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• Chocolate Orange Stout Cake with Orange Buttercream Frosting
  on Dec 20, 2016 in All Recipes Baked Goods Christmas Favorites Desserts Food Liqueurs New Year's Favorites Thanksgiving Favorites birthday cake chocolate Christmas dessert holiday new years orange stout
  It feels like it’s been awhile. I’m not sure I can remember too many times when the product of my labors in the kitchen didn’t appear on these pages for an extended period but this week it happened and since this is my business as w...
• Chocolate Orange Stout Cake with Orange Buttercream Frosting
  on Dec 20, 2016 in All Recipes Baked Goods Christmas Favorites Desserts Food Liqueurs New Year's Favorites Thanksgiving Favorites birthday cake chocolate Christmas dessert holiday new years orange stout
  It feels like it’s been awhile. I’m not sure I can remember too many times when the product of my labors in the kitchen didn’t appear on these pages for an extended period but this week it happened and since this is my business as w...
• Peanut Butter and Butterscotch Haystacks
  on Dec 8, 2016 in All Recipes Christmas Favorites Cookies Desserts Food Gifts from the Kitchen butterscotch Christmas cookies haystacks holiday peanut butter treats
  Holidays and food are so firmly entrenched with each other that things we never think about during the rest of the year start to make their way to the surface of conscious thought this time of year and often bring back delicious memories. These Peanu...
• Pomegranate and Blood Orange Tequila Spritzer
  on Dec 6, 2016 in All Recipes Christmas Favorites Fruits Tequila Thanksgiving Favorites Winter Favorites blood orange Cocktails holiday party pomegranate spritzer stirrings tequila
  I’m in a local Facebook group for Denver bloggers and one day the leader of the pack posted about an opportunity to participate in a contest sponsored by Stirrings. I love their products and have used them for years and for me I just decided t...
• Crown Roast of Pork with Wild Rice Stuffing and Caramelized Orange Sauce
  on Dec 5, 2016 in All Recipes Christmas Favorites Food New Year's Favorites Pork Thanksgiving Favorites Winter Favorites Christmas company crown roast of pork dinner holiday new years supper thanksgiving
  Inspiration for dishes I include on this blog comes in such a wide variety of ways. Sometimes it’s just as simple as wanting to make something with seasonal produce, other times, it’s in keeping with tradition or maybe even a request from someone...
• Pecan, Pineapple and Gorgonzola Cheese Ball with Dried Cranberries
  on Dec 1, 2016 in Appetizers Cheese Christmas Favorites Food Football - Game Day Parties Fruits Thanksgiving Favorites Winter Favorites cheeseball Christmas cream cheese dried cranberries gorgonzola holiday pecans pineapple thanksgiving
  I wrote a post yesterday that I’ll be publishing next week that has a story that winds its way across years and states and old friendships and ended with a spectacular main course meant for the holidays. Sometimes that happens; when food and fo...
• Bourbon and Peach Jam Smash
  on Aug 25, 2016 in All Recipes Bourbon Fall Favorites Winter Favorites cocktail drinks fall jam peach smash summer
  I promised a cocktail with the Bourbon Peach Jam with Vanilla Bean that I made last week and today I’m delivering! First can I just tell you I’ve never had so many people let me know in one week that they made a recipe I’ve posted.
• Grilled Peach and Jalapeno Margarita
  on Aug 19, 2016 in All Recipes Friday Cocktails Fruits Summer Favorites Tequila Cocktails drinks jalapeno lime margarita peach summer tequila
  While today I’m adding jalapeno to a Grilled Peach and Jalapeno Margarita, when we first moved to Denver from Raleigh, NC it was something I would dig out and remove if served to me in a restaurant dish. The words fajita, enchilada and burrito...
• Bourbon Peach Jam with Vanilla Bean
  on Aug 18, 2016 in All Recipes Bourbon Christmas Favorites Fruits Gifts from the Kitchen Labor Day Barbecue Ideas Summer Favorites brown sugar Fruit Salads jam peach preserving summer vanilla bean
  Forget the old adage of ‘When life hand you lemons, make lemonade.’ This month I’m going with ‘When life hands you peaches, make this Bourbon Peach Jam with Vanilla Bean.’ And life has handed me a ton of peaches! Perfect...
• Strawberry Squares – A Favorite Summer Treat
  on Aug 16, 2016 in All Recipes Baked Goods Desserts Fruits Spring Favorites Summer Favorites frozen meringue strawberries strawberry squares summer whipped cream
  This recipe for Strawberry Squares, a frozen treat that combines strawberries, meringue, whipped cream and sugar all frozen on top of a base layer that includes brown sugar and walnuts, is a favorite of mine from long ago.  I still remember the reas...
• SOBE Blackberry Mojito Cocktail
  on Aug 12, 2016 in Fall Favorites Fourth of July Friday Cocktails Labor Day Barbecue Ideas Rum Spring Favorites Summer Favorites blackberry. mojito cocktail drinks lime mint rum SOBE summer
  It’s still plenty warm in Colorado and I’m not even close to thinking about Fall. That I’m already seeing people post recipes with pumpkin makes me a bit verklempt and I just want to yell, ‘NO!!’ So I promise until they...
• National Sandwich Month from Dinner through Dessert
  on Aug 6, 2016 in All Recipes Beef Chicken and Turkey Fall Favorites Food Football - Game Day Parties Labor Day Barbecue Ideas Pork Sandwiches Summer Favorites Winter Favorites dessert lunch. dinner national sandwich month Sandwich sandwiches
  There is a calendar somewhere that lists all of the food events and while I’m never sure who makes those determinations, I sort of love celebrating the things we have come to take from granted. Like sandwiches. The most dependable way to get lu...
• Best Summer Cocktails
  on Aug 5, 2016 in Bourbon Fourth of July Friday Cocktails Gin Rum Summer Favorites Tequila Vodka berries Cocktails Fruit Salads lemon lemonade margarita parties rum spritzer summer tequila vodka
  While I really enjoy making cocktails all year round; summer is the best time. So much fresh fruit, citrus and herbs that you can hardly go wrong with any combination. I thought it might be a good idea to do a refresher today since I have LOVED so ma...
• Lemon Ricotta Pasta with Basil
  on Aug 4, 2016 in Labor Day Barbecue Ideas Pasta, Potatoes and Rice Spring Favorites Summer Favorites basil Gardening herbs lemon pasta recipe ricotta side dish summer
  I love how working in the world of blogging can offer so many rewards never imagined when all you thought you wanted to do was keep a diary of recipes online. First and foremost is the acquaintances I’ve made all over the world. I now have frie...
• Thai Peanut Shrimp Skewers with Pineapple and Red Peppers
  on Aug 3, 2016 in All Recipes Fish, Seafood Fourth of July Fruits Labor Day Barbecue Ideas Summer Favorites barbecue dinner grill pad thai pineapple red bell pepper shrimp skewers supper Thai peanut
  bu One thing I really miss where I’m living now is one of the few fast casual restaurants I used to frequent in my old haunt of Greenwood Village. Out of Austin, Texas, the Firebowl Cafe was not just close, it was fantastic. The next time I vis...
• Watermelon Raspberry Cooler
  on Jul 28, 2016 in All Recipes Fourth of July Friday Cocktails Labor Day Barbecue Ideas Rum Summer Favorites cocktail cooler drinks lime pitcher raspberry summer watermelon
  I love watermelon…but I mean really good watermelon. When the grocery store is selling watermelons in the winter I walk on by…we all know they will never be those super sweet, bright red, luscious wonders that mid-summer brings. Those I c...
• Grilled Flank Steak and Asparagus with Béarnaise Butter
  on Jul 26, 2016 in All Recipes Beef Fall Favorites Food Fourth of July Labor Day Barbecue Ideas Summer Favorites Vegetables Asparagus Béarnaise Butter barbecue dinner fine cooking flank steak goodeats grill grilled summer tarragon
  I hope you are enjoying the series I started a couple of years ago with blogging friends called Progressive Eats. Progressive Dinners originally started as a way to share a meal through the progression of visiting each others homes. We forayed that o...
• Blueberry Mint Moscow Mule
  on Jul 23, 2016 in All Recipes Fourth of July Friday Cocktails Fruits Labor Day Barbecue Ideas Spring Favorites Summer Favorites Vodka blueberry Cocktails drinks ginger beer lime mint moscow mule summer
  Sooooo…here we are. Saturday again. With a cocktail for Friday Cocktails. Why can’t I seem to get it together anymore? Well, I had a moment yesterday to consider that and I think summer is to blame. Summer means more work in the garden an...
• Grilled Corn Salsa with Poblano Chiles, Cilantro and Honey
  on Jul 21, 2016 in Appetizers Football - Game Day Parties Summer Favorites Vegetables Winter Favorites cilantro fajitas grilled corn honey lime poblano salsa tacos
  In my quest to update photos and redo posts (this one was originally SIX years ago!); part of the fun is actually making something I may have forgotten about. The best part is then being reminded again of just how much I love it too. That was this re...
• Pink Citroenade – The Bend and Snap!
  on Jul 15, 2016 in All Recipes Fourth of July Friday Cocktails Labor Day Barbecue Ideas Spring Favorites Summer Favorites Vodka cocktail cranberry drinks grenadine juice legally blonde lime pomegranate vodka
  As you may already know, Legally Blonde celebrated its 15th anniversary this past Wednesday. Can you believe that it has already been 15 years since Reese Witherspoon stared as Elle Woods, a Valley girl who one-ups her Harvard-bound boyfriend by enro...