One night, I was binge-watching YouTube as usual when I came across Laura Vitale’s vlog, where she was baking almond croissant blondies. If you haven’t heard of Laura Vitale, I highly recommend checking out her YouTube channel or her blog, Laura in the Kitchen—I really love her recipes. The blondies looked incredible, and even better, they…
Recipes
My Christmas Sugar Cookie Success
Every year, I usually buy a Christmas cookie tray because I always thought I wasn’t much of a baker. This year, however, I decided to make all of the desserts and snacks myself. As it turns out, I’m not a bad baker at all—I actually did pretty well! One thing I knew I wanted to…
The Cornbread Bake-Off No One Asked For
Hi everyone! I’m back just in time to post for Thanksgiving. This year will be a quiet one for us. My brother and his fiancée usually spend Thanksgiving in North Carolina with her family and join us for Christmas instead. My sister, on the other hand, will be in Colorado celebrating with her “friend’s” family….
Nostalgic Pad Macaroni
I’m no chef, but while mom was away, I did my best to feed my dad. I searched through YouTube and the internet for meal ideas to make for him. With everything he’s going through with his health, his appetite isn’t great. He eats, but doesn’t really enjoy food like he used to. I stumbled…
Simple Crab Rangoon Puffs
Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? As I mentioned last week, we had a small hot pot meal, and it was delicious. We had two types of broths: miso and tom yum. For proteins, we had snakehead fish fillets, pork belly, and eye of round. The pork belly was the best because of the fat,…
My favorite zucchini bread
I’m not really a baker; the precision required is a bit much for me. However, I love the idea of baking. A couple of years ago, during the pandemic, I found a zucchini bread recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction that I look forward to every fall. The only thing is, I think Sally has updated…
Self Quarantine Banana Spice Cake/Bread
I had a ton of bananas that I couldn’t finish before they started going brown and spotty. You know what that means, right? Time to bake something banana-y. Well, since we’re not supposed to leave our homes unless it’s to do essential business I needed to find a recipe where I already had all of…
Overnight Eggnog French Toast Casserole for the Holidays
My brother was curious as to what eggnog tasted like so he bought a quart of it to try. As it turns out none of us really liked it much. I’m sure it’s better with some liquor in it, but it was too thick and custardy for me. So, now I’m stuck with a quart…
Jalapeno Ranch Dip
NFL season openers go down tomorrow. I’m incredibly excited for the Cowboys and Niners game. When you live in Texas, football is a religion. Anyway, I’m not here to talk about football, but if you’re going to a watch party I have the perfect dip for you. I had this dip (or something similar) five years…
Sopapilla Cheesecake Pie
Earlier this week I made sopapilla cheesecake pie and took it to work. I’m on a wonky schedule for the month of September so it was a thank you ahead of time to my co-workers for putting up with it. THANK YOU! I had quite a few people ask me for the recipe so I’m going…