Fall Festival Recipe: Casserole Bread

Today at The Speedy Gourmet, Jennifer is featuring a review and giveaway for The Big Popper In preparing for the change in weather, and having a sudden want to bake our own bread I asked my mom to bring me a few bread recipes. She brought me a cookbook she used, and quite a selection [...]

Banana Giftcake

I’m not a big fan of fruitcake…At all. Neither is my mom. So when she brought over my Grandma Cleo’s 3 different fruitcake recipes I scrunched up my nose while apologizing to my dad’s mom silently. She did the same. Then she handed me HER recipe for fruitcake. Fruitcake coming out of a kitchen of [...]

Black Olive Bread

For some reason I’ve been on a bread making kick lately. I made a list of bread combinations I want to try, stocked up on yeast, and started creating! This black olive bread is tasty by itself, but dipping it in EVOO and balsamic vinegar puts it over the top! Black Olive Bread A simple [...]

Easy Peasy Banana Bread

I’m picky about bananas. I only eat them if they are slightly green at the tops, no brown coloring on the peel whatsoever. So that leaves me a small window to eat any bananas we buy before they don’t pass my inspection. I started freezing the bananas once they got to that point where I [...]

St. Patrick’s Day Meal

I love ♣St. Patrick’s Day♣ and everything about it. The color green, the food, the fact that my name is Erin, and I would love nothing more than to be able to see Ireland someday. Until then, I’ll just dream of rolling hills and clovers and make a “traditional” Irish dinner tonight. On the menu: [...]