Cilantro Lime Rice

My niece Amber and her husband Taylor and 3 year old son Noah came over today so I decided to do a taco bar for dinner where everyone could make what they wanted, either tacos or burritos or taco salad and I wanted to try and make some lime flavored rice like they do at … Continue reading

Mango Confetti Salsa

My sister in law Mary requested that if she didn’t win the Pampered Chef Manual Food Processor (which she didn’t, sorry Mary) then could she please still have the recipe for this Pampered Chef salsa so here it is Mary, enjoy! 1 large mango 1/2 small jicama 1/3 orange bell pepper 1/3 red bell pepper … Continue reading

Graduation Soda Pop Candy Bouquets

All the kids in my Sunday School class graduated from high school on Thursday and I wanted to give them all something so Courtney and I (but mostly Courtney) made them these soda pop candy bouquets to congratulate them.  The idea came from the little “Candy Bouquets” book that I got recently.  Their idea started … Continue reading

Soccer Ball Graduation Fondant Cake

Another fabulous and funny friend and neighbor Pam, who also subscribes to my blog (Hi Pam, love you too!), called and asked if we would make a graduation cake for her daughter Kenzie who played soccer in high school and got a scholarship to play soccer at Idaho State so we made her a soccer … Continue reading

Softball Graduation Fondant Cake

Our wonderfully funny friend and neighbor Sharron, who subscribes to my blog (Hi Sharron, we love you!), called and asked if we could make a graduation cake for her granddaughter Andrea who played softball in high school and is going on to play softball in college so we made her a softball graduation cake.  The … Continue reading

Baked Penne

I got this recipe off a package of Philadelphia Cooking Creme.  It was delicious and very easy to make!  My two favorite things!  🙂 1/2 pound extra lean ground beef 1/2 cup each onion and green peppers 1 (24 oz) jar spaghetti sauce 1 (10 oz) tub Philadelphia Italian Cheese and Herb Cooking Creme, divided … Continue reading

Zebra Striped Hot Pink Topsy Turvy Birthday Fondant Cake

Our first “topsy turvy” cake for Courtney’s friend Janessa who is turning 18 today!  She wanted chocolate so the cake is the “White Almond Sour Cream” cake recipe (with chocolate instead of white and vanilla instead of almond), my go to Vanilla Buttercream Frosting recipe and several different kinds of fondant – the white and … Continue reading

Tres Leches Cake

Courtney and I love the Tres Leches Cakes at Cafe Rio and Costa Vida and this, I think, is probably about as close as we’ll be able to get.  It was so good!  Homemade cake with 3 kinds of milk drizzled on top then homemade whipped cream topped with fruit, what could be better than … Continue reading