http://www.melskitchencafe.com Mon, 21 May 2012 11:00:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/blueberry-coconut-cake-with-lemon-sauce.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/blueberry-coconut-cake-with-lemon-sauce.html#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 11:00:20 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=14154 Blueberry. Coconut. Lemon. A brilliant triple combination, if you ask me. This cake is deliciously moist and light and tastes like a perfect muffin in cake form. And the lemon sauce? Don’t get me started, man. The slightly sweet and tart sauce is wonderful drizzled on top of the coconut-crusted cake…or just enjoyed by the [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/blueberry-coconut-cake-with-lemon-sauce.html/feed 18 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/old-fashioned-banana-cream-pie.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/old-fashioned-banana-cream-pie.html#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 11:00:21 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=13775 Before waxing poetic about the deliciousness of this pie, I’m going to give you a few “outs” in case you are looking at this recipe saying “there’s no way I would make a pie crust from scratch” or “this is way too complicated and I’d rather stick with boxed banana pudding in a crust” or [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/old-fashioned-banana-cream-pie.html/feed 25 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/kitchen-organization-tip-muffin-cups.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/kitchen-organization-tip-muffin-cups.html#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:48 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=14363 It may seem like a small thing but those darn muffin cups can sure make a mess of your cupboards. Until I spotted this tip on Pinterest, my muffin cups were a nightmare. Opened packages were scattered all over my pantry and cupboards and I was in serious need of a way to organize them [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/kitchen-organization-tip-muffin-cups.html/feed 26 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/thai-chicken-wraps.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/thai-chicken-wraps.html#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00:43 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=14152 At the risk of sounding completely obsessive and without personal restraint (who, me?), I have to confess that I made these wraps for lunch one day and was so utterly shocked by their deliciousness that the next day, I made up enough of the ingredients to feed my face lunch with this divine concoction for [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/thai-chicken-wraps.html/feed 26 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/apple-stuffed-chicken-breasts.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/apple-stuffed-chicken-breasts.html#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00:10 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=14150 The components of this meal may seem a bit odd (apples and cheese stuffed inside chicken…come again??) but it is truly delicious. And guess what? It is quick and easy. Basically a good, old-fashioned boneless, skinless chicken breast gets a major makeover by being stuffed with a simple mixture of crisp apples, creamy cheese and [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/apple-stuffed-chicken-breasts.html/feed 33 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/classic-snickerdoodles.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/classic-snickerdoodles.html#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 11:00:11 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=14140 Now may not be the best time to admit this, but I don’t like snickerdoodles. I never have and sadly, I don’t think I ever will. But I have received many a request for a snickerdoodle recipe. And I happen to have a husband whose favorite cookie in the entire world (seriously, the entire world!) [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/classic-snickerdoodles.html/feed 44 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/chocolate-peanut-butter-fun-cake.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/chocolate-peanut-butter-fun-cake.html#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 11:00:33 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=14124 Ok, ok, I admit that “fun” in the title of the cake is a bit cheesy, but I’ll readily admit another point: this cake really is fun. The entire dessert is less about the chocolate cake (just make sure you have a classically delicious, moist chocolate cake base) and more about the absolutely divine peanut [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/chocolate-peanut-butter-fun-cake.html/feed 16 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/skillet-taco-pie.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/skillet-taco-pie.html#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 11:00:54 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=14117 Now if that doesn’t look like a plate full of love, I don’t know what does. Taco pie. And not your every day taco pie, either. This updated taco pie recipe gets a fabulous start from a {simple} homemade crust made by mixing water, salt and masa harina (the flour used for tamales and corn [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/05/skillet-taco-pie.html/feed 27 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/04/baby-baby.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/04/baby-baby.html#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:00:28 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=14341 As mentioned last week, I went and had our sweet Miss Camryn last Wednesday. She is beyond precious and although the chaos of life with four little boys and now a little girl has not ended, we are absolutely eating up our time with a cuddly, snuggly, sweet-smelling newborn. Because I am spending eternal amounts [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/04/baby-baby.html/feed 208 http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/04/brown-sugar-crackle-cookies.html http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/04/brown-sugar-crackle-cookies.html#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:00:08 +0000 Mel http://www.melskitchencafe.com/?p=14110 I love sugar cookies. Old-fashioned sugar cookies. Drop sugar cookies (with lemon!). And any other type of sugar cookies, so why not brown sugar-sugar cookies? Not only are the flavor of these cookies deepened by dark brown sugar but the entire cookie base gets a delicious start from browned butter. And if you need further [...]]]> http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/04/brown-sugar-crackle-cookies.html/feed 46