To Arthur!

This week was the 250th birthday of Jordan’s favorite beer, Guinness. To celebrate this joyous occasion, I decided to bake Guinness Cupcakes. I had bookmarked Smitten Kitchen’s Irish Car Bomb cupcakes a few months ago and was just waiting for the perfect opportunity to make them. I used her recipe for the cake part and [...]

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Conversations with my mom, Part IV

Scene: 6:00 on Wednesday evening. Mom: Guess what. I got called for jury duty. And not just any jury duty, FEDERAL jury duty. I am so pissed off. Me: I bet you are. That sucks. Just be really argumentative and pissy and you can get out of it. Mom: When I filled out the form [...]

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Autumn

“And even when the trees have just surrendered To the harvest time Forfeiting their leaves in late September And sending us inside Still I notice You when change begins And I am braced for colder winds I will offer thanks for what has been and what’s to come You are autumn” -Nichole Nordeman

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Crockpot Lasagna

Jordan loves lasagna. Actually, he loves anything with red sauce. But I think making lasagna is such a pain in the butt. I hate having to deal with boiling the noodles. I stumbled upon the concept of making it in the crockpot when my mom gave me a copy of “Fix It And Forget It Cookbook”. [...]

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Taco Cups

I briefly mentioned them here. But I really think they deserve their own post. Of ALL the things I know how to cook, these are one of Jordan’s favorite. I adapted a recipe from All Recipes to make them vegetarian. You can find the original here and my variation below. I used up some leftover [...]

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AeroGarden Update

Well, it’s been three weeks since I got the AeroGarden and I wanted to post an update. Everything has sprouted and I can’t wait until they are large enough to start harvesting! Top row: Mint, Italian Basil, Dill, Cilantro Bottom row: Parsley, Purple Basil, Chives

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Brownie Muffins

Tonight at Kroger I went a little crazy stocking up on canned pumpkin to get ready for my fall baking season. I decided to use one of the cans to make one of our favorite low calorie desserts. The origin of this recipe is kind of a mystery. Going through my recipe binder, I found [...]

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Productive Saturday

Today has been one of those days where we just can’t stay out of the kitchen. In addition to the beans and cornbread I made earlier, Jordan and his friend Kent bottled the Oatmeal Stout that they had brewed a few weeks ago. Yes, we brew our own beer. For fun. Talk about overachievers. Snickerdoodles [...]

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Real. Simple.

Sometimes, the simplest things are the best things. I remember going to my grandmothers house when I was a child and she would put us to work sorting and cleaning pinto beans. We would all sit around the table and pick, sort, talk and laugh. She would cook the beans all day and now the [...]

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Date night

Every Friday night without fail, we go out on a date. Nothing fancy, usually an inexpensive dinner and maybe a movie or some shopping. Sometimes, we will skip dinner out and just make a nice meal here at home. Since I had some leftover heavy cream from the no bake cheesecakes, I decided to make [...]

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