recipes BlogOpen WindowRecipes The beauty of Holy Saturday, our Lenten prayer basket, schoolwork, and a yummy mac and cheese recipe (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerApril 11, 20204 min read Holy Saturday is such a powerful day. It’s a day of quiet. A day of transition. Today we stand between the sorrow of Good Friday and the joy of Easter. It is a peaceful, hopeful, expectant day. BlogOpen WindowRecipes A slice of apple cake a day to keep the quarantine blues away Rita BuettnerMarch 29, 20203 min read Do you like to bake while in quarantine? Here is a recipe for a delicious apple cake. BlogOpen WindowRecipes Still celebrating Christmas, homemade donuts, and hopes for the New Year (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerJanuary 3, 20204 min read Are you still celebrating Christmas? It’s only the 10th day of Christmas, and the Three Kings haven’t yet arrived. Our tree is still up, and we have been exchanging final gifts with friends and baking cookies. BlogOpen WindowRecipes First snow day of the season, candy cane caprese, paper-towel penguins, school concerts, and more (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerDecember 20, 20194 min read Unexpected snow days are always a hit. BlogOpen WindowRecipes Yummy Imperfection: Trying a Koobideh kabob recipe Rita BuettnerJanuary 21, 20193 min read I’m always interested in duplicating a favorite dish at home to save a little money—and also because it’s fun to see what we can create ourselves. BlogOpen WindowRecipes A little slice of Ireland: Irish soda bread recipe Rita BuettnerMarch 16, 20182 min read It’s not St. Patrick’s Day until I’ve filled the house with the smell of freshly baked Irish soda bread, full of that distinctive caraway seed flavor and the soft raisins. Yum. BlogOpen WindowRecipes When you just can’t get enough pumpkin: A pumpkin cookie recipe Rita BuettnerNovember 20, 20172 min read With a pumpkin cookie in hand, how can you feel anything but grateful? BlogOpen WindowRecipes Ooh la la! Let’s have French onion soup for dinner Rita BuettnerNovember 6, 20172 min read We don’t always have the time and money to slip away to a lovely French restaurant. So I decided to make French onion soup for dinner. BlogOpen WindowRecipes Taste summer in Baltimore with a peach cake recipe Rita BuettnerJuly 29, 20172 min read It’s summertime, and Baltimore peach cake is a local tradition. There are many different versions, and I’m not sure how you can go wrong with any combination of peaches and cake. 1 2