
What do you get for being lazy? What do you get for having nothing prepared for dinner? What do you get when you have frozen Eggo waffles in the freezer and some fresh strawberries? You get a little concoction I call – Dessert waffles for dinner! A waffle topped with a smear of nutella, a [...]

In a rush? Need a quick cake? I have a solution. Now, I don’t think I can stand here and call this a recipe but I can definitely sit on my chair and tell you that this cake is delicious and the slight modifications to a cake mix are DELISH! There is no question in [...]

What are your thoughts on a Gluten Free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cake with cream cheese frosting? My thoughts were likely similar to yours…. oh hell yeah I will have a piece. Last night in laws and myself brewed up this little masterpiece compliments of Mama Pea and her gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cake. We [...]

The chocolate croissant pudding was accidentally invented by Chef Roger Freedman, when instead of using fresh bread for his bread pudding; he tried out some previous night’s leftover chocolate croissants, and up came this indulgent, chocolaty, buttery and flaky delight. The stale chocolate croissants used in this dish gives it a more flaky texture, while [...]

How to Win the KitchenAid Giveaway Today Just leave a comment on this post telling me what recipe/topic you would like to see featured on ZESTY in 2012. Remember, you can still enter the contest from previous days! – – – – – – – – – - Happy Friday!! I have a great re-post [...]

Happy Monday to you! Did you watch the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Curling Final last night? It was a great game for sure and came right down to the very end. Leading up to the game we had both Saturday and Sunday breakfasts. On Saturday morning, I whipped up a batch of Oatmeal flax pancakes [...]

Guess what’s back!! You guessed it. Another round of chocolate cream cheese cupcakes. You cannot go too many months without baking these again if you can even survive that long. It is a sun-filled day today so I thought I would share with you a baking recap from a few nights ago. I made these [...]

Yes – you heard it right! Remember the cookies you used to eat as a child, I called them spider cookies. You didn’t have to bake them you just whipped them up and devoured them. Well, on the weekend Zesty Jr. and I played a little spin on and created a similar cookie with a [...]

Let me start off by saying that viewer discretion is advised for today’s post. OK now with the story that preludes possibly the greatest brownie I have ever sunk my teeth in thus far in my life. Last Saturday Mrs. Zesty had a baby shower to attend and she was designated for a dessert/sweet treat [...]