Red Pear Crostada

Just out of the oven and mmmm mmm tasty. Actually I didn't get to eat any of this dessert because I was so full from our sushi dinner then didn't have enough time to digest before heading out to the airport for my red eye to NYC.

Pears all prepped and ready to go. Just an easy sprinkling of sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ground cloves.

Pumpkin Cupcakes

whipped up a batch for a halloween party in the neigborhood. Recipe is a repeat of last year's halloween cupcakes for Trish's birthday! Here it is....

Peach Crostata

Our fat butts ate this ENTIRE thing in one sitting! And this was after we ate our dinner..geez louiseus were we fatty mcfattersons that day. So this was supposed to be a fruit pie as requested by the hubbs...but after realizing that I only had 1 bag of frozen peaches equaling 2 cups of fruit, there really wasn't going to be a pie. So I turned the fruit poor pie into a crostada.

Not sure what I did differently here but this was my best pie crust EVER - so light and flaky!

Toss frozen peaches (or fresh ones) in some sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Pour onto uncooked pie shell and spread evenly. Fold pie shell over the contents, don't worry about making clean edges, etc. Sprinkle with sugar and bake at 400 degrees for about 30-40 minutes until golden brown on top.

ENJOY

Pasta, Peas and Shrimp

Damnit Molly...I am now hooked on Rao's pasta sauce and that shiz is EXPENSIVE - ACK. So to make up for the price of sauce I am using frozen peas as the greens...just kidding. But in case you haven't tried it, please do...that Rao's shit is GOOD. Add peas at the very end so they are not over cooked.

Shrimp done scampi style.

French Toast - cinnamon raisin style!

Forrest had to work the other weekend...and my work I mean literally lock himself in the office and not come out for hours on end. So to help make his day start off better, we had a little french toast + bacon and fruit for breakfast.

So the tasty tasty goodness behind the french toast is the Greenlee's bakery raisin cinnamon bread - oh yummy! It's a local bakery down in San Jose and they happen to sell these delicious morsels at Whole Foods Markets in San Francisco. It is so packed with delicious goodness that it is almost like a bread pudding when made into french toast.

Almond Cake with Cherry Filling and Almond Frosting

Thursday was Chelsea's birthday and she and my bro were heading out to Yosemite for a group camping trip on Thursday AM. So Wednesday night after work, I whipped up a 2 layer almond birthday cake + cherry filling for them to take to Yosemite to celebrate. So take a standard yellow cake recipe but substitute almond flavoring and same with the frosting. For filling, I found this RAD french cherry preserve that was more tart than sweet which was a nice compliment to the cake and frosting.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

I've made this fresh glazed strawberry pie before shortly after I had the baby...when Soo brought over the most amazing box of strawberries. Recipe located here...



pie crust :) it did come out beautifully this time...especially the fluted edges!