On our way home yesterday, Maggie asked if we could make real cookies not pretend ones when we got home. I was not sure what she meant by pretend cookies as I like to think that all of my cookie recipes are real. She continued to tell me that pretend cookies are the kind that comes …
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Mary over at Meet Me in the Kitchen is the hostess for this week’s Tuesdays With Dorie challenge and she picked the Berry Surprise Cake. What a fantastic recipe! Dorie was inspired to create this recipe from her childhood days of having a Charlotte Russe. Charlotte Russe is a combination of sponge cake, fruit or …
We are having a bi-coastal holiday season this year. Lenny is on the East Coast with his family, and I am on the West Coast with mine. This is the first Christmas in four years, that we have not spent it together. While it is wonderful being with our families, the distance during the holidays …
I love Anita’s site Married with Dinner. Every time I read it I am inspired to start the tradition of cocktails in our home on a regular basis. If we had more space we would probably be doing just that. When we visit Montana, we seem to have cocktails often, maybe because we have more …
Clara over at I Heart Food for Thought was our gracious host for this week’s Tuesday With Dorie (TWD) challenge and she picked Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes! I love chocolate, so I knew this would be a fun challenge for me. We had a birthday brunch celebration to go to and I knew this would …
Last night we took a little pre-wedding cocktail party over to Andy and Jeff’s house. They are getting married tomorrow, and we wanted to give them something to celebrate their love with a few friends joining along. Something easy, with no clean-up and lots of good food so they could relax, reflect on their love …