No-Churn Ice Cream

My parents were among the other great individuals out there that used to make ice cream the old fashioned way, at least once a summer, when we were kids. You know what I mean. The wooden bucket with the crank and all the ice and salt you had to pack in around…

Cinnamon Oats W/Vanilla & Cream

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BringYourBestBowl #Target #CollectiveBias For me, there are few things that are connected to memories as much as food is. They go hand in hand. Several years ago, my family and I were visiting relatives in…

Pasta W/Vodka Sauce & Spicy Sausage

It is funny sometimes how things stick with you. Years ago, (why do so many of my posts start with that…?) I was watching Giada DeLaurentiis make a pasta dish on one of her very first cooking shows, Everyday Italian. They featured the finished product first and it was wonderfully creamy and…

Quick & Easy Lemon Bars

I have confessed previously-not sure when, but I know I did at some point in time-that I love all things citrus.  I take after my Mother in that respect.  It is true that I inherited her facial features and love of music, but my Mom also loves all things lemon, and that…

Slow Cooker Butter Style Chicken

Branching out of your comfort zone is never easy.  Wether it is trying a new fashion trend (No, not everyone can wear skinny jeans.) or talking to people you don’t know at a party (The weather is a safe topic…) or reading a book from a section you don’t normally pick from…

Chocolate Eclair Dessert

Did you ever try a food or a certain dish that those around you at the time couldn’t believe you had never had it before?  Were you in college when you took your first bite of cold pizza while surrounded by cold pizza eating veterans?  Maybe you were introduced to Cool Whip…

Ice Cream Sodas for a heat wave!

What a week!  I pretty much scrapped my plans for blog post this week for two reasons.  First of all, we are having a garage sale this week and as anyone who has ever had a garage sale knows, it kinda sucks.  Which leads me into my second reason: its HOT!!  Really…

Cream Cheese Ice Cream

In the previous post, I mentioned that I like to serve the Cranberry Maple Pudding Cake with cream cheese ice cream.  Well, here it is! This is actually the first ice cream I ever made from scratch at home.  Not strawberry, not vanilla, not a nice creamy peach.  Cream cheese ice cream.  And yes,…

Cranberry Maple Pudding Cake W/Cream Cheese Ice Cream

At the risk of posting a fall themed recipe in March, I decided to throw caution to the wind and share this with you anyway.  It has become one of my favorite deserts and with Easter coming up, the thought of finishing of a ham and cheesy potato dinner with this pudding…

Apricot Scones

I really love dried apricots-its the chewiness; it pulls me in-and the day I decided to randomly create this recipe…well…it was a happy day.  And all the other days that I made test batches?  Yup.  Those were happy days too.  I have to be careful when I make these because I end…

Buttermilk Cremes

I had a brief moment of hesitation when deciding to post this recipe.  Very brief.  Like, so brief it is barely worth mentioning.  And yet here I am, talking about it… But THEN!  Then, I came to my senses and started typing!  I thought that another custard recipe so soon after creme brulee…

Creamy Tomato Soup

So.  If you are a regular reader of Brittany’s Pantry, you know that I am not the biggest fan of soup.  My husband and kids?  Yes.  Me?  No.  Unless it is ice cream, I would rather eat meals that require a fork.  However, if you know that about me, you also know…

Creamy Penne W/Shrimp & New Holiday Traditions

Several years ago, when Evelyn was around three, she was sitting with me and watching Giada make this pasta on her Food Network show.  This was not unusual.  She is six now and still watches cooking shows with me; commenting on dishes like a seasoned chef.  But this particular time, she turned…

Creme Brulee: Showstopper

Creme Brûlée.  A rich and creamy, lightly sweetened custard topped with toasted sugar so crunchy you have to ‘crack’ it to eat it.  *sigh*  If you have never eaten this, I have no words to describe it that would do it justice.  If you have had it, you are swooning off your…

Orange Cream Smoothie & A Blogaversary

Wow!  Has it really been two years since I started blogging?  Two years of recipes and a whole lot of food?  Two years of home renovations (Oy), watching my eldest start school (boo), and welcoming a new baby (yeah!)?  A year ago I gave the blog a new look, made a bunch…