Oatmeal Pancakes
I may have mentioned before that I love oatmeal. I really do. I prefer the steel-cut oats, you know, the “real deal” oatmeal. But I must admit, anything oatmeal will get my attention. So I was very...
View ArticlePurple Haze All in My Brain! – Purple Haze Stuffed Strawberries
A few weeks ago, Jay, John and I headed out to Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia to see the live version of the radio show A Prairie Home Companion. We’ve been making...
View ArticleHarvest Apple Challah
This past weekend really felt like Fall! I can not tell you how thrilled I am!!! That goes double for Gimlet. He pranced the entirety of our walk and I was prancing right along with him! (a sight to...
View ArticleHarvest Apple French Toast
I’m happy to say the Fall weather held through the weekend around here! We went for a great hike on Saturday in a local park. The temperature was great (could’ve been a bit cooler…) and the changing...
View ArticlePumpkin Pie Ebelskivers filled with Vanilla Whipped Cream Cheese
Just in time for the decadent food-laden Thanksgiving Holiday, here you have a delicious recipe for Pumpkin Pie Ebelskivers filled with Vanilla Whipped Cream Cheese. “Ebelskivers?” you may ask....
View ArticleDeviled Scotch Eggs
O thou! whatever title suit thee,– Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie! Wha in yon cavern, grim an’ sootie, Clos’d under hatches, Spairges about the brunstane cootie To scaud poor wretches!...
View ArticleBanana Rum Muffins to celebrate my food blog’s 1st anniversary!
So wow! Today, February 1st marks not only Imbolc, St. Brigid’s Day and Groundhog Day ( I hope the little critter doesn’t see his shadow, not that we’ve had much of a winter thus far), but also one...
View ArticleHerbed Chickpea Frittata
So while you are still thinking about eggs after Easter, I thought I’d share a recipe for Herbed Chickpea Frittata. What an absolutely perfect Spring dish! It is chock full of a ton of fresh herbs...
View ArticleChocolate Orange Banana Rum Muffins
Chocolate Orange Banana Rum Muffins! I don’t know if these are for breakfast or dessert. (I think the answer is “yes!”) They are wonderfully moist and bursting with flavour. I was skeptical of the...
View ArticleLemon Cranberry White Chocolate Scones
I love scones! Especially the home-made ones, which put those things that a certain ever-present coffee shop sells to shame! Scones are very easy to make, so I don’t know why I even bother with the...
View ArticleTourte Milanese
Wow! The summer has just flown by! I must say, I’m not sorry to see it go. Summers in Virginia are not pleasant, to say the least. And I’ve definitely determined that it is the humidity around here...
View ArticleCaramel Apple & Irish Whiskey Clafoutis
Have mercy! Is it the weekend yet? I’ve got just the perfect weekend lazing around and drinking early brunch dish for you. A Caramel Apple & Irish Whiskey Clafoutis! Wowzers right?!! A clafoutis...
View ArticleIrish Leek & Cheddar Tart
There’s more than one day to a weekend. At least that’s what I’ve been told, even though it often feels like the weekend only spans a couple of hours, whereas the work week seems to go on for a bit...
View ArticleBanana Buttermilk Pistachio Muffins
I had a couple bananas get a little too ripe the other day. That hasn’t happened in a while and I must say I was pretty pleased, because that meant I just had to make some sort of yummy banana treat....
View ArticleBeer Sausage Gravy
So did you ever have one of those weeks? You know the thing. That day where you wake up late and then the Starbucks dude gets your order really wrong leaving you with a cup of really expensive yet...
View ArticleChristmas in Vermont Bread
So wooo-wheee! That’s it!! The holidays are over!!! Now please don’t take my obvious joy at that statement as a hint that perhaps I have a bit of a “grinchy” attitude towards Christmas. I don’t…for...
View ArticleDundee Cake with Hot Whisky Marmalade
O.k. It seems like corks were just popping on New Year’s Eve and BAM...next thing I know we’ve nearly reached the end of January! Indeed the 25th will be happening this Sunday. So what is the...
View ArticleSavory Crispy Pancakes
So I’ve got a bad feeling right about now. Not one of those “oh no, disaster is imminent” kinds of feelings, but more like a “I totally missed out on that” deprived kind of feeling. As it turns out,...
View ArticleCorned Beef Hash
Corned Beef and cabbage! What would St. Patrick’s Day be without it? The quintessential Irish dish, or is it? Well, I’m sure all of my Irish friends (the ones that actually live in Ireland, not the...
View ArticleCorned Beef & Irish Cheddar Potato Nests with Spicy Horseradish Cream &...
Alright, alright, alright….I told you all about that Corned Beef Hash leftover recipe yesterday, as well as burst your “Corned Beef is an oh so Irish dish” balloon. Today I’d like to let you in on...
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