Our 2 secret ingredients for the Improv challenge this month are Peas and Carrots. My first reaction was Yuck! I don’t like peas or cooked carrots, so I really wasn’t looking forward to the challenge. I had an idea to make carrot cake cut-out sugar cookies, decorated like peas and carrots. However, no one else was as …
If I asked you to name me 10 flavors of ice cream, would cinnamon be on your list? No? Well, it should be! I’ve made cinnamon ice cream in the past (before blogging), and while it was ok, I wasn’t impressed. I decided to make it again, and added candied pecans to it. Now I …
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Earlier this morning, I posted a recipe for World Peace Cookies. Not only did I enjoy eating them, but I shared them with 3 other bloggers. I signed up to be a part of this years Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! Lindsay from Love & Olive Oil, and Julie from The Little Kitchen, organized this wonderful event. And …
The other day I applied to join a new group. It is called the Improv Cooking Challenge, and each month participants are assigned 2 ingredients to use in any way they wish (sweet or savory). Well, I was accepted! I was talking to Nick about this group and that I would be starting it next month, …
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I like cheesecake, but it isn’t my favorite thing to bake. I haven’t been able to be consistent in not getting cracks in cheesecakes. A water bath works for one, but doesn’t work the next time (that sort of thing!). I’m not giving up though! However, the other day when I was looking at some …
For all of the desserts that I have been making this month, I thought I would go a little healthier with this food holiday. I decided to make Maple Granola. Nick and I like eating granola with our yogurt, and while I like the brand that we buy (Bear Naked), I have always wanted to …
Sweet, spicy molasses cookies! I am not a lover of spices- much to Nick’s chagrin. When he’s making dinner, he uses only salt and pepper, then after I have made my plate, he adds spices to his portion! However, there are some spices I do like: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger. Maybe I like these because …
I have made snickerdoodles for a good number of years. However, I have never added or made changes to the recipe. It’s grandma’s recipe- why would I change it? Well, I finally did. I had to. My love of chocolate just seeps into everything! Even grandma’s snickerdoodle recipe! I only made a small addition…mini chocolate …
Nick and I really like peanut butter chocolate swirl ice cream. However, it’s rare to find us eating Just ice cream. We add things. Lots of things! Normally it starts with a brownie base, heated for 11 seconds in the microwave. Then it is topped with ice cream. Then we cut up peanut butter cups (though right …
I found a bag of Meyer lemons at the grocery store the other day, and I knew I needed them. It’s kind of funny how that happens 🙂 Meyer lemons are “a citrus fruit native to China thought to be a cross between a true lemon and either a mandarin or common orange.” Source I find that Meyer lemons are not as tart as regular lemons. …