Well, this is my second cake. The frosting didn’t come out quite as beautiful as the first one last week – but it tastes pretty delicious and I’m good with that. On Friday, I googled “spring cakes” and landed on this website called “The Cake Blog”. So many good options. I’m actually a little tempted…
Feel free to file these under “fastest muffin making”. I’ve been slowly working through a batch of very ripe bananas. It would be easiest to just eat them or put them in a smoothie – but oddly that feels like more work that baking with them. Last week I made this DELICIOUS banana cake that…
Gardening season is a wonderful thing. It’s the time of year when I’m legit filthy and with limited cares in the world. My mind is a tangle of tomato plant arrangements and drip irrigation plans. I think about whether the peppers would like to be near the dahlia plants and whether it is worth it…
Ah banana bread. So delicious and wonderful … and you secretly think you are making a healthy decision because of the bananas. I had/have a pile of very ripe bananas from when my baby brother stayed with me a week or so ago. It would have been very easy to just whip those bad boys…
So candidly this original recipe called for short ribs… but I’m on a budget. Short ribs feel like an expensive cut of meat. Now, I’ll be honest if I was having a special guest over for dinner I might pull the trigger on a trip to Whole Foods for short ribs – but I’m less…
To continue on the Cinco de Mayo party…. I also made a margarita macaron. I figured if I was buying tequila, I might as well use it for two things instead of just one. As a result, we have these beautiful babes on a plate. It’s been awhile since I made macarons. It always feels…
Yikes, it’s been a small lifetime since I last popped in here. I thought I had been cooking, but I guess I’ve just been eating a lot of basic things. Basic isn’t bad but it’s always nice to get a little adventurous. I’m always prone to be adventurous on a theme day. When I realized…
It is incredible how the change to Spring boosts my spirit and makes me so much more active. Instead of watching a 3rd episode of The Office, I grab my garden gloves and weed a little in the front yard before dinner. I find myself just sitting on the front steps thinking about pretty much…
The birds are chirping which means spring is really coming… and it’s amazing. I am the happiest during months when I can pick up sticks in the yard. No lies there. I did that earlier in the week and it was incredibly satisfying. For some people yard work (or any project list) can be overwhelming.…
Man it’s been a long time since I popped in over here. Since October lots of things have happened in the house since then. I hosted Thanksgiving dinner. I put up a bunch of Christmas trees. I took down a bunch of Christmas trees months after Christmas. I shoveled a bunch of snow. Other things…
