Spectacular Eats

Since cupcakes are all the rage right now and I have been assigned dessert for Easter dinner, I decided that’s a good excuse to try out some new cupcake recipes.  Who doesn’t love a good cupcake, right?  They’re pretty, easy to serve and provide a great excuse to buy a new cake plate (tee hee).  [...]

The great “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes” project continues… A few days ago I did a post on my experience with the cookbook Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. In case you missed it, the first part of this bread-bakin’-project can be found here:  Artisan Bread Project. Today’s changes: Last Post = Loaf 1:  [...]

I know it’s Fabulous Friday and all, but I’m afraid I have a confession to make…. I am addicted.  I have an obsession with vintage glass.  I am drawn to it everywhere I go.  From cake plates to glass jars, I love it all and am amassing quite the collection.  It is simply gorgeous and [...]

For some people it’s chocolate.  Others prefer to have it salty or fried.  For me, it’s homemade bread.  Call me a simple gal but my food of choice is bread.  From the kneading, to the smell of it baking, to the crispy outside and tender inside – I just love it. So you can imagine [...]

Want a simple way to save money at the grocery without clipping coupons?  Buy produce that is in season.  Vegetables and fruits that are “in season” are almost always cheaper.  And they are definitely the best bets in terms of freshness and taste. In my purse I carry an ancient, tattered and torn list of [...]

There are manyso many reasons to bake your own bread.  I could go on and on and on.  Here are just a few… 1. Have you ever read the ingredients on the bag of bread you buy at the grocery?  Ugh!  It is truly nasty.  And to think I feed this to my children every [...]

As part of Seleta’s “Fabulous Friday” event, I am adding something to my site that is fabulous, at least to me – a lover of vintage glassware and junk.  Today I am featuring a great little piece I picked up at a local antique mall.  For just $11 I was able to snag this great [...]

We have been doing the whole “Weight Watchers” thing around here for about the last two months.  I am happy to say that the hubby and I are just about to our ideal weight.  Yay! One thing I always realize when I am trying to be more conscious of my intake is that I LOOOOVE [...]

Last month I decided to join a cooking group called “The Daring Bakers”.  Basically, it’s a group of people who all bake one recipe in each month – all the same recipe (with their own twists and creativity) and then we post the outcome on a certain day.  That day happens to be today so [...]

I love the simplistic manner in which a brownie recipe goes together.  No mixer required – dump it all in a bowl and stir.  I was in a pinch and needed a quick dessert.  My immediate thought was to do a simple brownie.  Sometimes it’s just a brownie makin’ kinda day. Now that’s a good [...]