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Month: February 2014

breakfast quesadillas

 Some of my absolute favorite foods are of the Mexican and Tex-Mex varieties. So many different fresh flavors and textures and spices – and so versatile! Put anything between flour tortillas and smother it in cheese, and I am one happy camper. This morning I woke up craving pico de gallo. I knew it probably…

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blackberry cinnamon loaf

What do you do on a sick day? I’ve heard you rest. I was given several talking-to’s by coworkers and supervisors yesterday about the importance of sleep and this mysterious r-word. I’ve had the sniffles for a few days and felt them getting worse during the hump day workday. “You’re given sick leave for a…

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red velvet sugar cookie – oreo truffle bars

 Happy Valentine’s Day! To share the love, make these easy-peasy, from-scratch red-velvet sugar cookie bars that are topped with an Oreo truffle layer. Heart shapes optional, but totally adorable. These were kind of inspired by my super soft red velvet cookies but are chewier, denser, and easier to cut into shapes. They are also a match…

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mardi gras king cake

Mardi Gras is fast approaching, and here in Louisiana, there has been nothing but king cake everywhere! Not that I’m complaining one bit. King cake, if you’ve never had it, is more of a bread or cinnamon-roll-type dough that is wrapped around in a ring and filled with sweet cream cheese, cinnamon, or fruit filling.…

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soft-baked red velvet cookies with cream cheese frosting

Hello, February! It is officially time for all things red and pink. Love it or hate it, I’ve jumped on the V-day bandwagon – just for a little while. I find it the perfect excuse to use heart sprinkles and make red velvet things. Like these cookies. I am not the world’s biggest red velvet…

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