The past few years I have been using my brother-in-law’s trusty pecan ball recipe as a holiday cookie recipe when I need something to whip up fast during the holidays. It is a great hostess gift, as well as a baked holiday gift in general. This year after making a couple of batches, I decided to …
Pecans
This recipe for pumpkin pull-apart bread is one of my favorite fall baking projects. It has all the flavors that I associate with warmth. Pumpkin, cardamom or cinnamon, vanilla, and maple. I have been making a few versions of savory pull-apart bread for awhile. Every time I bake a loaf of pull-apart bread, I keep thinking …
This creamy and rich, homemade, blue cheese ball is rolled in toasted pecans and parsley to give it added depth. Served along side hearty and flavorful Raincoast Crisps. Nothing like the cheese balls you remember from the 70s.
Warm nutty and spicy pumpkin scones are drizzled with a maple glaze before serving; perfect for a light breakfast or an afternoon snack. Even the kids will go crazy over them.
The end of August found me in Seattle for IFBC. I was not going to go. To be honest, I had my fair share of food conferences last year and had decided to sit back in the shadows to enjoy them moving forward. Upon returning from France, we had to high tail it to Seattle …
This harvest salad is all about texture and flavor: spinach, pears, blue cheese and a zesty pecan and cranberry mixture.
Back in April, Ella, asked me a question, that I never thought I would have to explain. She asked me, point blank, “what does it mean when you have your heart broken?” The first thought that came to mind, was probably, the same thing you are thinking, love. That first sweet tender love, when he …