When EmmaEats was just a sparkle in my eye, I compiled a long long list of recipes/food ideas/meals that I hoped to make for Emma and now for Katie. As their tastes have evolved and my skills improved, the list has changed. Here’s the EmmaEats Bucket List – foods I’d like to make for the girls and hope that they’ll enjoy them enough to request them again and again.

Note: For anyone who knows me, it’s not.at.all surprising that the list seems heavily dessert-weighted.

Mains:

• Carbonara anything
• (Spaghetti and) Meatballs
• Savory strudel
• Ravioli
• Perogies
• Sushi
• Schnitzel
• Tortillas
• Timbale
• Cabbage rolls (aka Toltott Kaposzta)
• Crab/Lobster
• Homemade pizza/calzone
• Bouillabaisse

Sides:

• Spatzle (aka Nokedli)
• Crescent rolls (aka Sos kifli)

Appetizers:

• Crab cakes / Fish cakes

Desserts:

• Poppy seed rolls (aka Makos kalacs)
• Cinnamon buns
• Butter tarts
• Sweet strudel
• Shortbread
• Beignets
• Panettone
• Tarte tatin
• Makos kifli
• Hot cross buns
• Macarons
• Madeleines
• Sweet Crêpes (aka Palacsinta) and Savoury Crêpes
• Gingerbread
• Banana bread (and this dairy-free banana cake and this vegan banana bread too)
• Boston creme pie
• Nanaimo bars
• Lemon pound cake
• Lemon curd
• Fruitcake
• Honey cake (aka Mezes)
• Apricot Bars (aka Racsos)
• My go-to chocolate cakes: This Chocolate Olive Oil Truffle Cake and the chocolate cake layers in this cake
• Pineapple upside down cake
• Fruity cobbler on the Big Green Egg
• Peach pie

Snacks:

• Caramel corn
• Homemade goldfish crackers

Other goodies:

• Bread
• Scones
• Granola
• Soft pretzels