I have this really cool friend. Her name is Meg. She is really good at making sugar cookies. We swap cookie cutters, squeezy bottles, and food coloring markers. If I need a super good variety of big cupcake frosting tips, I call Meg. If I need some hazelnut flavoring, I call Meg. If I need…
Breakfast
National Breakfast Month: Mango Coconut Overnight Oatmeal
Happy September! I am so ready for fall to be here. It is my favorite season. I am excited to show my daughter the fall colors for the first time, to wear my long-sleeved shirts, to be surrounded by football this and that, to drink apple cider, to roast vegetables without the whole house being…
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…
Coconut Banana Bread
What do you do when you have an excess of of bananas because they were 25 cents a pound and you bought way to many? Make banana ice cream, banana muffins, and of course some banana bread! I have delicious banana ice cream in my freezer tempting me and I froze some banana muffins made…
Easy Corn Bread
Last week I posted the recipe for Black Bean Soup and if you looked carefully enough, you could see a thick slice of corn bread in the background of the picture. Corn bread is just one of those recipe’s that you should always have up your sleeve to serve on a cold winter day with…
Pumpkin Dump Cake
Pumpkin Dump Cake. The best dessert ever. To me, pumpkin dump cake IS autumn. To me, its tradition and comfort and family. This is a recipe that my mom has been making since I was young. She got it from a neighbor long ago and then made her own tweaks to make it even better….
Trix Marshmallow Treats: A Week of Marshmallow Treats
Silly Rabbit. This post is almost exactly like my first post in “marshmallow treats week”. The only difference is that I used Trix cereal instead of Reese’s Puffs. These “treats’” are great for kids because they are so colorful and bright. It makes me happy to look at them. How could these treats not…
Reese's Puff’s Marshmallow Treats: A Week of Marshmallow Treats
I have said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love Rice Krispie Treats! They are on my top 5 list of favorite foods (along with ice cream, cheesecake, sushi, and Philly cheese steak….oh, and gummy bears. I guess that make six, but I can’t decide which one to demote off my top 5…
Valentine’s Day Breakfast: Malted Waffles with Strawberry Syrup
Pin It Perhaps you’re looking for ideas for the perfect Valentine’s Day morning surprise… or maybe you should send this post to your significant other as a hint (*wink). In all seriousness, my husband absolutely loves malt powder (it doesn’t usually last long in our house), and I thought it would be fun to give…
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…
