An old and dear friend of mine, Trevor, started reading Sweetnicks some months back and has made a bunch of my recipes since then. He has also developed his own love of cooking, and has sent me a few of his own recipes to try out. I hadn’t tried any of them yet, and I […]
Although breakfast is undoubtedly the most important meal of the day, I always struggle with it. I don’t skip it, but in the morning after dropping Nicholas off at school, I am concentrating on getting straight to work and usually just grab something simple like a yogurt, fresh fruit or a toasted English Muffin or […]
I love Jamie Oliver, and my mom and I have been fortunate enough to meet him twice, but I have a bone to pick with him. In case you haven’t watched it yet, he has a new show on Food Network called Jamie at Home, which has a large part of its focus on vegetables, […]
Nicholas is quite prone to asking difficult question that go way beyond the usual incessant peppering of “Why?”
With my sister and brother-in-law’s new baby, Sophie, babies have been an ongoing topic of numerous questions. How do babies get in your belly? I told him God puts them there. But “HOW?” Magic. How do they get […]
Say THAT three times fast! Nicholas and I now have a standing date to bake something at least once a week. He loves to help out in the kitchen, and with the recent holidays and other general craziness, we haven’t been doing it as much lately. The other day I spied a recipe for Peanut […]
