I take no responsibility for the creation of this recipe, just the responsibility of eating it. 🙂 Michael and I recently went to a cookout. I slaved away and brought a homemade berry pie. My friend worked about 10 minutes and brought this. Throughout the evening, my husband literally hovered over the table scarfing down this delectable fudge. Then, he proceeded to talk about it for days. Never mind my berry pie. ha! So last week to contend for the “BEST WIFE” award, I decided that since he talked about the fudge for days after eating it, I’d go ahead and make him some. The ingredients are all pretty common to any kitchen, which makes any recipe a winner in my book.

Now, I don’t claim to be PW. I’m not as fancy; I got my KitchenAid second hand; I don’t have crazy natural light in my kitchen; my ingredients are all generic; and my cookware is not on par with her Le’-Crusuet-whatever (read: I’m not rich. haha). But one thing that I do like about PW’s recipes is that the pictures make me think, “I could do that.” So that’s why I figured I’d do this fudge in pictures. Here the rundown of making this fudge. It’s super easy.

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.

Stir in brown sugar and milk.

Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.

Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter.

and vanilla.

Place confectioners’ sugar in large mixing bowl and pour sauce over it.

Beat until smooth; pour into an 8×8 inch dish. (At this point I called my friend who had originally made this because the stuff doesn’t POUR. It’s more like a Dump and Pat operation. She confirmed.)

Chill until firm and cut into squares.

Confession Time: My fudge wasn’t as good as my friend’s. I have an inkling that because I was so busy taking pictures of the process, I didn’t measure out my powdered sugar as well as I should. That, and I may or may have boiled it too long. It came out harder than my friend’s fudge, but my husband still ate it. It’s good stuff!  But don’t take my word for it, take the 993 people who gave it great ratings at allrecipes.com  Let me know if you try it!

Click here for the link to the recipe from Allrecipes.com (as well as for a picture of the FINAL product the fudge cut into squares.  Whoops.  Forgot that important picture…Another reason I’m no PW.)

Well, after my flop of a meal the other day, I’d like to set the record straight and say that most dishes are edible and not terrible!

Here’s a couple of winners recently.  My sister went to Italy (jealous) recently, and brought back a little bit of pesto to fatten me up- (JUST what I needed…)  But I will have to say, IT WAS DIVINE!

What wasn’t scarfed up as a dip for bread was used in this yummy recipe: Creamy Pesto Pasta Salad with Chicken, Asparagus and Cherry Tomatoes.  This is a perfect summer dinner, and since I LOVE growing cherry tomatoes during the summer, this will be one of my go-to recipes to use them!  *I didn’t have asparagus on hand, so I used some thin green beans in its place.

Now, all my sister needs to do is go back to Italy so I can make it again!

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My next “I’m in love” dish is my favorite breakfast dish for company.  The reason this recipe is stellar is  because it takes so few ingredients to make a nice breakfast (and a recipe that 98% of the population has on hand at all times)!  It’s the easiest thing in the world to make–and great too!  Also, if you like breakfast in bed, this is a great recipe for husbands to make!  The picture below is Michael’s handiwork.

A few weeks ago, I purposed to make apple butter.  Here’s the picture documentary…

Oops.  Pardon, that was the stuffing my face part.

Now this is where the picture documentary stops.  What I did NOT anticipate with this recipe was moving it to the fridge, only to have the electricity shut off for 4 days. That’s why you don’t see the crock-potted apples, nor the the food processor part, nor the eating the final product part.  Oh, well.  Use your imagination a little.

Apple Butter is W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L!  It takes a full day to make, but is well worth the experience.  Try it.  I guarantee that you won’t be disappointed….unless you do what my dad once did.  He slathered his toast up with apple butter, took a ginormous bite and was rudely awakened by the BARBEQUE sauce he had mistakenly spread all over his toast.  Teeeheee.  Happy Wednesday & Happy Apple Butter-ing!