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…
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Roasted Garlic
I know that I already showed you all how to do this when I made Roasted Garlic and Cheddar Mashed Potatoes, but I wanted devote a post just for this easy trick. Garlic takes on an entirely different flavor when it is roasted. It becomes soft, creamy, caramelized, and slightly sweet. Mash it into potatoes,…
Thanksgiving Roast Turkey
I have since made a turkey again and I have some additional notes. Please refer to the bottom of the post to see these additional notes. I cooked a turkey for the first time. I was very nervous. I shouldn’t have been. It turned out wonderful! It was browned and crispy on the outside and…
Thanksgiving Prep.
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…
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…
Save the Season: Freezing Summer
I associate different feelings and moods with different seasons. In the Fall I feel an overall feeling of contentment and coziness. In the winter I mostly just feel cold. In the spring I feel hopeful and fresh. In the summer I feel energetic, excited, committed to eating better and exercising, and completely optimistic. I don’t…
Concord Grape Sherbet
I love all things purple. It’s my favorite color. Purple and green were my wedding colors. I love all my purple clothes. I have an easy time selling the purple shoes at work. I paint my toes light purple more than any other color. Most of all, I love this amazing vibrant ice cream….
Avoiding Kitchen Catastrophe’s
Ok, so just because ya’ll see pretty finished plates of food on my blog, it doesn’t mean I don’t have major catastrophes in the kitchen every once in a while. Just in the last two days I have managed to go grocery shopping and realize I left my wallet home after the groceries were all…
Homemade Cotton Candy
I made homemade cotton candy!!! It’s pretty exciting. I am finding out that you can make lots of stuff homemade. Like gummy bears, fudge-sicles, hamburger buns, kettle corn, Butter Beer and doughnuts. As soon as I saw a recipe for homemade candy floss, I knew that I just had to make it. I love cotton…