With Easter in March this year, I have almost completely forgotten about St. Patrick’s Day. But when I saw the special edition Luck Charms with all green marshmallows at the store, I knew I had to make these. I took my special tricks for making super soft and gooey Rice Krispie treats and applied them…
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A Healthy St. Patrick’s Day Dinner: Asian Green Veggie Cakes with Spicy Mayo Dipping Sauce
My husband and I are pretty different personalities in the kitchen. I often cling to a recipe for dear life, never straying. He almost never uses a recipe. I have always admired the way he takes whole spices and grinds them himself to make curry, never peeking at a recipe. Its different every time,…
Fresh Fruit Tart
It’s summer people! I have already had a very exciting summer. Over the past two weeks I have ridden a segway, seen the play Wicked, visited a butterfly house, watched a glass blowing demonstration, hiked through a place that looked like it could be home to fairies with waterfalls and streams, visited lots of little…
Fresh Vegetable Spring Rolls
How’s the weather where you live? Its been a little moody here in Ohio. Just this week there was frost warning at night and a day later the high was 92. In this spring weather, some days are perfect for soup and some are perfect for this spring roll recipe. I hate using the oven…
Brown Rice with Creamy Cauliflower Sauce
If I had to pick my favorite dinner, it would be something Italian with a super unhealthy creamy white sauce. Alfredo something or other. Something with lots of butter, cream, and cheese. Sadly if I ate that as much as I wanted (every day) I would probably dead in 5 years. Luckily I have found…
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
I am so excited! I am so excited about lots of things. For starters, life in general and the new life that’s joined my little family. I am excited that I have finally recovered from having a baby. I am excited for summer. I am excited to start going on walks and jogs. I am…
Full Tutorial: Sugar Cookies w/ Royal Icing
I have made a lot of sugar cookies for different occasions. I’ve made autumn leaves, conversation hearts, bunnies and carrots, graduation hats, shoes, spooky Halloween cookies, cute Halloween cookies, Mummy Cookies, baby onesie cookies, ice cream shop cookies, love letter cookies, Christmas ornaments, stamped thank you cookies, baby elephant cookies, dinosaur baby shower cookies, mustaches…
Baby “Shower” Sugar Cookies
Last week I helped host a baby shower for my friend Kelli. We took the whole “shower” thing seriously and made the theme rain showers. We had soup and bread, fruit and veggies, cloud cupcakes, cloud jello shots, and rain shower sugar cookies. The shower turned out great! Click here to see the recipe for…
A Bunny Baby Shower
I recently helped throw a baby shower for my good friend Alyssa. She is decorating her nursery with bunnies and chose the color theme of green and brown for the shower. I made my favorite sugar cookies with royal icing and some chocolate cup cakes with bright green cream cheese frosting. Brown Sugar and Spice…
Three Pea Spring Salad
I’m back!!!!!!!! I’m still recovering from mono, but I finally have the energy to be on the computer and make a post. Let me tell you, mono is long and hard. Don’t ever get it. You wont like it. I made this delicious, green, bright, springy salad before I got sick and I have been…