As All-American as Apple Pie

November 11, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

Today is Veterans Day and I would like to take a moment to say “Thank You” to all of our service men and women who have served in the military. Thank you for your service. Thank you for protecting our country and Thank you for protecting our freedoms. I would also like to pay tribute […]

Spiced Sweet Potato Cupcakes With Toasted Marshmallow Fluff….

November 7, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

With all of the delicious pumpkin cakes and pumpkin bread recipes going around I though I would give another shout out to my beloved Sweet Potato. Raise your hand if your childhood Thanksgiving feast was incomplete without Mashed Sweet Potatoes topped with Toasted Marshmallows? I know my hand is raised… My sister and I loved this […]

Trick Or Treat!!! Candy Corn & Salted Peanut, Peanut Butter Cookies

October 31, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

Happy Halloween Everyone!!! I just love this time of year don’t you? Scary movies, dressing up in costumes, crisp October night air and the excuse to eat all the candy corn I desire. In case you didn’t know today is National Candy Corn Day. I just love Candy Corn and my favorite way to eat […]

The Best Ever Sweet Potato Pie is Always Mom’s…..

October 21, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

It’s that time of year when everything sweet and savory from coffee to soups and pastas to pies are flavored with Pumpkin. In fact I think today is even National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day. Go figure… While I do like pumpkin bread, and I had some delicious pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese icing this past […]

The Doctor Returns…..

August 24, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

It seems like for the past 9 months I have been counting down to the big day and yesterday the DOCTOR finally returned! I have been so excited to see Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor and he did not disappoint. Watch out David Tennent…. Capaldi my very well become my favorite Doctor. In the […]

Exterminate!!!!

August 17, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Time for a little geek-out… I’m soooo excited about the new up coming season of Doctor Who! Can’t wait to see Peter Capaldi as the Doctor! It’s out with the “New” and in with the “Old” way of doing things…. And are the rumors true? Could this really be the end for Clara?!? I guess […]

Mom’s Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake…..

August 11, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

I was just commissioned to bake a cake for an up coming party! I’m pretty excited because this is the first time I’ve ever been paid to make something for someone. I asked the soon to be birthday girl what kind of cake they liked and she said CHOCHOLATE!!! I knew instantly what cake I […]

Mama’ Keown’s Vanilla Pudding: Transformed into Bananas Foster Banana Pudding

August 6, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

After making a couple batches of Mama Keown’s Fluffy Banana Cake yesterday I still had 2 bananas left over. What else can you do with leftover bananas? UMMMM BANANA PUDDING…. I have always loved my Grandmothers Banana Pudding, and what makes her Banana Pudding so GOOD is she makes homemade Vanilla Pudding. There is no […]

40’s Music and Cooking With Mama Keown: Fluffy Banana Nut Cake

August 5, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

Several years ago my Grandmother asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told my Grandmother that I wanted some of her favorite recipes along with some of her mother’s favorite recipes written in her handwriting. A few months later that’s exactly what I got. A photo album filled with index cards of all my […]

S’mores Mexican Chocolate Ganache Tart

August 1, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Was there ever a child out there that didn’t enjoy standing around a campfire toasting marshmallows to make s’mores? I know I did! Although I was that kid that liked to light my marshmallows on fire… In one bite this desert is S’mores perfection. First you taste the crispy, savory, graham cracker crust. Next you […]