Snickerdoodle Cookies

Snickerdoodle Cookies

I recently attended a conference at the Hilton Hotel at the convention center in Anaheim.  During one of the breaks, they put out these awesome fresh-baked cookies: chocolate chip, some kind of caramel toffee chip, oatmeal raisin, and the most awesome cookie ever – a giant snickerdoodle!  The snickerdoodle was soft and fluffy, buttery and [...]

Country Fried Steak with Milk Gravy (a.k.a. Chicken Fried Steak)

Country Fried Steak

I was browsing the meat department at the supermarket the other day, and came across a package of thin cut sirloin steaks marked “buy one get one free”.  Well ok then!  Each package contained about 4 thin-cut steaks, so that worked out to about $1.25 a steak!  Score. For REAL steaks (for the grill), I [...]

Avocado Brownies

Avocado Brownies

Avocado sale at the supermarket… 2 avocados for $1, woo hoo!!!!  So now, what do I do with this wealth of avocados?  My diet hasn’t been the healthiest lately and I have been craving all kinds of sugary and fatty sweets… especially brownies!  So I created a healthier version of  my most favorite brownie recipe, [...]