Thanksgiving is in 8 days. Are you ready? I celebrated Thanksgiving early this year. We had our feast yesterday because we had a friend visiting us from France and we wanted him to share the festivities with us, but he will be gone before the actual holiday. We also invited our friend, Mintu, who lives…
Mint Chocolate Rice Krispies Treats
This is a great little Rice Krispie Treat recipe that I made up. It turned out delicious. After my first success, I got so excited about putting my own little spin of one of my favorite treats that I decided to try another Rice Krispie Treat original creation. It was a disaster! Word to the…
Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal
I had a RARE surprise for my husband this morning. It’s called breakfast. . I am not a morning person, and my husband isn’t a pancake person. He is more of an oatmeal person. So normally he just makes himself a bowl of oatmeal every morning. I am kind of an “eat a piece of…
Halloween Treats: Bloody Eyeballs
It’s the day before Halloween, and most likely you are reading this on Halloween. Perhaps you have a Halloween party to attend. Perhaps you need to bring a treat to this party, but you don’t have a lot of time to make something because you are too busy putting together your last minute costume. Some…
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Apple Cider Glaze and Cream Cheese Frosting
Have I got a recipe for you! Tiny little mini pumpkin cupcakes! They are the perfect size for eating a whole bunch and not feeling like you ate any. They are so little, they don’t count. So go ahead. Have six. Its ok, because they are small. Just kidding. That’s how I sometimes feel…
Halloween Treats: Deviled Egg Eyeballs
I don’t know how I feel about Halloween, honestly. I have a love hate relationship with Halloween. I loved getting tons of candy as a kid, but I didn’t really like wearing sweat pants under my ballerina costume because in Rexburg, Idaho, it snows every Halloween. I love seeing little kids all dressed up, but…
Pepperoni, Cheese, and Herb Stuffed Sourdough
I am a sucker for specialty grocery stores. I love international markets. I love to walk across the street to the Japanese grocery store and buy Melona popsicles. I love to stop by the Indian market and pick up a can of Lychee juice. I love going next door to my work to walk through…
Shoes, Cookies, and Shoe Cookies
What do you get when you combine a full-time shoe sales person and a hobby baker?……………Shoe Cookies. Since the first of June I have been working full time at a little shoe store in Columbus, Ohio. It is a small shop owned and managed by a couple and has been around since 1954. We carry…
White Chocolate Caramel Apples with Cinnamon Sugar
Today was a good day. In my religion (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), there is a bi-annual worldwide conference broad cast. In April and October, everyone in my church watches talks and messages from the church leaders. There are two 2-hour sessions on both Saturday and Sunday and instead of going…
Zucchini and Mushroom Vegetarian Lasagna
What do you do when your husband is showing signs of becoming a herbivore? He is not a full-blown vegetarian, but he wants to eat mainly a plant based diet. Its not that he wants to protect the cows and its not that vegetarianism kind of a fad, he just really loves veggies and legumes…
