Christy Cooks!

Have you ever seen one of these? It is a refillable motion sensor soap pump. And I have one. It sets on the counter at the back of my kitchen sink and I use it, like, a bazillion times a day. It's sold by a company called Simplehuman . My loving husband...

The Italian translation of Tiramisu is "pick me up". I can certainly understand why. With all the sugar and caffeine this dessert has it certainly packs a punch. I actually finished this months challenge early. I did it two weeks before it's...

Valentine Sugar Cookies I'm late posting this cookie recipe. I know it. I can't help it. There was a whole plethora of things going on this past week. A planned cake that got rescheduled. Snow. The laundry needed done. The house needed cleaned...

Beyond the Shaker is what! They are a premium gourmet salt purveyor who's mineral concoctions will tantalize your tastebuds and tease your senses. There as many different blends as there are stars in the sky. Or at least it seems that way. From the...

I know you probably tuned in here to see a beautiful picture of a slice or two of meatloaf artfully arranged on a plate. In all honesty I realllly wanted to take one and give it too you. However, fading daylight (read NONE) and the inability to make a...

Have you ever thought about making your own graham crackers? Well neither have I. I mean, why go through all the trouble when the store bought ones are just about as good as it gets? Well, I'll tell you why. Because they are soooo much better when...

I first caught eye of this "holiday" last week and thought "why don't we get this day off from work?". Of course, being a stay-at-home mom, I don't get ANY day off but it would still be nice for those out there who do have...

If you crave chocolate, like I sometimes do, then brownies are my go to treat. I mean I don't crave it a lot. Only once in a while. When the stars are aligned and the moon is in the seventh house. You know. Like, almost never. What? You don’t believe...

On a recent visit to one of my favorite blogs I saw a recipe for "Fancy Macaroni". It had all the necessary things to make good mac and cheese. Like 4 different kinds of cheese's, butter, half & half and.....what else was it?.....ohhh...

Potato and Leek Soup Adapted from David Lebovitz 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil 4 leeks, washed and sliced salt to taste 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme; optional 1/8 teaspoon chile powder 2 cups water 4 cups chicken broth 1 1/2 pounds potatoes, peeled and...

These dark, fudgey and full-flavored treats are necessary for late afternoon snacking. If what you're looking for is a late afternoon stimulus to help you make it through the end of your day! Not being a coffee drinker didn't stop me from enjoying...

There is this nifty website called Tasty Kitchen , of which I am a proud member. When I read this post from PW I knew I had to make it! My husband is a dyed-in-the-wool meat and potato kind of eater and was drooling at the thought of braised beef swimming...

My husband likes fish. I, however, do not. So as you can imagine we don't eat a lot of it in our house. Actually we hardly ever eat it. So as a special treat to him I decided to purge my dislike for one meal. I made a buerre blanc sauce to drown drizzle...

I never really understood the purpose in clarifying butter. Until a recipe I was making called for it. I had to look up the how and the why. Wikipedia Rocks! Clarified butter has a higher smoke point, which makes it great for sauteing vegetables or fish...

I'm sure everyone out there has had one too many ER visits in their life. They are scary, nerve racking and frustrating. Especially when they take forever! No one wants to have to wait in the lobby of any Emergency Room for three hours, but doing...