At our little brother’s first communion party a couple weeks ago, we served these lovely French onion toasts- or should I say, our little cousin served them! She walked around with a plate of them and helped serve them to guests, and it was super cute. These toasts were the hit of the party, and…
Author: celineandleah
Greek Pasta Salad
We only have two more days of being high school seniors! Saturday (graduation) we’ll be considered college freshmen instead. It still hasn’t really sunk in that I won’t be going to my high school anymore- we’ve been over there a bunch of times over the past two weeks for graduation practices and such, not to…
Cherry Chip Cake
Even though maraschino cherries definitely have a strange color, I (Leah) really enjoy them on ice cream sundaes and in Shirley Temples. Since I love these cherries so much, I was immediately drawn to this cake recipe when I saw it months ago. Celine and I hadn’t made it until now, though, because some people…
Blueberry Muffins
Our mom has always enjoyed making muffins, particularly blueberry ones. Too often, though, blueberry muffins are dry in some spots and then overly moist and soggy wherever blueberries are. Thankfully, these are perfect. The base is made with canola oil, sour cream, and buttermilk, which all prevent it from being dry. The streusel on top…
Gooey Butter Cake
I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day with their moms/grandmoms! We had a very nice day and made a special cake that we will be blogging about later this week. I meant to blog about this last week as a Mother’s Day brunch treat, but things got very busy with AP tests and a…
Spinach Feta Dip with Lemon and Oregano
Both of us really love spinach dip- both the cold kind that involves ranch dressing packets and sour cream and the hot cream cheese-and-Parmesan one. As delicious as they are, though, they’ve been done a million times and they’re very decadent. We love making variations on classic recipes, and this recipe was no exception. It…
Blueberry Yeasted Waffles
Leah and I tried making yeasted waffles twice before we made these, and they were both literally flops that didn’t rise properly. However, these sounded promising because 1) the recipe is from Cook’s Illustrated and 2) there are mini blueberries in the batter! These were a great success, as we suspected they might be. The…
Spicy Macaroni and Cheese
I (Leah) used to hate macaroni and cheese, especially the boxed orange kind. I’ve mentioned before how I am not a huge fan of cheese on its own, and I used to be even worse about it when I was younger (yes, this is definitely an unpopular opinion). So, it’s not surprising that a dish…
Funfetti Cupcakes
I hope everyone had a happy Easter yesterday! Leah and I took an unexpected blogging break- in the past couple of weeks, we have taken two college visits to locations in the 6-hour range away, gone to prom, and worked a lot at the bakery we were hired at- about 18 hours between Thursday and…
New York Cheesecake with Strawberry Sauce
When we were in New York City for our senior class trip, Celine and I split a piece of red velvet cheesecake at lunch. It was pretty much the best thing ever because it had a layer of red velvet cake, a layer of cheesecake, cream cheese frosting, another layer of red velvet cake, and…
We Like Two Cook 