Orange Pound Cake with Fresh Orange Sauce
You may have noticed the cake appears to be upside down. It’s not. I like the hard crunchy bit to remain on top. It’s my favorite part.Everybody has a super…
Merry Christmas 2010
The Cookie Manger Scene my Progeny Made for Santa.It was so pretty, he didn’t dare eat one.Merry Christmas!I’m not going to let this go quite yet.In my mind the 12…
Lemonade Cookies Recipe #2
4 reasons why I should not be trusted with peoples lives and memories:1. I lost misplaced all the Santa pictures from the last ten years. Well not all, but most. I put…
Pumpkin Pudding Parfait
I know a kid is who is the biggest smarty pants.In the entire universe.Yup. That’s her.She is also the biggest Know It All, I have ever met in the 35…
Homemade Holiday Gift: Gingerbread Granola
Did you hear that sound?That loud crashing, shattering sound?That was the sound of my fairytale ending. The sound of my heart being broken into a million jillion little pieces.I’m not…
Wednesday Night Lights
You know what else I love about Christmas?The lights.The white lights that twinkle like snow in the night.The colored lights remind me of all my favorite things like houses made…
Thanksgiving Leftovers: Turkey Nachos
This is why I love Christmas.Presents.And despite the fact that every year I grow older, my heart still remains the same. I want presents, and I want lots.Small ones.Big ones.Handmade…
Turkey 101: With A Chicken
I’m not the type of person to make my children call me M’am. I’m not opposed, I actually rather like the sound of it, in theory.Every now and then, when…
Thanksgiving Side: Baked Spinach
This casserole is award winning.Well . . . . . . . it could have been award-winning.If a certain “somebody” (MR. WOO) would have told me that not only did…
Chocolate Pecan Pie and The Help by Kathryn Stockett
I am black. I am from the South.I am a woman.But most importantly, I am a person.And I just read The Help by Kathryn Stockett.I’m not sure if any of…