Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Sink your teeth into these moist pumpkin cake layers with bourbon cream cheese filling and chopped bits of candied pecans around the edge of the filling. Made these for our Bunco group, and they were a hit! Definitely suggest the make-ahead tips.

Banana Everything Cookies

With some slight modifications from the original recipe, these are some addictively good cookies — perfect use for those overripe bananas.

Honey-Lime Grilled Chicken

This chicken couldn’t be easier. Just mix up the marinade, let the chicken marinate a few hours or overnight and grill. It’s extremely moist and flavorful.

Baked “Fried” Chicken

Crispy chicken marinated in spiced buttermilk then breaded with flour, panko, cornmeal and spices then baked in a little butter for the BEST Baked “Fried” Chicken! 

Chocolate Cream Pie

This beautiful pie is great for entertaining, since the rich, creamy filling will be a surefire hit with anyone who likes chocolate pudding.

ChrisGin Grey

I created this drink based on a drink by the same name promoted at the dinner theater during the opening weekend of Fifty Shades of Grey. Enjoyed them during our girls’ weekend trip!

Creolo Cocktail

This original cocktail from New Orleans is perfect for Mardi Gras celebrations.

Indian Baked Rice

A great recipe my sister discovered. She says it’s the closest she’s found to match her Afghani mother-in-law’s delicious rice.

French Caesar Salad

Once you have this lemony-anchovy-ey-garlicky recipe, you’ll never look at the usual dumbed-down Caesar salad again.

Hurricane Punch

Enjoyed this recipe during our Mardi Gras theme for cooking club.