Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets

This month’s Flavor of the Month theme was chocolate, which I thought was perfect for February (and well, I thought it was perfect anyway because I love chocolate)! I wanted to share a recipe that I adapted from one I found on Hershey’s website a couple years ago, because whenever I’ve served it, it’s always [...]

Tags: cake, chocolate, flavor of the month

Read more | Comments (18) | February 28, 2010

Daring Baker Challenge: Tiramisu

Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets

The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is based on recipes from The Washington Post, Cordon Bleu at Home and Baking Obsession. When I saw that the Daring Baker challenge [...]

Tags: coffee, cookie, daring baker, Italian, mascarpone

Read more | Comments (19) | February 27, 2010

Eggplant Parmigiana

Posted by Tracy | Filed under dinner

This eggplant parmigiana was inspired by my favorite Italian restaurant. Hubby and I went there on a date together recently, and I decided to try their eggplant parmigiana. I’ve only had it once before; it was cooked exactly like chicken parmigiana and almost like a lasagna, with layers of eggplant and sauce. However, this eggplant [...]

Tags: eggplant, Italian, pasta

Read more | Comments (9) | February 25, 2010

Madeleines with Lime

Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets

I asked for a mini madeleine pan for Christmas last year because I’ve always been intrigued by these delicate cookies. I finally just got around to making them this past weekend, and my only regret is that I waited so long! They’re easy to put together, especially on the weekend when you can do something [...]

Tags: cookie, French

Read more | Comments (9) | February 23, 2010

Dilled Carrots

Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning

Okay, I’m not going to lie. When I saw that the theme for this month’s Tigress’ Can Jam was carrots, I was less than thrilled. But the truth is I’ve never pickled anything before, and this assignment gave me the little push I needed to learn how to do it. In that respect, it was [...]

Tags: canning, carrots, pickling, tigresscanjam

Read more | Comments (9) | February 19, 2010