Naptime Everyday: Recipes for Everyday Cooking and Baking

It’s the time of year for hot soups, warm blankets, and roaring fires. Enter a favorite recipe from my first cookbook, Ham & Corn Chowder.

There’s nothing like a chocolate chip cookie to save the day. There has never been a frown that hasn’t been turned upside down with one of these. As you’ve probably gathered if you’d been a reader over the years, we are big fans of chocolate chip cookies, and these thin and crispy chocolate chip cookies are one of the best. I make them in all styles and have dozens of favorite recipes. In case you missed it, here are my Top 11 Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipes of all time. Yes, the post has been updated and yes, I’ll probably update it again in the future.

I had a hard time thinking of what to name this recipe. I landed on Creamy Sausage & Chickpea Pasta. But it also has spinach, and a generous topping of Parmesan cheese, and the option of pine nuts! Creamy Sausage, Spinach, Pine Nut & Parmesan Pasta? Gah!

I first started making this beautiful creamy cajun pasta recipe a couple of years ago when I found a version of the recipe to try. We loved the alfredo-like sauce, sweet cajun heat, and ease of preparation right from the start!

Candied pecans are a fantastic edible gift and you’ll love making them with this easy recipe. This is a great way to transform a simple pecan into a sweet, salty and crunch treat with a glittering meringue robe in just a few simple steps!

As I’ve shared a lot recently, the past few years have been a journey. One of the brightest spots along the way has been my involvement with Gatherer Entertainment. I’ve shared a bit about it before, but it’s a production company focused on content for women 35+. Given that I’m in that group now it really speaks to me, I definitely look for different internet content then millenials! 

I have to share this recipe for the Homemade Cinnamon Honey Peanut Butter from Uncle Will. He is a bit of a health champion and swears this is a great protein-heavy snack. It’s easy to make, tastes amazing, and is a delicious dip for fruit or vegetables, or spread on bread. I’ll admit, I’m not usually one for making homemade peanut butter but this is truly amazing!

Halloween is ovah and it’s time for the real holiday season to kick into high gear! For most of us busy parents that very sentence strikes mild panic into our hearts. Are we really read for hosting relatives/decorating/wrapping/socializing and the like? How on Earth will be handle it all? Don’t get me wrong, I love and adore the holiday season, but it is definitely not the most laid-back time of the year.

We are thrilled to feature Katie Workman for the next few weeks for The Snack Cookbook Club. Today we are sharing the first of three features… and don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter to enter the giveaway which will be running all week!

I am so happy to be back in this space I love so much and today I’m delivering an old family favorite, Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies.  These are listed on my age-old, yet still popular, 10 Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies List. In fact, I think I need to brush up that post with a few updates and additions! I’ll save that for another time.

Here are the facts: I love food, I love to cook, and I love pasta. Pasta, in fact, is one of my favorite comfort foods. For our family the definition of comfort food is that we eat it once in a while. That means I’ll never give it up – not even for a fad diet – but it’s also not something I make every night, or even every week. However, when the occasion calls for it, a good bowl of Chicken Riggies, or something equally as deliciously satisfying, is exactly what’s needed. This particular dish is actually native to upstate NY, Utica to be exact, near Cooperstown where I grew up. It features a homemade tomato pepper cream sauce, well-seasoned chicken, and a sprinkling of cheese and basil.

(Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Hood Cream. The photographs and opinions are wholly my own. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make The Naptime Chef possible.) Summer is finally here. The kids are out of school and we are preparing for our upcoming trip to Cooperstown for the Fourth of July. I’ve been […]