Here are my worthwhile reads from the web from last week 11/19: I hope everyone had a great turkey day! You know I did! Yummy Mummy Kitchen posted a round-up of Thanksgiving recipes. Some of them can be used for the upcoming holidays or just put aside for next year! Especially the Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake. […]
On a quick bread kick- baking banana bread
I had the day off today to catch up on writing, working out, and cleaning! Sitting on the counter were some over ripe bananas. You know what that means! Banana bread! So I snuck in some time today for baking too. I still have a couple of more to make muffins or something later tonight […]
Scenes from my Saturday at friends Thanksgiving + zucchini bread
Yesterday was Thanksgiving #2 for the bf and I. Each year, his friends all get together for another round of turkey-centric fun the Saturday after the big day. There was not one but two fried turkeys! Plus all the usual sides including mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, stuffing, rolls, macaroni and cheese (with bacon!), and desserts […]
Cookies ‘n Creme Brownies
What a great day Thanksgiving was! Do you want to know my contribution to the festivities? Betty Crocker’s recipe for Cookies ‘n Crème Brownies! I needed something quick because for some reason I was last minute on getting inspired on baking. So the day of, I set out to find something to make. CVS had […]
Worthwhile reads from the web this week
Here are my worthwhile reads from the web from last week 10/29: This has been quite a week. Sandy wreaked havoc on the east coast and some of us were lucky enough to end up with no power outages, flooding, or issues. Work was pretty much BAU except for getting out early one of the […]
10 ways to use up your apples this fall
After apple picking this year, I was left with a giant bag of fresh apples! I love how you can seriously eat apples at any meal and the number of apple recipes out there is endless. Cut up as a side to your breakfast? Sure, why not! In your salad to bulk it up, along […]
Worthwhile reads from the web this week
Here are my worthwhile reads from the web from last week 10/22: With crappy weather rolling in, how nice would a warm, comforting bowl of soup like Italian-Style Tomato and Meatball Soup from Sweet Tooth Sweet Life be? On Life on Leroy, the blog post what’s your art? really got me thinking…. 52 Healthy Recipe […]
Creepy suicidal bear Halloween cupcakes
Instead of spiders, eye balls, black cats, or other cupcake toppers, I decided to do something a bit different. Bears hanging themselves! Disturbing, am I right? I do wish I had more time and could have piped in raspberry or strawberry filling for a bloody effect inside. Or maybe had some dripping blood (icing) on […]
Worthwhile reads from the web this week
Just another Manic Monday! Whoa-ooo-whoa. Sorry to post a bit later than the usual but I wanted to share my worthwhile reads from the web this week from last week, my birthday 10/15: This list of 10 Things You’re Not Allowed to do at Your Office Job totally cracked me. People freak out if you eat […]
Call the Crisco® Pie Hotline + Recipe for A Touch of Orange Apple Pie
I have a massive bag of apples right now, as you know from my visit to Smolak Farms. There are so many options of what to make from applesauce to apple bread, apple crisp to apple pie. If I go the apple pie route, how cool is it that Crisco is hosting a Crisco® Pie […]
