Pear, Chocolate and Walnut Olive Oil Bread

Pear, Chocolate and Walnut Olive Oil Bread

I love quick sweet breads. They’re easy to make and perfect for both breakfast or dessert. The trick to is making them just sweet enough without being over sweet, so they pair well with a cup of coffee or tea. And be slightly on the 

Easy Savory Pear and Blue Cheese Tart with Caramelized Onions, Prosciutto and Sage

Easy Savory Pear and Blue Cheese Tart with Caramelized Onions, Prosciutto and Sage

Fall is in the air. Making it time for things like a savory Pear and Blue Cheese Tart with Caramelized Onions, Prosciutto and Sage. The temperatures are cool and crisp. Geese are honking high overhead. And fall squash, dried beans, dark leafy greens, apples, and 

Pear and Blue Cheese Tart with Carmelized Onions, Prosciutto and Sage

Pear and Blue Cheese Tart with Carmelized Onions, Prosciutto and Sage

A beautiful fall tart with pears, salty prosciutto, crispy sage and blue cheese, perfect for breakfast, brunch or serving with holiday meals.

Chocolate Pancakes Cooked Cutthroat Kitchen Style (Gluten-Free Option)

Chocolate Pancakes Cooked Cutthroat Kitchen Style (Gluten-Free Option)

One of the running jokes on our trip to Morocco in 2016 was that I’m learned how to cook “Cutthroat Kitchen style,” including making chocolate pancakes. If you haven’t seen Alton Brown’s Cutthroat Kitchen, I highly recommend you do. It’s an amazingly funny show where 

Pumpkin Ginger Cinnamon Rolls (Soft & Spiced)

Pumpkin Ginger Cinnamon Rolls (Soft & Spiced)

Originally posted November 2014. Updated August 2026. I originally made this recipe for pumpkin cinnamon rolls with ginger back in Denver in 2014. I was in the mood for cinnamon rolls while using up some of the winter squash and pie pumpkins I had picked 

Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies

I think today is comfort food day. I’m not having a down day but I am feeling just a little nostalgia and need a little comfort. And while so many comfort foods do give me a warm fuzzy feeling, I find nothing works as well 

Spinach, Feta, Basil and Sun-dried Tomato Souffle

Spinach, Feta, Basil and Sun-dried Tomato Souffle

I love starting out the day with delicious little bites of food. It just gets me going to open the day with wonderful tastes and flavors. Recently I tried the souffles at Panera Bread and thought them to be quite yummy. So yummy, that I 

Smoked Salmon Cornbread Waffles with Sriracha Dill Aioli

Smoked Salmon Cornbread Waffles with Sriracha Dill Aioli

Hubby and I found some delightful smoked salmon and young garlic at the Fort Collins farmer’s market the other day. I love smoked salmon done in small batches by someone local over the type that is commercially done. It just tastes so much better and brings 

Chicken Tamales

Chicken Tamales

We LOVE tamales in our home. There’s something about the flavors of sweet corn masa pared with pork or some other type of braised meat that is HEAVENLY. Sometimes I even include a few veggies into the mix but today is all about chicken tamales 

Natural Blue Dye for Easter Eggs

Natural Blue Dye for Easter Eggs

Playing around Foodgawker the other day, I came across a blog from the Rusted Ladle that made and used a natural dye for Easter eggs. I was immediately in love because they had managed to create these gorgeous beautiful blue eggs all without using chemical