Ok, maybe I’m a little biased. Do you have a recipe that uses caramel and white chocolate? Enter it in the “20 Going on 80” Iron Chef competition for a chance to win a custom etched pan from Name That Pan (InMyLife on ETSY) (and other great prizes)! Recipes must be submitted by March 5th….
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Playing in the Kitchen: Last Minute Pumpkin-Spice Muffins
Okay. I’ll share my secret recipe for Pumpkin-Spice Muffins. It’s super simple, so much so it can barely be called a recipe. They’re moist, flavorful, and you can whip some up in a jiffy. AND… …They only take 2 ingredients. Total. Mix 2 ingredients together and bake. That’s it! 1 Can 100% Pumpkin + 1…
The Birthday Treat Bag, All Grown Up
When we were young, we left birthday parties with a plastic treat bag of excitement… filled with candy, little games and fake tattoos. Then we started growing up, and somewhere in our 20’s leaving a birthday party now meant a cab ride and a hangover the next morning. When I handed my friends a treat…
Grow Things You’d Want to Eat
This following is visual proof of two things. 1) The $1 Bin section at Target is a fun place 2) Anyone can grow Chives. If I can make something grow, so can you. It always feels silly to buy herbs at the store… They’re a little expensive, I rarely use a whole bunch anyways, and…
Playing in the Kitchen: Homemade Pizza Dough (On the Grill!)
Grilled Pizza. If I had a food truck, I’d definitely want to sell this. Cost of ingredients are fairly low, cooking time is reasonably short, and it tastes delicious! It reminds me a little bit of cooking Pizza in a brick oven. It’s cooked at a high heat for a short amount of time, and…
The 1-Handed Egg Crack
This is how to open an egg using one hand… leaving the other hand gook free. You can also use your other hand as a nifty egg-separator! Tip: The easiest way to separate an egg is with you hand: gently catch the yolk and let the whites fall between your fingers
Playing in the Kitchen: Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Look at me, I made a loaf of bread! After making the Macaroni Grill Bread, I decided I wanted to try again, with a difference recipe, and make more of an everyday bread. After scouring the Food Network and Martha Stewart websites (to no avail) I went to The Pioneer Woman. And found a recipe…
Playing in the Kitchen: Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
This recipe, from my grandma, makes wonderfully soft sugar cookies. Not just “not crunchy” or “chewy” but seriously SOFT. And delicious. What sets this recipe apart from your standard sugar cookie is the soured cream. No, not Sour Cream (save that for your enchiladas). These cookies call for Heavy Cream that has soured. Don’t worry,…
Playing In The Kitchen: Romano’s Macaroni Grill Bread
If you can’t grow ANYTHING, you should try growing rosemary. This herb needs very little attention, and grows like a weed. And then you can bake this bread! Ok, so the recipe I found in my Food Network Magazine called for dried rosemary, which I might have in my pantry (but if I do, it’s…
This Rocked My Pi World
I love math. I think it’s beautiful and interesting. It’s problem solving that leads to answers. And it’s so satisfying to reach a definite conclusion after working a single problem on an entire sheet of college ruled notebook paper. My math mind stops somewhere after beginners calculus (or as GW calls it “Calculus for Business…