The special day is finally near! Easter is a week away and that means rituals and recipes that are rich with tradition in our home.
Each Easter morning begins with Hot Cross Buns. These are always served with dyed Easter eggs, fresh fruit and orange juice. This is always the way we begin our special day. It is indeed a glorious day. Yes, of course, the big Easter dinner will take place much later in the day but the day will be off to a grand start with this traditional breakfast. [Read more…]
It is funny how we are captured by tastes from our past. They seem to never leave us, even when we push them aside.
Pineapple upside down cake is one of those ghosts from my past. Long past. [Read more…]
The weather made a sharp turn this week and even broke temperature records for Kansas City. I do mean drastic changes–yesterday was 83 degrees and summer like. Today is a bit cooler, but yes, spring is around the corner.
With the change in the weather comes a change in what sounds great for breakfast. Wave bye bye to warm oatmeal ladled with pecans and dried fruit and open your arms wide for a welcoming hello hug to colorful fresh fruit, honey infused yogurt and granola. Tis time my friends, no need to go to the corner coffee shop and order a parfait. These are easy peasy to make at home. [Read more…]
We have just returned from the International Home and Housewares Show. If you love food, cooking, dishes, appliances and anything to do with the kitchen, this is THE show! [Read more…]
What’s for dinner at your house? Not every meal at my house is gourmet, or taste like it took hours to prepare. Let’s be real. Sometimes it has to be quick and easy. What a celebration when those two opposing ideas meet!
Roxanne and I have been especially busy lately. We leave for Chicago to work the International Home and Housewares Show this week. In addition, in the last 2 or 3 weeks, we appeared on KSHB TV Kansas City Live (follow the link and you can get the recipe for Chipotle Chicken Tacos from our new book,) did a newspaper interview and made a video of our cake mixes and taught 3 different cooking classes. We are grateful to have these opportunities to share more about our new book, The Newlywed Cookbook and our slow cooker cake mixes, and it is very exciting, but sometimes, dinner at home takes a back seat to what is going on. Do you ever feel that way? [Read more…]
