Summer is coming!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband and I just planted out garden and we are super excited! We only have a tiny little amount of space on our back patio, so we filled it with herbs, a bunch of varieties of peppers, and a couple strawberry plants. Last year we had planted a bunch of tomatoes,…
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Blood Orange Soda (Homemade Soda Tutorial)
Sometimes when I am walking through the soda section at a grocery store, I wish they sold really unique flavors like peach, pear, rhubarb, kiwi, blueberry, pomegranate, watermelon, apple, etc.. True, you can get these flavors at some specialty stores, but they aren’t your basic soda flavors. Well, did you know that it is actually…
Irish Soda Bread (Spotted Dog)
Soda bread it a traditional Irish food, however my soda bread is modernized and Americanized. Actually most soda bread recipe’s you will see these days are not truly traditional. Click here to see a full explanation of a traditional soda bread. A traditional Irish soda bread has no sugar, eggs, or raisins and was probably…
Pesto Potato Pizza ( A St. Patricks Day Pizza)
Pin It In the last post, I taught you how to make fresh pesto. Today I’m going to show you something you can do with the pesto. I have been watching Worst Cooks in America on Food Network. In the show they take people who are awful cooks and train them in the kitchen. These…
St. Patrick’s Day Green Pesto Sauce
I love the color green. Green means life. Green means spring. Green means leprechauns. When I was little I totally believed in leprechauns. At recess every March, I would search the playground for signs of the little guys. Every time I would find a little bit of something green, like a bottle cap or a…
Mandrakes (Baked Potato Chips)
Once I was at my mother in-law’s house and she was baking thin slices of sweet potatoes. They looked and smelled so good. I think they lasted about 10 seconds. Ever since then, these thinly sliced potatoes baked with a little bit of salt has been a family favorite in our house. They have been…
Baked Kale Chips
You have probably heard of these before. They are all over the blogosphere. I had to give them a try. They are thin and crispy and have way less calories than a potato chip. You can crush them up and sprinkle on top of popcorn. You can season them with what ever floats your boat….
Orecchiette with Kale, Bacon, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
If you read my last post, you will be happy to know that I’m still going strong with my New Year’s resolutions. Aside from one trip to Buffalo Wild Wings to celebrate a friend’s birthday, we have made healthy meals and exercised almost everyday this week. The recipe that I am sharing with you…
Cookies and Cream Pudding Poke Cake
Guess what I’m doing right now. I’m multitasking. I’m watching Cake Boss, writing about cake, editing cake pictures, and eating cake. It’s pretty awesome. I knew I had to make this cake when I saw it on Pintrist. It is so easy. And I would much rather have pudding smothering my cake than frosting. And…
Kernel-less Carmel Corn
WARNING!!! This caramel corn is extremely addictive!!! Some nice ladies brought some into my work for us and as soon as I ate the first bite, I knew I just had to make it. I went straight to the store after work and picked up the Pirate’s Booty needed for this recipe. What’s Pirate’s Booty?…