The food blogging world can be an intimidating place sometimes. Food is such a personal experience and there are a lot of very opinionated people out there. When you”re just starting out it can feel a little overwhelming. Although it would be nice, people who have successful blogs and have been going at it for(…)
Holidays are all about getting together with family and friends, making memories and eating good food. The oven is jam packed with roasting hams and tasty casseroles. It’s nice to get a few things done before the big day as well as give the oven a much needed break. Make sure to keep your meals(…)
You know how that last thing you eat before you get sick gets a bad rap for the next couple of weeks, months or years? I”m afraid that, that was the fate of this poor cake. Baby Me My birthday was last weekend and my little family was sick through it”s entirety. It started with(…)
The first time I made this recipe was in my first year of marriage and I accidentally subbed three cups of flour for the three teaspoons called for in the recipe. It became more like a cake then a tart, but it was still delicious. You”ll never guess what happened this time I made it.(…)
Company arrived yesterday for a four day stay. It always feel nice to have visitors from home because it helps bring our two worlds together. We haven”t made many plans yet and are keeping things pretty relaxed. Growing up we always had a house full of visitors, especially around special occasions. So, for me to(…)
About a month ago I received an email that got me very excited. It was from Aimee, asking me to consider becoming a contributor for a new site called Simple Bites. I headed over to check it out and knew that I just had to be a part of it. Simple Bites is a collaboration(…)
The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca
I use the words Fresh Berry Crisp with Brown Sugar Cream loosely with this recipe, because it’s not truly either. Although, the description does fit it well because it is a fresh assembly of bursting berries and crisp granola clusters, topped with sour cream and brown sugar. See? All in the title there. This is the(…)
Traditional Cannoli become Cannoli Christmas Trees when layered with raspberry, white chocolate and pistachio ricotta fillings and spruced up with icing sugar snow and pomegranate lights.
We have been freezing our little behinds off over here in the land of Norge. The sun is still refusing to show it”s shining face and the cutting wind is making our walks to the grocery store not quite as enjoyable as they once were. I must be burning a lot more calories though because(…)
It has been a dreary, rainy week. I have actually quite enjoyed it. It gave me the perfect excuse to drag out the Christmas music. Max spun around in circles and did his little hoppy dance, while I baked, with a little shimmy and shake once in a while to receive some giggles from my(…)
When I was in high school my sister-in-law and I decided to make a cake as a surprise for my mom’s birthday. We successful snuck her trusty mixer out of the house to the church next door, giddy with excitement that we were going to pull off such a wonderful surprise. We got to work,(…)