With bacon and scallions – mayo-free!

Three layer berry and brown sugar pavlova. Pretty and delicious.

This coffee cake is simple, quick and easily adaptable! This version has blackberries and lemon curd.

Moist chicken, cranberries, shallot, celery.

Soft Sugar Cookies with Lime Cream Cheese Frosting.

Strawberry-Almond Muffins – perfect for Mother’s Day.

Lemon Cake with Crunchy Topping.

Black Bean Soup. Simple, perfect!

Real Butter. Real Scotch. Really Delicious.

Chicken with lemon and Serrano Ham, baked with a caper, thyme butter. EASY!

Dr. Pepper Chocolate Texas Cake or Cupcakes – a really great chocolate cake.

Hearty beef stew for those cold winter days.

Perfect Drop Biscuits – So easy!

Apple Crumb Pie. Simply perfect.

Creamy ricotta, bitter and spicy rapini, crispy toast.

Classic and fantastic

Soft Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting – Delicious!

Shrimp and Broccoli Stir-Fry with Sweet Chili Sauce – Dinner can be on the table in 20 minutes!

They may not look like much, but these are easily the best black beans I’ve made.

Another pumpkin pie? Yes. And it’s totally worth it!

Drunken Spicy Shameless Shrimp with Brazen Cocktail Sauce – oh my!

Mom’s Apple Crisp – Simple and delicious.