Cookbook Review: Martha Stewart Cupcakes

We were invited to a BBQ this past Fourth of July and I contributed by whipping up some Red Velvet Cupcakes with Red, White and Blue Sprinkles on top. They were major YUMM-OO I got the recipe from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes Cookbook. They were easy to make, came out great and were very tasty.

Finally I have an audience for my "cooking shows"

Cookbook Review: Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals

I have had this cookbook forEVER and it's one of the cookbooks I go to time and time again. Just the other night I made Spaghetti Carbonara and realized I must share this book with everyone.

This is such a yummy recipe and I could eat it everyday if it wouldn't make me gain 100 lbs in a month. So for now we'll just have it from time to time when we're in the mood for some serious comfort food.

Do you have this cookbook? I've had it forever, what do you think about it?

Cookbook Review: Emeril's 20-40-60 Fresh Food Fast

This past weekend I tried a recipe for Black Bean Cakes from Emeril's latest cookbook 20-40-60 Fresh Food Fast and they were DELICIOUS and easy to make by the way. They were from the 40 minute section of the cookbook but they didn't take that long at all to make. They turned out just as Emeril described crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. YUMMO. I really like that idea of organizing recipes by the amount of time they will take to make them it helps when deciding what you want to make. I highly recommend trying out this recipe and serving it as I did by setting the black bean cakes on top of some guacamole and putting some tomatoes, cilantro and a dollop of sour cream on top. :) ENJOY

Cookbook Reviews....The Joy of Cooking

{my cookbooks}

I am going to start a new series on my blog called Cookbook Reviews where I will review all the cookbooks in my possession. I have so many cookbooks, I'll say that I am a cookbook collector :) and more than half of them I have not used once! Not good, so I'm going to start this series (hopefully have a post regarding a different cookbook at least every Tuesday) to force me to begin going thru my cookbooks!

I will begin with one of my "go to" cookbooks The Joy of Cooking. Do you have this cookbook? Is it one of your go to cookbooks? A co-worker recommended I purchase this cookbook SEVERAL years ago and one of the reasons it was recommended was because of this Pumpkin Bread Recipe pictured below. It's such a good recipe, I make it as often as I can. I love this cookbook it has such great recipes and for me it's such a good reference tool. I look up all the time things like what should the temperature of meat be when it's cooked... to certain levels of doneness, etc. I definitely couldn't live without this cookbook in my repertoire.