chocolate zucchini bread

This recipe is also one that came from Elizabeth, which she copied from one of her recipe books. Sadly I don’t have the title, but the author of the recipe is Michelle Larson of Madison, WI. I’ve made this several times and it is really darn good… and perfect for the end of the summer [...]

updated chocolate cake recipe

Last night we had dinner with some new friends here in MN, Krisitin and John. Many thanks to them for hosting us – we had such a good time! We were on tap for dessert, so I asked Mike what he thought would be good. After a few seconds we decided on chocolate cake – [...]

Best Brownies I’ve had in a really long time…

I have no excuse other than that I am chasing after a 15 month old but he’s in bed now (7p) so I am going to make an entry because this recipe is definitely worth sharing.  I can’t take credit for the recipe, because it’s from our clinic’s receptionist, Mary B., who makes these for [...]

birthday dinner: shepherd’s pie and chocolate cake

Last night was my husband’s birthday! I asked him what he wanted to do for dinner, expecting him to say that he wanted to go out. To the contrary, he requested one of his favorite meals, Shepherd’s Pie, which is a good winter comfort meal (but not so much a summery classic). I was happy [...]

Chocolate chip scones!

Do I dare start this foodie collaborative with my chocolate chip scone recipe? I don’t want to disappoint you guys for all the subsequent recipe entries i’ll make here because it won’t be this good, but here goes… ( i should mention that this isn’t *my* recipe, but i make it all the time, so [...]