Hey friends❣️ Toss the big bag of apples in the cart ~ you're going to need them when baking your way through this lineup. Consider it your one-stop apple cake shop. Apple Cake Collection Apples lend themselves to simple homey cakes, but there are some showstoppers in this lineup for holidays, dinner parties, and birthdays, for sure. The apple that revolutionized my cooking & baking The Honeycrisp. It's a modern apple variety bred in Minnesota in the 1960s but only just came on the scene in...

Hey friends❣️ I may have found it, the perfect side: easy, make-ahead, feeds a crowd, budget-friendly ~ and who doesn’t love a creamy potato situation? The Coziest Grated Potato Casserole This Finnish inspired casserole is a winner, I'll be calling on it all fall. With old school meatloaf, pork chops, and salmon, for sure. With roast chicken it's a no brainer. When it was just my husband and me we were able to portion out leftovers for several meals, it keeps beautifully! The gratin dish...

Hey friends❣️ They call it a false fall here in the Midwest ~ we had all the crisp weather and cozy feels for the past 2 weeks and now we're warming up. That's fine with me, the tomatoes are still killing it right now and last night I just dumped a pint of tiny rainbow cherries into a screaming hot pan with olive oil and a little garlic and swirled them around for a minute or two. Then I sloshed in some hot salty pasta, added more olive oil and some fresh basil and Parm. Yum. A little bit...