Company Pot Roast
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone is having a nice holiday with your family and friends… enjoying a ton of yummy food! Lisa of Lime in the Coconut has chosen the Company Pot Roast  for our second recipe for the Barefoot Bloggers in November. The recipe can be found in

MSC: Candied Sweet Potato Cupcakes
Our November’s recipe for the Martha Stewart Cupcake Club (a.k.a MSC) is Sweet Potato Cupcakes,  selected by Karen from Karen’s Cookies, Cakes, & More. You can find the recipe on her Cupcake book, page 243. While some people may not really be too exci

Poached Eggs Florentine
I love eggs for breakfast and always welcome a new way to dress up eggs. I had wanted to try this recipe for a while and finally decided to try it when we have a little bit more time on the weekends. Another big reason for me wanting to try this was: I had never poached eggs before! I was a bit intimidated by the idea of poaching eggs… I don’t know why. I have enjoyed many poached eggs before at restaurants, and I had always put off making my own at home. I now regret that I didn’t try this recipe ev

Chocolate-Almond Tart
Kate from Warm Olives & Cool Cocktails has been playing Santa all summer long by graciously giving away her 100+ cookbooks collection! Lucky me, I won another book from her about a couple of months. The rule is pretty simple, you need to leave comments on her blog, must be a food blogger, and you also must make ONE recipe within 30 days from the book if you win, of course! Eek.. I hate to say that I am very tardy on this one, but still, better late than never. There are so many good recipes in this chocolate book, but unfortunately, I have to really dig for a recipe that has ingredients that I can get locally. And we finally se

Ham and Potato Soup
I am always in the lookout for a simple soup recipe that is delicious, and preferably has both vegetables and meat in it. This way I can just add a salad or some sort of rolls or bread to go with it. This is actually a recipe that I have saved up for a while now. For time-saving tips, you can leave the skin on as long as you scrub them well before cutting. Red actually peeled the potatoes, although I wouldn’t have minded if he had left the skin on. I also did not have any beef  or chicken bouillon. Instead, I u