In My Kitchen

Holiday Baking.  Is it Supposed to be Fun?

Holiday Baking. Is it Supposed to be Fun?

See this picture? Peppermint Whoopie Pies.  Made with real butter.   Never had one? Sorry ’bout that.

I found it in a magazine and it inspired me to make them as gifts. My intentions were good, but I failed to take a few things into consideration:
1. My oven is not full size. [...]

It’s official, I’m crazy.

I mentioned several weeks ago that I am taking a trip to Thailand and Cambodia this fall.  I’ll be committing much more blog time to that trip soon, but today I wanted to tell you how I’m preparing my household for my two week absence:
I’m cooking like my life depends on it.
Here’s the thing:  my [...]

In My Kitchen

In My Kitchen

You’ve probably figured out by now that I love fall. Love it, love it, love it. One of my favorite things about this time of year is the food (surprising, I know). So today I’ve got a few of my favorite fall recipes for you.
Apple Muffins:

I just made these last week for [...]

Happy Birthday to Me!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yesterday was my 34th birthday. I spent the day doing somewhere around 632 loads of laundry. But last night, four of my faves came over for dinner. Here’s 2 of them:

And here’s the other 2:

My sister was having a fit about me making my own birthday dinner, but I kept it simple [...]

It Looked So Easy on the Internet

It Looked So Easy on the Internet

Have you been on The Pioneer Woman’s site lately? She has all kinds of links to these adorable cake pops:

How cute is that? I just had to try them. When Bryn’s and Lydia’s (is that grammatically correct?) birthday rolled around last week it seemed like the perfect opportunity to [...]