Last weekend was a birthday celebration for two of our girls; one does not like chocolate, one is a nutritional science graduate, and I just saw the movie Fed Up. Put all of this together and what do you serve for a birthday treat? Starting with a favorite recipe and making substitutions, additions and a couple …
Hands down this is an amazing recipe for carrot cake! The cake itself is a perfect combination of carrot, pineapple, and a touch of coconut – moist and delicious. But then you layer the cake with this gooey, sticky, sweet. caramel glaze that melts into the cake and adds another dimension of yum!For my daughter’s …
Last weekend was my daughter’s college graduation party. The weather was beautiful, the vegetarian menu was delectible, and time visiting with family and friends was priceless :)As I said in an earlier post, my daughter chose to have a vegetarian menu. We put together a menu with salads, wraps, and pizzas. Everything was delicious! I …
It is getting closer to our Graduation Party on Saturday. Last night I did some of the shopping; picked up Alyssa at the airport, she had a delayed flight and missing luggage; and I tried out a new recipe for Four Cheese Margherita Pizza. The highlight of the night was Alyssa getting home and being …
Ah, it is Wednesday morning, and in three short days I will be hosting my daughter’s graduation party. It’s time to get busy with pulling this party together. The first thing that we worked on two weeks ago was sending out the invites. I choose to send out email invites, as this party is mostly …
As you know, we just spent a wonderful weekend visiting friends in Paso Robles. Our friends are incredibly wonderful hosts! While we ate out most meals, Molly made us this beautiful and delicious Sunday brunch of scrambled eggs made with roasted potatoes and cheese, cinnamon french toast bake, and a fresh fruit salad. This served …
I was so excited to come home from work and find this package! We recieved our second shipment from our adopted olive tree through Nudo. This olive oil is delicious! My husband and I received this as a wedding gift, and you can read all about this wonderful company in an earlier post called, Owning a …
OMG this cheesecake is absolutely the best! I know I blogged about making this a week ago, but that was before I took a bite of this melt in your mouth light and creamy Reese’s peanut butter cheesecake! And really, I am not a huge fan of the whole chocolate peanut butter craze called Reese’s. …
This salad has been a family favorite for years. Eight years in fact. I know this because my daughter Nicole was in sixth grade when she and I were watching Everyday Italian on the Food Network. She loved the looks of this salad and wanted to try making it. So off to the store the …
Everyone loves receiving a party favor! Really, who does not like getting a gift? A favor is just a a little trinket or small memento that adds another layer of fun to festivities. Because I don’t like to collect “things” I usually give favors that are consumable. Items that collect dust drive me crazy! I think gifts …
