My friend Diana (who follows my blog, Hi Diana!) texted me asking if I could make some decadent brownies for the Young Women at church, two of my favorite things = baking and Young Women so of course I said YES!!! I went looking on Pinterest (of course!) and found these beauties! Decadent, check! The … Continue reading
All of the sudden I’ve got more tomatoes than I know what to do with so I went looking online and found this homemade tomato sauce recipe that you can freeze and then use in place of canned tomato sauce in recipes for soups and spaghetti sauce, etc so I’ve been making sauce like crazy … Continue reading
A few weeks ago we made this Sodalicious Cup Birthday Cake for our friend Kevin who is one of the owners of Sodalicious (not familiar with Sodalicious, you can check it out here, my daughter Courtney is the manager of one of their shops) but what with working and vacation, I’ve just been too busy … Continue reading
Our whole family spent last week at Disneyland. Our 30th Anniversary happened to fall during that time so Bob and I had lunch at the Blue Bayou, the restaurant inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. It’s something that we’ve always talked about doing but it’s not cheap so we never have but since it … Continue reading
I spent a lot of yesterday in the kitchen, sometimes I just want to cook and bake all day long! I made Balsamic Bruschetta, Caprese Pasta Salad, Colleen’s Overnight French Toast and these little guys which are delicious by the way. It was a good day. (The recipe for these cookies comes from Betty Crocker.) … Continue reading
Our latest wedding cake for our friends Josh and McKann who got married on Thursday. They wanted a simple cake, not too big, not too fancy, with flowers to match the bouquets and decorations so here is our contribution. The bottom layer is actually fake and the top layer is brown sugar cake (adapted from … Continue reading
Yesterday was Zach’s actual birthday and all the food from his birthday dinner on Sunday was gone so I made him another pasta salad which was just as good if not better than the first one. The tomatoes in my garden are finally staring to ripen so I used a bunch in this salad, so … Continue reading
Happy Birthday today to my favorite son, Zach! This is his birthday cake from our Sunday celebration. It tasted really good but looked kind of funky, you can kind of see from the picture that when I turned it out of the pan, it sort of oozed out over the plate, I’ve never had a … Continue reading
It’s Zach’s birthday this week but we celebrated on Sunday and he requested pasta. I found this recipe on My Recipes, it’s full of all the things that Zach likes so I made it and it was a hit. They served it warm but I made it ahead of time and refrigerated it and served … Continue reading
I also made this chocolate cake for Courtney’s party on Sunday. It was pretty good but I’m not sure it was the best chocolate cake I ever ate. I didn’t make the frosting because we put whipped cream and strawberries on top so maybe you need the frosting to make it the best. It comes … Continue reading
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