Month: September 2009

I was in the mood for soup today, and my family was a little spoiled–since, I was in the mood to cook and bake from scratch.  Or, at least I think they are spoiled–they would rather order pizza ;).  I …

We had quite a few fresh peaches to do something with, before they were wasted–so, I decided to make a Peach Cobbler.  I have made these in the past, because they are my husband’s favorite treat–but, none of them were …

My DH and I were hosting a wine-tasting party.  No dinner, just h’ourderves.  I decided it was the perfect time to make chocolate truffles for the first time.  I wanted to try 2 different recipes, just in case one didn’t …

I decided that it would be cute if I made old-fashioned silhouettes of my children– I started by searching thru hundreds of pictures, to see if I could find side profile shots of each of them– There were several of …

Labor day weekend, a few neighbors were coming over for an impromptu get-together. I thought, we needed some kind of fruit basket, because that is what my mom always had at get-togethers. I would cut a watermelon into a basket …