May 2012
6 posts
our: weekly menu
we’re getting back to it, folks. cooking at home. saving money. and eating right. the boy likes to get caught up in fad diets. those aren’t really my favorite. i like food too much for all that paleo-i’m only allowed to eat sticks-diet nonsense. but, i’m totally down for making healthy choices and tasty dishes.
on sunday, we went through a few of our favorite...
her: bourbon banana bread business
tonight. we bake with booze.
dear bourbon spiked banana bread with chocolate chips & walnuts,
you rock my world.
love, jenn
that joy the baker really knows how to make something amazing even better. if you don’t have her cookbook yet, do yourself a favor and pick it up. super cute stories, delicious recipes and fab photos.
recipe source: joy the baker cookbook: 100 simple...
her: lemon & poppy seed mini cupcakes
the little one turned 14 this weekend. 14. it blows my mind how grown up he is. makes me sad & happy all at the same time. he’s one of my most favorite people in the whole wide world. so when he asked for lemon & poppy seed cupcakes for his birthday… duh, i made it happen.
ps. what kid asks for lemon & poppy seed cake for their birthday? this kid does. oh, franco.
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His: Portuguese Mac'N'Cheese
I have many restaurant ideas in this noggin of mine and one of them is a Mac’N’Cheesery. I’d pretty much just serve all kinds of mac’n’cheese…and I’d make them sort of fancy. People love a good mac’n’cheese because it’s one of those comfort foods that’s great all year ‘round.
This is one of those mac’n’cheese...
her: vanilla bean cupcakes
i just love these. that’s all.
i love the uncomplicated, fluffy, moist, bouncy vanilla cake.
i love the little flecks of vanilla bean that make everything just a tad bit sophisticated.
i love the bright, beautiful vanilla buttercream.
i love the little heart sprinkles.
i love the classic vanilla/vanilla combo.
love.
recipe source: my baking addiction
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her: salted chocolate chip cookies
this batch of cookies. is my new favorite thing. in the whole wide world.
i didn’t use the cocoa nibs that the recipe calls for… not because i didn’t want to use them, but because my trader joe’s only had cocoa nibs that were covered in dark chocolate. which seems like a good idea, but with all the flavors in this cookie already, i didn’t want to add another...
