Janet Is Hungry

I grew up eating mud pies. Yes, actual mud pies, like these ones: here . My Mom's original mud pie recipe calls for coconut but my husba...

I have been out of the country on vacation for what seems like MOST of the last six weeks. Four weeks galavanting around New Zealand, follo...

This was a favorite of mine growing up, and was a recipe that my Grandmother used to make. I haven't made them in a while, but my Mom r...

Does anyone else buy those big bags of mixed cracking nuts during the holidays and eat only a few? Actually, I usually end up left with a b...

It seems like everytime I buy a bunch of bananas, one or two end up too ripe and get thrown in the freezer. I always try to mash the banana...

One of my very favorite cookbooks was a free gift that I got when registering for wedding gifts at The Bay (eons ago). The book is called ...

I made these brownies a few weekends ago when I had some friends over for dinner, and then I brought all the leftovers to work the following...

My Mom used to make these cookies a lot when we were little, and judging by the name of the recipe, I am guessing that she got this one from...

I have to say these brownies were the tastiest flop I've ever made, unlike my most famous flop, Haupia , which came out tasting nasty. ...

Well, the last few days I have been running a little poll in my sidebar. It was just for fun to help settle a minor domestic issue that Mar...

I made a batch of these cookies a couple of days ago and brought half of them into work, and sent the other half to Mario's work. I was...

Fig Newtons are one of my all time favorite cookies. At some point I decided that I wanted to try to make my own. I knew there was no way ...

I really try not to buy too many store bought cookies for our family. In fact just about the only ones I actually buy are fig newtons, I lov...

There is a little story behind these cookies. A couple of months ago, I noticed that President's Choice had a new Almond Butter product....

There are some special instructions for this recipe: (1) Wait until your kids aren't looking then run around the house collecting all of...

Last year on Mother's Day, my son Marco brought home a mason jar filled with a homemade dry cookie mix. It was cute, the ingredients we...