Here are some interesting things I read this week: Kaizen and goals I love this big stack of pancakes cake! A capsule wardrobe I could probably handle, but a capsule kitchen?  I just don’t know 🙂 Salted caramel chocolate mousse-need I say more? See you next week!

Hope everyone had a good week.  Here are some interesting things I read this week: Wilton’s 2015 Baking and Decorating Trends Chocolates to represent Japanese words for texture 20 reasons never to leave home without Duct Tape I loved bubble tea in college, this DIY version looks perfect to try at home! Burnt Orange Salty Caramel Sauce-whew, what a name! … Read More

Happy Friday!  This week’s failure Friday comes to us in the form of orange marmalade that I cooked too long and it became so firm that I could hardly get it out of the jar.  Watching my husband attempt to spread it onto a piece of bread was pretty funny though. Tip: to remove extremely hard marmalade out of the … Read More

Lately I have had more kitchen flops than kitchen successes.  Cookies are being burned, frostings too sweet, and as evidenced above, granola bars just turning out like crap.  I like to blame part of it on my new kitchen, but the honestly, I have a lot of baking failures in general.  It’s how we learn. But, it’s come to my … Read More

So obviously I have taken some time away from the blog in order to get moved and to get our new place together, but I am back and ready to get started celebrating the holiday season.  Here are some past ideas to get the party started: Classic Sugar Cookies Grandma Goodell’s Butter Cookies White Chocolate Pomegranate Cookies  Chocolate Peanut Butter … Read More

Happy Sunday!  What are you all up to today?  Dave and I are headed downtown to try and find a place to live.  Hopefully we’ll find something good. My poor pony has managed to get himself an eye infection, so I have been lucky enough to get to go medicate him every night.  There is nothing like a horse barn … Read More

We decided to sell our house and move into the city.  We are looking for a change of pace and quite a change it will be.  Consequently, I am going from a giant kitchen to probably a very tiny kitchen. We got an offer a couple weeks ago that we accepted so it’s go time in terms of packing up … Read More

Some interesting things I found this week: I love roasted red pepper, so this soup is the perfect thing. As a girl who loves to make bread, these bread gift wrappers are right up my ally! As an NPR fan,  this Halloween costume cracks me up! The thought has crossed my mind…