At least once a month my apartment fills with the delicious aroma of sautéed onions and garlic. You can bet that one of those aroma-filled days is a sauce-making day. It’s become a monthly tradition to make a giant pot of marinara to last for the upcoming few weeks. Freeze, thaw and create. The marinara [...]
So I love Pinterest. Did I ever mention that? I have a ton of boards, but one that’s always growing is my dessert board. So many naughty decadent things on there that I will probably never make.
I present to you the most naughty-looking desserts that I’ve got pinned [...]
I’m currently in love with a local creamery — Picket Fence Creamery.
Although their website is in comic sans *hisssssssssssss*, their ice cream is beyond amazing. But you have to know how to eat it.
That sounds silly. But hear me out. It’s really hard and kind of icy if it’s completely [...]
My friend Meredith recently made a trip to Iowa from Texas for work and we went out for dinner with a couple of our other girlfriends and hopped over to Borders.
There we found two of the most amazing books. Ever.
Because regular Pirates aren’t that popular anymore.
WARNING: making a gingerbread house may sound like fun. IT IS NOT.
My beau somehow talked me into making a gingerbread house with him — although, he still claims it was MY idea. We spent the better part of last Sunday making this monstrosity from baking to assembling, to frosting.
Did I mention he’s an [...]
I love making homemade pizza, but not as much as my beau does. In fact, he loves it so much, I have to let him have full reign because he likes everything done a CERTAIN WAY. Apparently it doesn’t taste as good if the sausages aren’t in a certain formation.
So I sat back as [...]
Nothing like a good breakfast to end your weekend. I created a fluffy omelet with ham, pepper jack, mushrooms, onions and spinach. Sooo good!
Fluffy Omelet
3 eggs, separated
1 T milk
salt and pepper to taste
1 T oil or butter
toppings of choice — I [...]
Wow! It’s been a while since I’ve done a Humpday Blog Love post.
This week’s Humpday Blog Love goes to one of my favorite local ladies: Kristin from Iowa Girl Eats.
Kristin has been on a fabulous vacation in Italy for the last several days (I’m so jealous!), but she is [...]
Oh boy.
In case you didn’t know, I hate the fair. It is absolutely NOT super-magical. Honestly, if I didn’t have to go for work, I wouldn’t go. And I really should play state fair bingo when I do go (after my shift) because it would make the day so much more exciting.
Regardless: it’s [...]
And I wouldn’t really classify this as cooking either.
Mark’s busy with work this week, so I’ve been whipping up my own concoctions that I would say are just about as awesome as his.
Beet and Feta Salad with Prosciutto …
Pickled beets meet goat cheese and the salty crispy yummyness that is prosciutto.
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