What I Made On My Isolation Vacation

Hi Friends!

I haven't been posting new content for a while (aka 2 years).    It's not because I haven't been in the kitchen, but there's been a lot of life going on and this has always been just for fun. 

And now here we are in the middle of, in the words of all the recent advertisements, unprecedented (or uncertain) times.   Like everyone else, I'm spending a lot more time at home and in the kitchen.   

I've even made the required quarantine banana bread, using my favorite recipe from Cooking Light.

Over the past month of primarily at home life, here's some of the other good stuff coming out of the kitchen - even over those few days where my oven was out of commission (sadness).  I enjoy the challenge of seeing what's in my cabinets and looking for recipes that let me use what I have.  Enjoy! 

Derby Bars

Recipe:  Joy the Baker Homemade Decadence Cookbook 

Banana Bread Biscotti

Recipe:  Joy the Baker Homemade Decadence Cookbook 

Double Chocolate Brownies 

Adapted from: Eagle Brand Classic Recipes Cookbook

Key Lime Pie

The original breakfast pie in our family

Straight off the Nellie and Joe's Key Lime Juice label

Breakfast Smoothie Bowl

No recipe - just winging it in the blender

Thai Pork Wraps

No recipe - but I highly recommend this

spicy Thai peanut butter from Eliot's

Artichoke Spinach Dip

Perfect for eating your feelings

Recipe written on an index card

Copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits

So good.

Recipe:  Damn Delicious

Applesauce Bars

Recipe:  Inspiration Kitchen

Breakfast Biscuit Cobbler

Recipe:  Joy the Baker Homemade Decadence Cookbook 

Dan Dan Noodles

using what I already had in the kitchen

rotini is not the usual noodle for these...

Adapted from:  Half Baked Harvest

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Bake

Recipe:  Inside Blu Crew Life

Lemon Brownies

perfect for that impulse box of lemon 

cake mix I bought months ago

Recipe:  Family Saavy

Butterscotch Blondies

Recipe:  America's Favorites Bake Sale Cookbook

The OG:  Magic Cookie Bars

Recipe: Eagle Brand Classic Recipes Cookbook

I hope you and your family are safe and healthy no matter where you are or what you're doing!

Have you tried any new recipes recently?   Or made some long-time favorites?