Chicken Piccatta

Here in sunny North Carolina, we get a syndicated cooking show on the local news called Cooking At Home. Mr. Dan Eaton had a recipe that honestly looked delicious, and I had to try it - Turkey Picatta. I have nothing against turkey, but chicken is much more available, so I made the chicken version, and even my husband complimented it.

Cinnamon Buns

There's really not much better than ooey, gooey cinnamon roles. The kind that are warm, sticky and sweet, then they give you a huge sugar rush. They are also my husband's favorite breakfast food, and I can't blame him. I've tried to sneak the pre-made cinnamon rolls in our shopping cart for years, and he would always say, "They are so much better from scratch that I can't justify buying these." I would sadly put them back and mutter something about not being enough time in the morning to make them.


Then I got an intense craving to make them. And I mean, intense. So, I researched and found many possible recipes. They all looked yummy, but they all took a long time. And then I found one that said it only took 1.25 hours. It looked decent, but what kept my interest is the reviews. With more than 300 reviews, the recipe had a five-star rating. Crazy! So I had to try it.

Irish Soda Bread

The theme International Night in March was, of course, Irish. My neighbor made a Shepherd's pie, we had Irish coffee and Guinness cupcakes with Bailey's-flavored icing. It was phenomenal. I made Irish Soda bread. Sadly, in my, uh excitement, I forgot to take a photo of the finished product. But before we began imbibing, I had the where-with-all to take photos pre-oven. So here it is, the making of the Irish Soda Bread.

Roasted Chicken

One of the staples my husband makes is roasted chicken. It sounded terribly daunting at first, not to mention time consuming. As I have learned, it is neither. All you really need is a good pan. So lets start with that and work our way though to some delicious dinner.

Wedding Cake

My apologies to my faithful readers (all two of you). There have been several circumstances which have prevented me from posting as often as I would like. I have been cooking, well, some, but not posting. However, barring another family emergency, I plan to be taking it easier from work and cooking and posting more. Especially as the summer approaches - my favorite season. I'm already planning a Greek meal for International dinner. And for Easter, a yummy (fingers crossed) strawberry cake (or cupcakes). 

But first, to one of the main thing that held up my time for a week - a wedding cake. I hated it so much by the time it was over, that my husband only took  one photo on his phone. It was nice and pretty, but was far more difficult than I anticipated. It was a simply two-layered, three-tiered cake. Nothing fancy. Devil's Food and buttercream with fondant. But it just plagued me it seemed. But the bride enjoyed it, and that is all that mattered. Now, we are moving on to yummier, more common things. A photo will come, technology allowing.