Last night I was in charge of the activity for our Young Women and Young Men at church so I set up a “Chopped” activity for them, sort of like the tv show of the same name on the Food Network. We divided them into 4 teams and gave each team a bag of ingredients … Continue reading
I’m back! The movie is finally over and I have until the end of April before I start the next one so I’m hoping to get in lots of cooking and baking and blogging! Bob and I are on a quest to lose some weight and get in shape (again!) so on January 30 (the … Continue reading
We’ve still been doing the Bountiful Basket almost every week but I just haven’t been posting it mostly because of work but if any of you out there want to see what is in it every week, just let me know and I’ll start posting it again. We’ve been getting lots of English cucumbers so … Continue reading
Courtney was having friends over tonight for their traditional Sunday night “movie night” and I have been dying to bake so I made these cupcakes for them. The recipe comes from Wendy Paul’s “101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes” cookbook which I just love. Here’s how I decorated them – I took some of our … Continue reading
Brownies for my friend Julie for her birthday and also for my girls at church. I changed the recipe up a bit since I didn’t have any York Peppermint Patties, I used Junior Mints instead. They tasted great but the Jr Mints seemed to just melt and dissolve in the batter whereas when I’ve used … Continue reading
This is a Nestle Toll House recipe. The Young Women are coming over to my house tonight for our activity so there must be treats! crust: 4 1/2 teaspoons light margarine (I used butter, about 2 tablespoons) 2 cups miniature marshmallows 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter 3 cups Rice Krispies fudge: 1 1/2 cups sugar … Continue reading
Here is another variation on the cake mix bar cookie recipe from Stephanie Ashcraft’s “101 More Things to do with a Cake Mix”. Courtney had some friends coming over tonight and they don’t like chocolate! What? So I pulled out my cake mix cookbooks and looked over all the yummy ones that I’ve never made … Continue reading
It is rainy and snowy and sleety and slushy here today so it’s the perfect day to make cookies and stay inside. I went to Target a few days ago and found these Nestle Toll House Dark Chocolate and Mint Limited Edition Morsels on clearance for $1.28 a bag, regularly $2.59 a bag so I … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the January/February 2012 issue of the Food Network Magazine. I’m eating some as I type this up and it is really good but I bet it will be even better tomorrow after it sits in the fridge for a day. It isn’t hard to make but it is time consuming so … Continue reading
Bob got me the ice cream maker attachment for my KitchenAid mixer for Christmas and I’ve been wanting to try it out so here is the first batch. It was pretty runny as it needs to be put in the freezer after mixing it in the mixer but no one wanted to wait so we … Continue reading
