Food

  • #InstaFood

    Easy Meals. I get asked A LOT about some easy and quick meal ideas.  Those two words mean something different to each person because there is no way I could cook you the dinner you might be picturing in the time it takes you to go through a drive-thru.  However, clearly if you read my blog you ...

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  • If I were at Downton Abbey…

    A few things I love, to enjoy with your afternoon tea and maybe even your sweetie on Valentine’s Day: 1. Every cup o’ tea is better with a little of nature’s best sweetener.  I get this every time I’m in Napa…so good.  Branches range wildflower honey $11, Katzandco.com 2. We love this full leaf tea press from ...

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  • How to make calzones with kids

    If you’re tired of pizza, try calzones. In our house, we love to make pizza.  Pizza to us usually means a movie.  Our kids don’t really watch TV, so we like to have a family movie night every once in a while to hang out and enjoy a good flick.  Lately, we’ve been watching the LIFE ...

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  • Go make it: Vanilla Extract

    Back in the very very beginning of my time of writing posts here, I made vanilla extract.  It was a wonderful experience.  No, I’m not weird for thinking that.  The reason it was so wonderful was because it was SO easy.  I love replacing things that I buy at the store with homemade versions, but ...

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  • It’s my Blogiversary! Woot! Woot!

      Craziness!  It’s already been a year!  The official time I started my blog was actually back in August of 2010, but I wanted to get things just right on the design end before posting.  It’s kind-of a joke when I think of it now because it was FAR from nice and my posts were pretty sad-looking.  ...

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  • Insta-cooking

    I was putting some pictures together from my phone and I realized a food trend.  I know I cook 95% of our meals at home, but I seriously take a LOT of pictures of food.  I don’t always show people, but I’ve been taking pictures of food since before it was cool.   Cooking is imperative ...

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  • An easy pancake recipe for a Saturday morning

    What every kid wants on a Saturday morning. Kids always want pancakes.  My kids get RIDICULOUSLY excited about these puppies, but that might be because I don’t make them regularly.  About one pancake in (if they make it that far) they are over it, but for that 15 minutes that I am prepping and the 3-5 ...

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  • Eighth Day: Fleur de Sel Caramels

    Caramel is one of my very favorite things.  Even more than plain caramels I love salted caramels and goat’s milk caramels.  I love the creamy vanilla flavor with the bite of the goat’s milk. Yummy.  I don’t know why I don’t make them very often, but I’m glad I did this Christmas.  I saw this ...

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  • Sixth Day: Peppermint forest + Pink Cloud cookies

    You’ve probably seen that one super-cute peppermint wreath floating around Pinterest.  I love the simplicity of it and that you only need glue, peppermints, and a wreath form.  I had planned to make one, from this pin, but then I watch “Elf”.  I’ve said before that if you haven’t seen that movie, you most definitely ...

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  • Second Day: Orange and Cardamom Crescents

    Every Christmas, I make the same cookie recipes.  I’m sure I’m not alone in this.  I love each one and have no intention of stopping this tradition.  However, every year I also am tempting by the intriguing new recipes from Bon Appetit, Martha Stewart Living, my old Gourmet’s, and every other picture at the checkout ...

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