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Chocolate Chip Banana Pudding with Some Help from the Husband

March 27, 2012

I grew up eating banana pudding. Yes, me. That Taiwanese girl who grew up in Appalachia. My parents served it as a dessert selection in the buffet at their Chinese restaurant. Of course, it was the standard vanilla pudding with vanilla wafers and big slices of banana, but I really did eat almost every day [...]

Green Tea Lemon Cupcakes

March 14, 2012

With Spring and St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I felt that a springy-type of dessert was in order. These cupcakes were inspired by one of Paul’s favorite Starbucks drinks: Green Tea Lemonade. It was perfect because I’ve been wanting to make a dessert using the great matcha green tea powder that I’ve been [...]

Fruits of our Labor

January 24, 2012

When we moved out to the suburbs of Atlanta over two years ago, my mind went into cultural shock from being one of the very few couples in our neighborhood without children to having a 40 minute drive get to midtown Atlanta. Luckily (or not) I happened to work from home and a daily commute [...]

Peppermint Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting | Secret Recipe Club

December 12, 2011

I had so much fun participating in the Secret Recipe Club last month, I was so excited to do it all over again this month. The concept of the Secret Recipe Club is just so much fun. You are assigned a blog, from which you can choose and make any of their recipes, including being [...]

What I’m Thankful For… and Cranberry Goat Cheese Cheesecake

November 25, 2011

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a Friendsgiving, followed by a Thanksgiving dinner at our house, some Black Friday shopping and then another dinner at the in-laws’ house. I’m finally starting to recuperate and catch up on work from the busyness of the long weekend, and am already looking forward to the [...]

Spiced Pear Plum Pie {Love the Pie}

November 16, 2011

This year I discovered a new found love and respect for pie. I used to be more of a cake person, but that’s when the thought of pie brought about visions of pumpkin, chocolate cream and lemon meringue. Me, being not a huge fan of the creams and gel textures would shy away from the [...]

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies {football fridays}

October 14, 2011

Whoopie pies seem to be popping up everywhere now, and after having one of West Egg Cafe’s amazing red velvet whoopie pies, I haven’t been able to get them out of my mind. With such a fun name, I wondered where whoopie pies got them namesake… so, I did a little research: “According to food [...]

Pumpkin Coconut Cranberry Crisps

October 7, 2011

I have an overabundance of homemade pumpkin purée. It was probably dangerous for me to discover how easy pumpkin puree is to make. Now, I have the happy task of trying to figure out what to do with all this pumpkin. I have already made a savory dish and a great condiment, so today it [...]