Confections & Creations
I have been searching for this cake for about two years now. In my experience, making white cake at home is just never as good as the bakery. (Sorry! I know some of you just cringed reading that.) Until now. I am not kidding when I tell you that this [...] Read more »
I wish I had OCD for something like laundry or eating celery. But no. I have to be obsessed with Neapolitan. And ‘rose’ anything. Like the Neapolitan Rose Cake. Or the Neapolitan Chocolate Cookies Cups with Strawberry Buttercream. I cant even tell you about all the Neapolitan desserts and [...] Read more »
This is quite possible the easiest and cheapest and best option for Chocolate Milk. I am talking BEST chocolate milk I have had. Granted, I have only ever had the stuff from the grocery store. But its WAAAAYYYYY better than that. Not only is it only four ingredients, but you [...] Read more »
There are two things about me that you may or may not know. I have never ever eaten Kung Pao chicken in my life. I have never cooked ANY Asian food before. Both scared me. Until today. I made the Kung Pao chicken from Steamy Kitchens new cookbook, healthy asian [...] Read more »
I think the older I get the more I look to external joys to celebrate my birthday. In my youth I used to flippantly say, “My favorite holiday is my birthday!” I would demand that people shower me in attention and gifts. Its was my day after all. *head smack* [...] Read more »
I am so so SO excited to share with you a new feature on my blog!!! One of my passions has long been admiring the talent and skill of the folks that are able to beautifully style food. I personally find cake to one of the hardest foods to style, [...] Read more »
After I got home from church I opened my fridge to try and figure out what we would have for dinner that night. I happened to have a few pounds of ground beef thawed. It also happened to be 7 degrees when we left for church this morning. Seven. I [...] Read more »
Around January 2nd I started seeing Valentines Day goodies all around the web. Thinking that it might be too soon to start spreading the February love, I promptly ignored them and moved on. But it wasnt that easy. You know this is true if you are addicted to Pinterest like [...] Read more »
We were gifted some beautiful Harry & David treats over Christmas, and the box just so happened to include six fabulous pears. Seeing as we live in Minnesota and its the middle of the winter, that was a fabulous gift indeed! Try as we might though, we couldnt eat them [...] Read more »
Most folks are doing what should be done right about now. Posting healthy recipes, exercise plans, motivation factors to help us follow through with our New Years Resolutions of Losing Weight and Getting Healthier. I am completely incapable of honoring any diet resolution, so instead sharing with you one of [...] Read more »
