apricot

Goat Cheese Tart with Honeyed Apricots

March 28, 2013

If you’ve been hanging out around here for any length of time, you probably already know I kinda love goat cheese. Heck, if you’ve been hanging out around here this week you can see my love of goat cheese. Honestly, it’s something that I eat constantly and I’m always looking for new ways to use [...]

Read the full article →

Hello Summer!

June 20, 2012

Hello Summer! It has officially arrived. Here in New Jersey we’ve already had 90+ degree days but that was just a very confused spring. Now, I’m ready. Bring on the days spent in swimming pools filled giddy, squealing little girls as they splash in the cool water. Bring on the warm summer nights with the [...]

Read the full article →

Cherry Apricot Muffins ~ #MuffinMonday

June 4, 2012

I am not a huge fan of summer because I cannot stand being hot and sticky in the ridiculous New Jersey humidity. It’s those warm summer months when I usually miss North Carolina most. Sure, it’s hot there too but the humidity is so much less and makes the heat much more bearable. But I [...]

Read the full article →

Apricot-Sage Cookies

May 10, 2012

Sage is one of my all-time favorite herbs. Usually the first thing I think when I smell sage is a roasted chicken or a big tray of stuffing. Oh and then there were those incredible sage goat cheese ebelskivers!! Don’t even get me started on those. Ridiculously good! But I also love when I get [...]

Read the full article →

Jam-Filled Muffins ~ Muffin Monday

September 19, 2011

It’s Monday again and that means it’s muffin time! This is only my second week doing this but I’m really enjoying having fresh out of the oven muffins for breakfast each week. The wonderful thing about muffins is that they take hardly any time at all to prepare which makes them the perfect quick homemade [...]

Read the full article →

(My 1st!!) Daring Bakers’ Challenge ~ August 2011: Candylicious!

August 27, 2011

The Daring Bakers were born in 2006 when two bloggers decided to challenge themselves to make the same recipe for pretzels and post about it on the same day. Next thing you know, they were joined by other bloggers until the group grew and grew. Everyone would make the same recipe in a quest to [...]

Read the full article →

Ginger Apricot Cake for #BakeTogether

August 7, 2011

In June, I told you all about #baketogether and introduced two refreshingly vibrant sorbets for the occasion. After Abby Dodge gave us a “lazy days of summer” extension on the July posting, I’m back with the next installment of deliciousness! This month she challenged all of us to create a summer fruit cake. Abby’s original [...]

Read the full article →

Fresh Fruit Tart with Gingersnap Crust

April 10, 2011

As the world (finally!) sheds the cool of winter and starts to warm up, I start looking forward to the fresh produce that comes along with that. I especially look forward to being able to find better fruit. We go through A LOT of fruit in our household! Maddy can seriously do some damage on [...]

Read the full article →