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Best… Crumb Cake… Ever

March 18th, 2016Tina7 Comments

Here’s the third installment in my Best Ever series! What’s it all about? Click here to get the scoop. Today I’m sharing with you the, Best… Crumb Cake… Ever. If you like big crumbs then this is the crumb cake to end all crumb cakes. I’ve made roughly a bazillion (roughly 😉 ) crumb cakes and coffee cakes. Wait, can you really compare crumb cakes to coffee cakes? They are similar but definitely different. Which one is better? I’m getting side tracked. Let’s save that debate for another day. For the purposes of today’s post it doesn’t really matter because this crumb cake trumps …

Chocolate Nut Strudel

March 14th, 2016Tina0 Comments

Chocolate for breakfast is always a good idea. This strudel is not strictly for breakfast. In fact, my husband would probably say that this is really a dessert. I see bakery shops sell this kind of pastry with coffee. You drink coffee with breakfast. So naturally a pastry like this strudel should be eaten for breakfast. (Take that logic!) I’m a chocoholic so maybe you can’t go by me. This is not meant to be a big debate. If you make this strudel, you can eat it whatever time of the day you want. 🙂 I can’t even begin to tell you …

Couscous With Tomato, Scallion, And Lemon

March 11th, 2016Tina0 Comments

I’m not super excited that the clocks spring ahead this weekend. We’ll lose one hour of sleep. My eating and sleeping habits will be off all week as my brain readjusts. The days won’t even be any longer. All it does is slide the daylight around a little. Well, I guess as long as the shift is toward the afternoon then I’ll have more daylight to photograph my food, which means that I don’t have to rush in the early morning to get all the cooking and photographing done. That’s totally a silver lining. Plus, I don’t need to get into my pajamas …

Roasted Beet Salad With Goat Cheese And Pistachios

March 9th, 2016Tina4 Comments

Does anyone else find it difficult to buy sunglasses? I own two pairs of sunglasses and one of them isn’t comfortable so I really only have one pair. Spring is almost here and I need to step up my game in the shades department. My local Macy’s recently added a sunglass hut so I checked it out yesterday. I spent an hour there and I left with nothing. An hour. Sigh. It shouldn’t be this hard, right? Okay, I’m done looking for sympathy. 😉 Anyway, the other day I was looking through a cookbook and found this recipe. Coincidentally, I recently saw …

Stuff I’m Into: Spring Trends

March 4th, 2016Tina0 Comments

Guys, I’m not feeling inspired in the kitchen. Not at all. As a result I’ve not posted as many recipes as I normally do. I’m sure that at some point I’ll be back to my normal self again. In the meantime, I’m completely craving Spring so I thought I’d share some of the Spring trends that I’m Into. Cactus. Last year seemed like it was the year of pineapple prints. You simply weren’t cool if you weren’t sporting a t-shirt, bag, shoes or whatever that showed it off. I think pineapples will always be a classic symbol in the warmer …