recipe

It's time to get creative with pumpkin pie.  Whether you're planning on baking the traditional treat for Halloween or Thanksgiving, I highly recommend this deep-dish pumpkin meringue pie recipe.  It took my family dinners last year to another level!

Last night, I prepared dinner for a date (OK..ha ha..hehehe  ho ho ho..ha...finished laughing?)   Here were my stages of preparation:

You love coffee.  You love milkshakes.  So why not combine the two today and get your caffeine and sweet tooth fix all at once during National Coffee Milkshake Day!  Celebrity personal trainer and fitness expert Tracy Anderson, the woman behind the bodies of Gwyneth Paltrow and Gisele Bundchen, shares her recipe for a low calorie Coffee Milkshake that's so easy to make!

You can file this one under 'From The Kitchen Of Heather DeLuca'.  Sometimes after a long day the last thing I want to do is create an entire meal.  Especially during the summer when the heat makes me cringe at the idea of turning on the stove or oven.  So I'm constantly turning to satisfying snacks I can doctor up with 5 ingredients or less.  Time and again I go back to my Triscuit Nacho Platter.

Shhh...I'm passing along a family recipe, but don't tell my mom.  I call this dish 'Cornucopia'!  It's a more moist, sweet version of the traditional cornbread, but this one is served best warm!