Everyone loves a moist, chocolate cupcake, especially on Valentine’s Day. This is an easy fool proof recipe that is sure to impress your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day. This recipe is a favorite of mine because it makes 12 cupcakes (no need for 24 in our small household). I shared these cupcakes on Q Fox…
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Butternut Squash and Arugula Pasta
One of my favorite things about fall are all the different varieties of squash. Growing up, my family ran a small produce market and I absolutely loved when we got in the first pumpkins of the season. All those gourds, inspired this butternut squash and arugula pasta! My sister, Deana and I would help arrange…
Homemade Candy Corn Marshmallows
I’ve never known how much I loved homemade marshmallows until I made homemade marshmallows. There’s really never been a reason to make them from scratch, but I looked up a recipe from Ina Garten on FoodNetwork.com and had everything I needed to make them in my pantry. To be honest, it was National S’mores Day…
MasterChef Season 6 Finale
Wow! I cannot believe this season is over! It has been an incredible summer of watching the best cooking competition on TV! Before I continue, if you have not watched the finale, please stop here! Go watch the finale and come back and read this 🙂 The finale was incredible. The top 20 of…
Homemade Fruit Roll Ups
With all the kids returning to school, it is time to begin thinking about their lunches! These homemade fruit roll ups are the perfect lunch box treat! By making them at home, you are controlling the sugar content and can ensure they have no chemicals or preservatives 😀 These take a while to make, but…
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
I love a good cookie. Chocolate chip, Reese’s Smores Cookies, white chocolate macadamia nut, sugar cookies, Birthday Cake Cookies, Snikerdoodle, double chocolate chunk, Mint Chocolate Chip; the list is never ending. But one of my new favorites is this; my Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies. I found the peanut butter M&M’s and knew immediately that I…
Turmeric Cake Honey Buttercream and Candied Pistachios
The base of this cake is a play on the traditional Middle Eastern Dessert called sfouf. Sfouf are usually prepared in a 9×11 pan, cut into squares or diamonds and topped with pine nuts. I decided to a traditional recipe and put my twist on it! I love Sfouf, the vibrant golden color and depth…
Easy Chicken Dinner
We’ve got a winner… winner.. chicken dinner! 😀 This is the perfect meal for those evenings after a long day at work and your family responds with “I don’t know” when asked what they want to eat. Yes, we all get that response. And we all need a super easy chicken dinner! A dinner that…
So Many Ways to Toast
Many often ask where I find inspiration for my recipes or what my process is for developing new recipes. I sometimes have an idea after seeing something at the farmer’s market or on the web. But most of the time, I have no idea what I am going to do until I actually start doing…
Frozen Milk Cubes?
I’ll start by apologizing for falling off my schedule for posting new recipes and blogs.. I’ve been catching up after Ramadan and Eid and Hussein and I took a long weekend trip down to San Diego! San Diego was amazing! It rained the first three days we were there but that didn’t bother us. We…
