a celebration of food, entertaining, & life after 40 with courtney
Everything that you love about banana bread is baked into a delicious, portable pastry. These chocolate chip banana bread scones are so moist and full of flavor. The cinnamon-sugar topping adds a nice sweet crunch. Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour 2 tablespoons sugar …
These Valentine heart pins are an easy craft inspired by Julia Child. She and her husband, Paul, wore giant heart pins on Valentine’s Day. So naturally, I had to recreate it with my Valentine. Here’s all you’ll need for this simple craft: 1 pack of …
This might be the easiest soup you’ll ever make. When I need something healthy that has great flavor, I make this easy healthy broccoli soup from this cookbook. Because this soup gets blended, everything can just be roughly chopped which is a bonus! The arugula …
I wanted something a little more exciting in my coffee this morning other than my usual milk, so I decided to make a cardamom brown sugar latte. I love cardamom and will find any excuse to use it. I remember my mom telling me that …
This may come as a shock to you, but we don’t have an Indian restaurant here in Cody, Wyoming. I wish we did, it’s one of my favorite cuisines. There’s something about the warmth of the spices that just makes me so happy. Whenever we’re …
Want to impress your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day? Try this simple yet delicious Valentine’s Day dessert board! I loaded up a vintage silver platter with all of my favorite Valentine sweets. Most everything is store bought which makes this an easy dessert to make. I …
Do not be intimidated by this recipe. Yes there are quite a few steps to it, but each step is necessary to ensure the perfect balance of flavor. This boeuf bourguignon is a perfect Sunday night meal. You can make an afternoon of it by …
These double chocolate brownies have semi-sweet chocolate chips and cocoa powder in them to create a rich chocolaty flavor. And to add a bit more depth, I use both white and brown sugar. Instead of adding the eggs right in, I first whisk them in …
My dad gave me “The Milk Street Cookbook” for Christmas and I’ve been cooking from it ever since! It’s a wonderful cookbook filled with simple flavorful recipes from around the globe. I made this Greek white bean soup the other night and it was so …