If you read my last post, you know that I have been restricted to really mushy foods with no fiber or roughage. After a whole week of just consuming veggie and fruit juice, I slowly started to add real food back into my diet. I started with pureed vegetable soups. With the weather being below…
My Adventures in Juicing
Since my last post I did something I never thought I would do…I bought a juicer. My husband and I put together all of our Amazon gift cards that we got for Christmas and made the plunge. We were pretty excited to see this beauty on our doorstep (The box, not the baby. Although, she…
Christmas Break Recap: Amazing Chocolate Cake and Snowman Sugar Cookies
For the past three weeks I have been visiting home. I grew up in a winter wonderland: Welcome to the new year! If you are like me, you are probably thinking back on all the treats you ate during the holidays and thinking of ways to eat better this year. I usually eat pretty healthy…
Hot Cocoa Cream Puffs
When I was little I was big on all things fancy. When my parents were building my childhood home, I really really wanted my room to have a fancy chandelier and a canopy bed. They had a little more common sense and went with a light with little roses engraved in the glass, which I…
Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies remind me of Christmas cookie exchanges. One of the best parts of the Christmas season as a kid was getting treats from all the neighbors. The doorbell would ring and my siblings and I would scream and run to the door excited to see what treats would await us. We…
Thanksgiving Round Up
Isn’t Thanksgiving the best? Its just so cozy. There is nothing better than sitting around in a warm home with friends or family and eating good food. And the next day, eating pumpkin pie for breakfast. Love it. This year, I am not really sure what I am doing for Thanksgiving. I might invite some…
Dark Chocolate and Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies
I learned something about myself this week. When I am at stressed or frazzled, all I can think about is chocolate. My daughter has been cutting 3 teeth for the last few days and it has taken all my time and energy to keep her from crying. A few days ago she would not take…
Apple, Roasted Beet, Beet Greens and Kale Salad with an Apple Cider Vinaigrette
One of my very favorite things in the whole world is slowly walking through a farmers market. There is nothing better. I just love the freshly baked goods, the freshly picked fruits and veggies, the little handmade trinkets, the people-watching. Last week I caught one of the last markets of the season and went all…
Pumpkin Muffins with Toasted Pecan Streusel
I am totally obsessed with the new show called Master Chef Junior. I just can’t get enough of it. I love cooking competition shows, but I usually can’t handle Gordon Ramsey because he is so loud and mean. However, he turns into a marshmallow when hosting a show where the stars are ages 8-13….
Easy Mummy Sugar Cookies
While I was visiting my family in Idaho this month I was able to get some undivided sugar cookie time. How nice it was to have a mother and a mother in-law who want to spend time spoiling my little girl while I make cookies! I them already. Being away from home while making these…
