I've been finding out things the hard way in regards to my health. I chalked my Hashimoto's up to just getting

Well, I've sold my Replacements tickets. And I'm really frakking depressed about it. They're going to someone

It's been awhile since I've made Butterscotch Chip Cookies. Jay's favorite flavor of anything is butterscotch,

I came to the realization a couple days ago that I'm actually NOT going to be able to go to Ohio and see The R

Here's one more recipe for St. Patrick's Day, and then I'll get back to stuff without booze or shamrock sprink

It's been absolutely gorgeous this week. Spring made an early appearance on the prairie and while March and Ap

In my many years of searching through family history and digging back through old records, I've still yet to c

When he was an infant and learning to feed himself, one of the first solid foods the bambino was allowed to ha

As much as I don't eat vegetables like I should, I really like lettuces and other salad greens. I'd eat a sala

There are days when I want to give up on adulthood, and run away from it. I want to pack Jay and the bambino i

We've had a crazy couple weeks. Jay and the bambino have been sick (I suspect both had different versions of T

I joke often about how my personal Facebook feed is full of nothing but food and The Replacements. Every once

I've had a donut pan for a few years now...And I think I used it the one time for that post, and it's been sit

This post is brought to you by Kitchen PLAY and Valley Fig. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own. I

I didn't intentionally set out to post only macarons lately, but since I feel like I have to jump on the Valen

I should've been working on strengthening my macaron-making about 4 years ago, but now that I live in South Da

I don't make coffee cake nearly often enough. I like just about all forms. Bundt cakes, coffee cakes with stre

So, this budget thing we're trying...January was a complete flop. We conceded defeat a couple weeks ago. There

Mortality isn't something most people really think about or even like to talk about, but sometimes it shoves i

I'd been itching for cupcakes--Which is somewhat unusual for me. I'm happy to make them for other people and a

There is a reason I don't make cookies more often. I eat them all. I don't even get to the point of baked cook

I'm the worst when it comes to being sick. I hate it. I got sacked with that horrid norovirus right around my

Continuing on my kick of homemade stuffs (we'll see how long I can actually keep this up), I made up a batch o

It's been quite awhile since I've made yogurt at home. During the summer of 2013, I won a gift card to William

For the first time since I switched the focus of my blog to food, I missed my blog anniversary. In years past,

Christmas is such a bittersweet time of year. Work is always stressful with getting the year-end stuff wrapped

Last year, Jay suggested we do a winter solstice celebration. He knows that by this time in winter, my SAD is

Ever since Jay gave me an Irish cookbook for my birthday, I've been making all sorts of things from it. We've

It's no secret that I am not a morning person. And by that I mean that while I get up early (as well as go to

I love recipes that involve minimal prep work, and don't take long otherwise. Don't get me wrong--There are pl

Trifle with Apple Butter and Whiskey Salted Caramel is a bit of a mouthful, eh? It's worth the hassle of a len

Now that I have a food processor (and if you venture back a post, you have a chance to win one yourself!), one

If you've read this blog for over a year or longer, you know that the holidays are not my favorite time of the

It's rare that I make a cupcake that I myself go nuts for. I like baking just for the sake of baking, so I gen

It almost always happens that when I'm in the mood to bake, I don't have the time to do so. When I'm lacking i

I would like to think that after a week now, that horrific stomach virus I came down with right before my birt