Hello, Friends! It's been a while!

Friends! It's been a WHILE...over 5 years to be exact. So much has happened since then, and I don't even know where to start. My last post announced that we were about to have a baby.

As you can imagine, I immediately had exponentially fewer opportunities to keep the blog going as a new mom. Plus, we had waited (not so patiently) for over 7 years to become parents, and I wanted to devote every waking minute to our new family and to savoring all the baby snuggles, giggles, and memories.

Well, she's five years old now and the absolute light of our lives! She's my little mini me and is getting more and more interested in baking. We have a ton of fun together in the kitchen, so I thought it might be time to start up the ole' blog again.

I gave her a copy of Food Network's The Big, Fun Kids Cookbook for Christmas, and she's pretty excited to start baking and cooking her way through that. It's a super cute cookbook. I'll be sure to share our progress, so stay tuned for more!

I'm so excited to be on this blogging adventure again with you! We have so much to catch up on!

Happy New Year! I hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy in these crazy times! Here's to a beautiful 2021 for us all!

I'm happy to report that Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls are still a staple at our house every year. Only now, I have a little BFF to make them with. :)

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Cream Cheese Banana Nut Bread - Southern Living

***There seriously aren't very many things that smell better than Banana Nut Bread baking in the oven. Don't you agree? This recipe for Cream Cheese Banana Nut Bread from Southern Living magazine was one of the very first recipes that I added to this blog...back in November 2007! In fact, I came across it when I worked for the magazine as a Marketing Intern. Back then, I didn't have a photo for every recipe, and the blog post was simply the recipe and nothing else. Because this is my go-to recipe for Banana Nut Bread (and because it is so amazing!), I thought that it deserved a little more attention. This is quite honestly some of the best Banana Nut Bread that I've ever had. An entire 8oz. package of cream cheese is added right to the batter, along with 4 mashed bananas. The cream cheese adds so much to this recipe, with an incredibly moist texture being the main component. Plus, the roasted pecans are the perfect addition. Roasting the nuts brings out

My Favorite Quiche!

***It's not often that a recipe is worthy of re-posting. I think I've only done that once or twice in the entire time I've written this blog. However, this is one of those rare occasions. Back in 2009 when Brad and I went to Europe, we had the most amazing Quiche Lorraine at the incredible Les Deux Magots cafe in Paris. It was delicious and was served alongside a yummy salad of fresh greens (Quiche Lorraine sur Salade Verte). Oh, it was heaven on a plate! It also didn't hurt that we were sitting on the patio of one of the most famous cafes in Paris, after all...haha. The atmosphere and people-watching in that particular area are hard to beat. I'll never forget the elderly lady that was sitting at the table right next to us (the tables were situated pretty close together). She was dressed to-the-nines, was all by herself, and was just the quintessential, classy Parisian lady. I wish more than anything that I had tried to strike up a conversation with her

Absolutely Sinful Cinnamon Rolls

***Alrighty, here are the cinnamon rolls that I mentioned in my previous post. I put these together on Christmas Eve, and then baked them on Christmas morning. Let me just tell you...there's nothing quite like the smell of yummy cinnamon rolls wafting through the house on Christmas morning...ahhhhh...so wonderful! This is going to be a new tradition for us...fresh, homemade rolls on Christmas. I thought that I might try this recipe, and then maybe try a new one next year...until I found one that I really loved. However, I hit the jackpot on the first try! This is THE recipe that I'll always use. UPDATE: Since originally writing this post in 2008, I've made these cinnamon rolls every year for Christmas! They are a holiday tradition that my family looks forward to all year! You can see my other posts here, with lots more photos of these sinful cinnamon rolls: CHRISTMAS 2009 CHIRSTMAS 2010 CHRISTMAS 2011 The great thing was that I could prepare them on Christmas

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