reading Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey. Set in Maine's beautiful countryside, it follows a human child and a bear
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