Beat the winter blues with cookies made with pineapple juice and dried pineapple 30 minute dishes are deceptive. When I first started cooking, I spent forever prepping veggies and hunting down spices. It took me a good hour plus before the meal ever made it to the table - leaving my dinner guests tapping their toes. Well, I've been doing better these days, but I'm still consistently late. The mad dash to get dinner ready on time has helped me with my baking, too. I used to get ...
Fudge Filled Sugar Cookie Sandwiches
Chocolate frosting sandwiched between vanilla sugar cookies Know what tomorrow is? Pancake Tuesday, maybe one of my favorite dinners of the year! I can't make pancakes to save my life, but I try every year. Experimenting with different recipes, changing cooking methods, nothing's worked so far. Last year I had quite the fiasco. Honestly, I don't remember the pancakes. I guess they were good (or gasp! maybe we used a mix last year! - don't tell ;) ) The real story starts after ...
Brownies with Red Hot Cinnamon Frosting
Fudgey brownies topped with a cinnamon candy infused frosting The swimming pool is out to get me. Ok - well not really, but I've been having some seriously bad luck in the pool. So - ya know I've had to cross train like crazy since I can't run these days. Well, half my time is spent swimming - or it was. My trouble all started on Christmas Eve Eve. I had this feeling like my ear was filling up with water. & then the memories all "flooded" back from my years on the high school swim ...
Dark Chocolate Orange Muddy Buddy Cookies
An orange cookie topped with dark chocolate and muddy buddies I'm the worst with gift cards. Who knows how many I've lost and never used. On my 20th birthday, I had an old Borders' gift card and I was determined to use it. I scoured the cookbooks for something to get. It took me forever to decide! But I finally selected Kelly Peloza's The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur. I remember sitting in the car mesmerized by all the delicious recipes. One cookie in particular stood out - Puppy Chow ...
Dark Chocolate Orange Muddy Buddies
Traditional muddy buddies get a makeover with the addition of dark chocolate and a hint of orange If there was a competition for the wildest looking hair, I would most certainly win by a long shot (OK - well, maybe that's an exaggeration.) But either way, I kinda hate how my hair looks if I don't dry it. For the longest time, even drying it wasn't enough. At the top of my head there are wisps of hair that never behave - we call 'em horns. They're so bad, I can't put my hair up without ...