Carrot cake made from scratch with apricot filling layered between each cake. Finished with white chocolate cream cheese buttercream. Carrot Cake with Apricot Filling and the Place that Had No Business Being So Good One of the best carrot cakes I’ve ever had came from a bowling alley in Hawaii, and somehow, in the same meal, I also had the…
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Italian Cookies
These are the soft Italian cookies with glaze and sprinkles everyone recognizes immediately. Lightly flavored with anise and easy to make, they stay tender and keep their texture for days. Italian Cookies, and the Easter Bunny I Didn’t Trust Italian cookies are the soft, glazed ones with sprinkles that make an appearance every holiday tray. They are pale, not browned,…
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Danishes
Strawberry cream cheese danishes made with puff pastry so you get flaky layers without making dough from scratch. Cream cheese in the center, strawberry jam on top, and a quick glaze to finish. Strawberry Cream Cheese Danishes, and the RV Jalopy Strawberry cream cheese danishes are the kind of handheld treat that look like you did more than you did….
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Ham and Cabbage Soup
Ham and cabbage soup is a full pot of cabbage, potatoes, and ham that cooks down into something you can keep going back to for a few days. It works in the slow cooker when you’ve got time, or on the stove when you don’t. Ham and Cabbage Soup, and the Day I Didn’t Hate Kindergarten Ham and cabbage soup…
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Blueberry Cheesecake Poke Cake
Moist vanilla cake filled with a creamy blueberry cheesecake layer, topped with a blueberry compote and finished with a light whipped topping. It’s cold, creamy, and full of real blueberry flavor throughout. Blueberry Cheesecake Poke Cake, Because Of Course This blueberry cheesecake poke cake starts with a vanilla cake base, gets filled with a light cheesecake layer, and finishes with…
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Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad with Maple Dijon Balsamic Vinaigrette
A strawberry goat cheese salad with spinach and arugula and a maple Dijon vinaigrette that everyone underestimates for about ten seconds until they take their first bite. This salad doesn’t need anything else, but you’ll probably keep adding it to your plate anyway. Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad (and Everything That Came With It) I spent years being trained to become…
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Roasted Potatoes and Asparagus with Lemon and Garlic
Roasted potatoes and asparagus with lemon and garlic, made to match how each ingredient cooks. The potatoes get their color, and the asparagus stays just right. Roasted Potatoes and Asparagus, Glacier Week At some point in the 90s I got it in my head that Alaska was where I should learn how to whitewater raft, which even now feels like…
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Bourbon Glazed Salmon
Bourbon glazed salmon is pan-seared until the skin crisps, and finishes with a brown sugar glaze that reduces into a rich, savory coating. The sauce cooks down with garlic and soy, balancing sweet and salt. Bourbon Glazed Salmon, Same Stop Every Time Bourbon glazed salmon is tied to something I didn’t expect it to be. There was a stretch of…
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