Recipe Variation: Pumpkin Banana Bread

One of my pumpkin-themed dishes of the night. I would have gone with regular pumpkin bread, but considering we had rotting bananas around, figured I might as well use both.
I followed the recipe I used for blueberry banana bread with a few changes. One, no blueberries. Also, I used just two bananas, and added a [...]

John’s Raspberry Gelato

Mmm, gelato.

Alton’s Avocado Ice Cream

This is probably my favorite of John’s homemade ice cream so far. He used Alton Brown’s recipe.

John’s Mint Cookie Ice Cream

John was inspired to make this ice cream after enjoying a similar flavor at Lazy Sundae in Falls Church.

Blueberry Banana Bread

Perhaps I’ll become a baker yet. I got into the habit of buying bananas for John during hockey season, though they’d often turn quickly. I can really only tolerate bananas in smoothies, but figured I’d give banana bread a try – I could always take it into work. The blueberries definitely pushed it over into [...]

Zucchini Bread

As you know, I’m not a huge baker, but I had a giant zucchini to contend with, so zucchini bread happened. I was very pleased with this recipe, which I used with slight variation.

Grilled peaches w/ honey and marscapone

Made this for dessert on July 4 – my Mom brought with her an Emeril cookbook for inspiration.

Apple Pie

John and I got a whole bunch of Stayman apples from the orchard by Jen’s pony farm. Apple pie seemed necessary, but as you know, I’m not much of a baker. I also discovered that this isn’t the best project to start at 7 while watching the hockey game – I wrapped things up around [...]

Blueberry/Blackberry Pie

Saw fresh blackberries at Wegman’s and decided to turn it into a pie on my day off.

Homemade Gingerbread

Made this once for a Christmas party. Truth be told, I kiiiiinda like the boxed stuff better, but as gingerbread is one of my favorite desserts, it was satisfying to make my own for once. A food network recipe.