The Reason Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.

Yay for the first post of 2015!!! Thought I’d step briefly back from food posting and give you a silly little update on what’s going on lately in the BirdHouse. So…I’ve been away from home for the last couple of months, dealing with some family stuff. The Hubster’s totally got my back on this; he…

Recipe Post! Christmas dinner: Butterscotch Cream Pie

This delicious recipe originated from Martha Stewart’s website, but I have made a couple of important changes to make it more to my taste, and the taste of our guests for our Christmas night dinner. Butterscotch Cream Pie 3/4 cup sugar 5 large egg yolks 1/4 cup cornstarch  tsp pure vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups…

Recipe Post! Christmas Dinner: Hors D’Oeuvres (Part 2)

This Christmas, my family really pulled out all the stops to make Christmas dinner a feast to remember. We all rallied together in challenging personal circumstances to bring together family and friends for a seating of a nearly a dozen of our nearest and dearest last night. It was wonderful to see those happy, smiling…

Recipe Post! Christmas dinner: Hors-D’Oeuvres (Part 1)

This Christmas, my family really pulled out all the stops to make Christmas dinner a feast to remember. We all rallied together in challenging personal circumstances to bring together family and friends for a seating of a nearly a dozen of our nearest and dearest last night. It was wonderful to see those happy, smiling…

Happy Holidays to all!

Just a quick post to wish a Very Merry Christmas to all of my friends and followers! May your day be merry and bright, even if your Christmas is *not* white (such as ours most definitely is not this year!), and may your hearts’ desires be granted. All the best to you and yours this…

2014 Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap – FINAL POST (I swear!)

The hosts of this year’s #fbcookieswap, Love & Olive Oil and The Little Kitchen, have just released the recipe roundup for all the cookie recipes that were submitted! The number of submissions this year, in fact, were so numerous, they split them into two separate parts; I thought it would be useful to also link…