Can you think of a better way to start your Valentine’s Day morning than with rich, soft, chocolaty Red Velvet Pancakes?! I can’t either. They even get served with a luscious, cream cheese dipping sauce. Pretty sweet, right?— pun totally intended…that’s just how I roll. Seriously, these are absolutely decadent and for the handful of readers [...]
Archive for the ‘Bread’ Category
Start Valentine’s Day on a High Note With Red Velvet Pancakes
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, tagged chocoalte pancakes, Red Velvet Pancakes, Valentine's Day breakfast on February 10, 2012 | 22 Comments »
Life is Twisted and So Are Pretzels
Posted in Bread, tagged game day snacks, pretzels and mustard sauce, soft pretzels on February 5, 2012 | 35 Comments »
I’m out of things to say my friends, and I yet I sit here and write because it makes me feel better. It’s been a hard weekend. I stood with my mother at the bedside of one of my uncles today during the last hour of his life. I don’t have answers as to why [...]
Pimped Out Low-Fat Fluffy Scones
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, tagged chocolate chip scones, light scones, low-fat scones on January 19, 2012 | 35 Comments »
Have you ever had an Emergency Chocolate Situation? I usually keep a bag of Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips on hand for these moments. I eat at least three or four a day. I honestly can’t remember having gone an entire day without chocolate. Ever. So when I was craving something sweet, chocolatey and frankly buttery [...]
Striving for Mediocrity and My Low-Cal/Low-Fat Heavenly Apple Blueberry Muffins
Posted in Bread, tagged apple blueberry muffins, low calorie muffins, low-fat muffins, New Year's resolutions on January 10, 2012 | 30 Comments »
I will start with these lightly spiced cardamom and cinnamon, apple-blueberry muffins because most of you come here for the recipes and this one is a doozy—And it’s my own creation! Our biggest losers group started our diets again this weekend and weighed in. I brought muffins to share, and yes, I am a little [...]
Bullock’s Tea Room Popovers —The Original Recipe
Posted in Bread, Side Dishes, tagged Bullock's popovers, popovers, Yorkshire pudding on December 28, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Bullock’s tea room in Sherman Oaks, California was my Grandmother and my Mecca when I was little. She would take me shopping for the day, and we would take a mid-day break for lunch in their glorious tea room. As we were escorted to our table, I was in awe of the vast ceilings, plushly [...]
Gingerbread Pancakes Because Sometimes Life’s Just That Good
Posted in Bread, Christmas, tagged Christmas breakfast, gingerbread pancakes on December 9, 2011 | 26 Comments »
I am known to sing in the kitchen. Way too much. I don’t have a good voice, and I rarely know more than three stanzas to any one song, but I sing anyway because sometimes life is just THAT GOOD.
We Have to Interrupt this Gingerbread Doughnut Post With a Surprise Tongue Appearance
Posted in Bread, Christmas, Fried and Fabulous, tagged eggnog icing, gingerbread doughnuts on December 3, 2011 | 28 Comments »
Hands down, this post has been the most popular post over the last year and a half for two reasons I believe: 1) Gingerbread doughnuts. ‘Nuff said. 2) My dog’s ridiculous tongue photo shoot. So here you go, while my kitchen is being finally finished…I have decided to repost this doozy. O.K. friends, these soft [...]
A Cranberry Muffin Toast to Optimism
Posted in Bread, tagged cranberry muffins, date and eggnog muffins, healthy cranberry muffins, healthy holiday brunch recipes, healthy muffins, holiday brunch recipes on December 1, 2011 | 29 Comments »
For those of you who come solely for the food, these healthy-ish cranberry date muffins are perfect to add to any holiday brunch. They have a good dose of eggnog, a spot of rum and toasted hazelnuts atop. They are sweetened with molasses and spiced with cinnamon and cardamom. Doesn’t that just sound like the [...]
Bet You A Million Bucks Pumpkin Muffins
Posted in Bread, Healthier Fare, Pumpkin, tagged healthy pumpkin muffins, low calorie pumpkin muffins, low-cal pumpkin muffins on November 6, 2011 | 33 Comments »
I have bad news for you my friend. You may want to sit down for this and have smelling salts readily available —Food blogging is NOT the way to a slimmer YOU. Yes, those of you good girls like Lisa at Smart Food and Fit, Linda at Savoring Every Bite and Ann at Cooking Healthy for [...]
My Spider Mite Sanctuary and Incredible Starbuck’s-esque Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
Posted in Bread, Pumpkin, tagged cream cheese pumpkin muffins, pumpkin muffins, Starbuck's pumpkin muffins on September 16, 2011 | 40 Comments »
I know, I am supposed to be waiting for October to showcase my pumpkin recipes—that’s sort of an unspoken rule. Yes, I realize that summer barely has ended, but I am not very good at delaying gratification. So much for “good things come to those who wait”, because these muffins are oh so good and [...]


