The Great Quiche Fiasco of 2009
Oops! Whoa! Phew…

Taco quiche
Once upon a time, there was a girl who was dragged to brunch. Brunches were scary for the little girl because they meant two things. One, she would miss one full meal on the day of a brunch. This was not good for a little foodie blogger in the making. Two, the main dish at brunches was q

The Grave Yard Shift Bakery is open – Halloween treat comment contest!
Our community center had a Haunted House and my daughter and I provided a bake sale for the event. Culinary geeks that we are, we overworked ourselves and could hardly keep our eyes open while selling them! Good thing Grandma Dixie was there to help us with our customers! Adorable, creative, tired witch.

Football season snacks: Mini chili and cornbread cups idea
DISCLAIMER: If this is your first time to The Old Hen Blog please hear me out before you move on to what you would consider a bona-fide foodie blog that has creatures made out of rolled up balls of cakey cuteness or one that pairs recipes with tunes to listen to while you bake or even better than that, the one that has it all together even more than Martha because she does everything that Martha does and homeschools too… Anyhow, back to justifying my mini football season snacks that require pretty much no effort at

Fancy fondue party for homecoming!
My daughter has dinner parties every year before all of the big high school shindigs. This weekend we celebrated homecoming with a fondue party. Fondue is such a fun way to have dinner together since it takes longer to eat than most meals due to cooking your food at the table. It is easy to get your fondue forks mixed up and everyone gets to eat just what they like so it creates plenty of fun conversation! Here’s our homecoming fondue party… Waiting for everyone to arrive.