Oh Baby! Cupcakes!
on Nov 20, 2009 in buttercream Cakes baking fondant cupcakes viso innocente/baby face My mom left earlier this week, but while she was here, we hung out in the bookstore for a while. She looked for books to read on her flight while I flipped through …. cookbooks, of course! I really enjoyed Planet Cakes, no...

Baked Apple-Cinnamon French Toast
on Nov 18, 2009 in make-ahead baking Brunch breakfast cotto al forno/oven bakedIt’s that time! We are on break through the holidays. It will be interesting since we are usually going, going, going...starting at 4:30AM! Now… (while I will be working on behind the scenes things) I have six weeks to co...

Healthy Herbed Chicken Salad
on Nov 11, 2009 in yogurt herbs Brunch chicken lunch insalata di pollo/chicken saladJulie had to attend a meeting at Snowbird the other day, so I prepped lunch yesterday. I actually made the salad the evening before and worried that evening if it would go over well. I have never attempted a salad tha...

Foil Baked Tilapia
on Nov 10, 2009 in baking fish dinner Whoa! Two posts in one week. This is getting wild! Seems like forever ago I was posting Mon-Fri.I am pleased to report that the club was very pleased with their client response to my desserts. The Youth Director has already asked me to make something...

Chocolate Almond Bars
on Nov 8, 2009 in baking bar cookies desserts chocolate almonds pasta di mandorle/almond pasteThings have been a’hoppin’ around here. But, I was able to step away from eggs and breakfast do a little baking, which was quite exciting. The managers at the gym hosted a Holiday Boutique with which the main floor o...

Stuffed Breakfast Poblano Peppers
on Oct 29, 2009 in peppers eggs Brunch breakfast sausage ripieno/stuffedI am really getting excited about the coming months. While others groan with irritation, I am excited about the crispness of the air and the beauty of the snow. I may not feel the same way in a few months, but it has been so long sin...

Farewell to my Lovely Daring Bakers
on Oct 27, 2009 in Daring Bakers It has been a while, I know! I am still here, though. Still working and getting acclimated to my new surroundings/job.Today is “reveal” day for the Daring Bakers’ challenge, brought to us by Ami S., and I am ashamed to say I haven’t even lo...

Warm Italian Deli Rolls
on Oct 14, 2009 in Italian Brunch lunch arrotolarsi/roll up Oh my goodness! It has been forever. Sorry about that! Work is busy, busy...but good. And, I went home to Atlanta for a few days to check on things and see my best girlfriends. With that, I have terribly neglected blogging, here a...

Vols-au-vent: Fruited Vogurt
on Sep 27, 2009 in Daring Bakers puff pastry baking desserts It’s that time again….and as has been the trend the last year or so…I am fashionably late. What am I talking about? Daring Bakers' Challenge, of course! The brain child of Lisa of La Mia Cucina and Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice, the fun and t...

Roasted Edamame
on Sep 22, 2009 in snack edamame The hardest thing for our clients (one of them, anyway) is not eating after 7. So, when I had extra edamame pods from a stew, I decided to roast the little beans of joy. The aroma in the house was unbelievable. One of the clients, a cute lil' girl, c...