If you are still hunting for the perfect dessert to make for your Valentine you are not the only one! I am feverishly looking through recipes to create a Valentine’s Day tea for the kids. I have, believe it or not, been writing Baking Delights for almost three years and in that time have published quite a few romantic recipes and one or two amazing desserts.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake

Thought I would do a round-up of the potential Valentine’s Day Recipes on Baking Delights. Read More – Valentine’s Day Countdown Recipes 4 Romance

I was in Hobby Lobby last week buying art supplies for my 16 year old, Ethan. He is in his first semester at the local community college and taking an art class that has a supplies list that reads like the inventory sheet at Hobby Lobby. Seriously, if the store carries it it is on the list! When I was painting and doing commissioned work back in the day I spent less on supplies than was required by this class.
Anyway, while hyperventilating over the contents of the cart I decided to poke around in the baking section. What to my wondering …read more

This week has gone by fast and there have been a lot of things going on here. I have two sons in the local community college now and since we only have one car at the moment it means I am driving them to school. I am also looking at kitchen stuff because I am hoping for a kitchen makeover soon. I got some great ideas at the B&B I was at last week and I am still thinking about what I want to do… exactly. The temptation is to go to the restaurant supply and just put in a …read more

This bread is a rustic bread. You can make it in a loaf with great success or make  a free form loaf or boule. It makes incredible toast, awesome sandwiches (try a thick slice of ham) and great bread to go with soup. Add to that that it is easy to do and healthy and you will want this on your repertoire of bread recipes.

Be sure to give this plenty of time to rise. Due to the heaviness of the oats the bread will probably rise more slowly than traditional light white bread. Be sure to give it plenty of …read more

Rice has to be one of the best foods invented…EVER. Think about it:

Inexpensive
Filling
Delicious
Adaptable to almost any flavor
Healthy
Easily procured

I don’t think there is anything else that fits that quite as well as rice does. This particular dish can be made as a risotto or you can dump everything in the pan, cover it and just let it cook for a slightly more rustic texture.

I told you I was going to try to keep up with the food holidays this year… we will see how long it lasts.
Today is National Carrot Cake Day.  Carrot cake is one of those things that people seem to love or hate. It stays moist for a long time because of the carrots, raisins and other ingredients. It is, in most cases a heavy cake as well. Warmly spicy, carrot cake screams autumn and winter. It makes a perfect snack anytime.
Food historians believe that carrot cake was developed during the Middle Ages  because of the natural sugars in carrots. …read more

I am determined to keep up with food holidays this year!
Today, February 2, is Crepes Day.  Crepes should be, in my opinion, something everyone knows how to make. Why?

Because you can put anything in them, throw any sauce over them and have a gourmet, delicious, interesting meal in no time. Seriously. Anything. Add leftover creamed spinach? Sure!  Any vegetable, any fruit, any meat… anything!
Here are some posts from the Baking Delights Vault. Stuff you may not even remember because it was posted years ago. BUT it is still awesome. Crepes are easy to make. Give them a try for Crepe’s …read more

Last weekend when I was in Salado (Texas) I stayed at a fantastic bed and breakfast, The Rose Mansion. There were many things I enjoyed about staying there but the biggest luxury to me was waking up to the smell of someone else fixing breakfast!
What decadence to wander out to the dining room at 9 o clock and plop down to a steaming cup of coffee and a hot breakfast that you didn’t have to fix. I gained 4 pounds from Friday to Monday between the B&B and the restaurants that I visited. I would waddle back to my room …read more

You know the old saying “When in Rome…” ? Well, I think this is especially true when you are going to eat. If you are on vacation, or even home, why in the world would you eat at a cookie cutter food place like Chili’s or On the Border when you can eat somewhere that serves a regional specialty?
I think that the saddest, or one of the saddest things about the eating habits of Americans in the 21st century is that we want everything to be predictable.  When I was growing up my dad sought out places that served unique …read more

I know you know how to grill a steak so this post isn’t so much about that. You are going to need to start with a great steak, your favorite, preferably grass fed, organic and local. You want to grill it to perfection… Just the way you like it.

But…Once you have that you are going to want to put this sauce on top of it because then…THEN you are going to have the most incredible thing you ever put into your mouth… well… maybe. At least in the top ten.

Ingredients

1 lb Portabella mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup chopped onion
4 cloves of …read more