Arlington Housewife
Hi, my name is Heather. I’m a baker, cook, serial hostess, wife and mother of two. I love to cook, to feed people and to eat...especially dessert. I also run Livin' The Pie Life, an artisan bakery providing delicious fresh locally-sourced handmade pie to Northern Virginia. Life is good.
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Trader Joe’s Cheesy Chili Cornbread Casserole
File this under easy kid-pleasing weeknight dinner or simple side dish. Much like banana bread is really banana cake, cornbread is really more like corn cake and who wouldn’t want to have cake for dinner, right? We ate this dish … Continue reading
Salted Cherry Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge
For the second installment of Candyfest 2012, I am happy to bring you the easiest and, perhaps, the tastiest fudge I have ever made. I love Nutella, but I rarely include Nutella recipes on the blog because, more often than … Continue reading
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Candyfest 2012: Fresh Cranberry Pate de Fruit
Are you looking for a way to use up that bag of cranberries that you have left over from the Holidays? Or perhaps you are simply planning ahead to make something special for your Valentine? I’ve got just the thing.
Time to Make Your Christmas Pudding
I made 110 Thanksgiving pies for Livin’ The Pie Life, so my food coma was profound…a combination of exhaustion, luscious smoked turkey and copious amounts of stuffing. But this morning, I awoke from 11 hours of sleep and remembered that … Continue reading
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