To the Irish!

An Irish cheers for you- “May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.” Happy St. Patty’s Day! Sausage biscuit skillet with Guinness Guinness cupcake recipe Baileys cream cheese frosting – 8 oz Cream cheese, 1 stick room teperature butter, shot of baileys and powder sugar to taste….

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We All Scream for Paczki!

  Tonight I made paczki‘s for Fat Tuesday tomorrow. Growing up in Michigan the grocery store and bakeries sell these treats like crazy this time of year and I absolutely love them! But out here in Denver its another story—nobody knows what they are!! I decided I won’t go another Fat Tuesday with out them…

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Pierogies for Days

Last night was pierogi night at the Tagles (ahh still getting used to the sister’s new name). Re-saturating dried mushrooms for the mushroom borscht. Too much pre-cooking wine for this one…     Follow me on Twitter @Pilots_Daughter

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Repeat July 4th!

In Madrid now but wanted to give any last minute July 4th planners a good beach/food idea! I made these two summers ago and they were such a hit!   Strawberry cheesecake dessert recipe http://the-pilots-daughter.com/2012/07/04/happy-4th-of-july/

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The Bunny Hop

Happy Easter! I hope everyone had a day filled with sun, friends and of course a cadbury egg. I put a little oil in the dye this year. The eggs looked like Yoshi eggs! Take two on the cake. Turned out much better this year. (Check out last years cake and you will see what…

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Irish in Denver

Happy St. Patty’s Day! I hope everyone wore green today, had some corned beef, and drank a Guinness. Denver celebrated St. Patty’s day this weekend so my friends and I set out on the town for some good ole Irish drinking on Saturday. On actual St. Patty’s Day though I celebrated with Irish food. Well…

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Acorn: The Perfect Birthday Present

When I first decided I wanted to be a food writer it was because of my love of food. Whether it be McDonalds,  airplane food, or a five star restaurant I had a simple respect for all food. I hate to admit it but I am starting to become more picky. I find myself eating at…

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Nuggets Can Be More Than Just Chicken

On Monday I took my brother-in-law to a Denver Nuggets game for his birthday! It was an awesome game. I mean a seriously awesome game look at the last six seconds if you didn’t watch the game. I was there for the game but more for the hot dogs obviously. Follow me on Twitter @Pilots_Daughter

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Jump On Your Horse

Happy Chinese New Year!! It is the year of the horse; out with the snake and in with the horse. Today is the first day of the 15 day celebration for the new year. So put on your best red clothes for good luck and cook up one of these recipes if you aren’t headed…

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