Making Yummy Noises...

 Yesterday began with a nice, heartwarming brunch for two...Handsome & me.

I wanted to make something I hadn't tried before, along with an old favorite.

We both love Hopple Popple (I shared the recipe with you here), so that dish

was a given for our Father's Day meal. We also had a fruit salad on the side,

with a chaser of real Florida orange juice. But, the new dish was a real hit!

 I tried The Pioneer Woman's recipe for "Cinnamon Toast - The Right Way". Wow! 

We raved about this recipe, but agreed that it was never meant to be an "everyday" 

treat. It had just the right amount of everything and was so delicious, it was almost 

like candy.  Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman herself) always hits a homerun!

If you want to try this recipe yourself, this is the link.

Just so you know, the recipe calls for 16 pieces of bread. We used 3 and I cut the

recipe appropriately. Good thing I did, too, 'cuz we might have eaten it all otherwise!

 One more thing today...

 When I went to Craftsy yesterday, I had a great little surprise.

Seems that "Harris" was trending on Craftsy yesterday.

Click here to see.

Isn't that saaa-weeet?

Tag can't wait to see you tomorrow. Have a great Monday!

Comfort Food...

This is a little vignette I put together on our kitchen counter recently. It incorporates my three newest cookbooks...Pioneer Woman Cooks, Coming Home, and The Williamsburg Cookbook.

I had purchased Coming Home last summer. (Remember the post I did for that fabulous Crustless Pumpkin Pie? It was a real hit for Thanksgiving!)
Pioneer Woman Cooks was a gift from younger son's family for Christmas. It was a request that I was so happy to receive. Ree Drummond is the real deal, and every page has something wonderful to read, cook or see. Her photos are great. I have made some of her dishes, and highly recommend her Chicken Spaghetti. It's as big a hit around here as it is with her family. I have her blog in my blog roll, so check it out some time.The last cookbook has a cute story behind it. For Christmas, I made a pretty, girly, cotton apron for daughter-in-law #2 (The Ar-teest). I also machine embroidered some kitchen towels for her in vintage, Sunbonnet Sue, red-work designs. As her final gift, I included a soft cover version of The Williamsburg Cookbook. I had picked it up for her when I was in Williamsburg last fall.
Can you imagine how tickled I was to open up the beautiful wrapping to see that same daughter-in-law had found a hard-cover copy of the same cookbook to gift to me? I was over the moon excited! I guess it's true that we can't go wrong if we give a gift we'd love to receive. This year I did!

I'm really looking forward to trying the recipes in this new cookbook, as well as delving deeper into the other two books. Won't that be fun?