I have been saving this post for July because it is National Ice Cream Month! I think ice cream is the best food on this Earth. It is hands down my favorite food. Why do I love ice cream? I love how many flavors there are. I’m currently crushing on the Kroger Private Selection Chocolate…
party food
Homemade Ginger Ale (Similar to Northstar Café’s)
One of the best things in life is a little place called Northstar Café in Columbus, Ohio. It is my very favorite restaurant. I always want to go there when we eat out. The ambience and atmosphere is modern and bright, the workers are happy and helpful, and the food is all natural, local, organic,…
Easy Baked Tempura Veggies
Sometimes I go a little crazy at the grocery store and buy too much produce. My favorite method of using up produce before it goes bad is to make baked tempura veggies. You can use almost any vegetable and it is really easy. I used to make more traditional tempura veggies where I mixed a…
Southwest Eggrolls with Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Dipping Sauce (Vegan)
What happens when you really want to make enchiladas or burritos, but you are fresh out of tortilla’s? You make due with egg roll wrappers! That is what happened to me the other night. I had to get creative! These egg rolls are super tasty. They are filled with all sorts of healthy stuff like…
Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies: Lace Hearts and Love Letters
I actually made these cookies quite awhile ago, but I have been waiting to post them because I think they are so perfect for Valentine’s Day. I actually made them for a book club that I attended. We read the book Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster. It was written in 1912 and it was…
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…
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…
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…