Recipe Box
Sneak Peek of My COOL WHIP Photo Shoot
The beginning of January brought a fun new adventure and my first trip to New York City. I was fortunate enough to share this experience with a few amazing gals (Shelly from MomFiles, Jenny from Picky Palate and Ana from SpanglishBaby). The trip was for a photo shoot with the famous Martin Schoeller who has photographed everyone from the [...]
2Feb2012 | Emily | 4 comments | Continued
Homemade Valentine’s Day Mints
I had a vision of mints the other day. Cute, mini, glittery, heart mints for Valentine’s Day. They are soo much better than those conversation hearts. First you need a teeny tiny heart cookie cutter (I used this mini heart fondant cutter) or you could use a mini heart mold. I believe using a mold [...]
27Jan2012 | Emily | 15 comments | Continued
Meal Plan Week #3
I’m a little late coming up with my meal plan this week, so I am doing all of my planning and grocery shopping today (usually I do it on Sunday). On Monday we had one of our go-to meals, eggs and hashbrowns. These week, unknowingly, I have come up with a reoccurring theme for meals: comfort food. [...]
24Jan2012 | Emily | 4 comments | Continued
Valentine’s Day Frosting-Filled Sandwich Cookies #CreativeCrescents
Trying to think of something new to make with Crescent rolls is hard. There are your traditional pot pies and covered casseroles… and everything under the sun can be wrapped in crescents. I tried to come up with something that would be a quick, decadent Valentine’s Day treat and boy are these little sandwich cookies sure [...]
23Jan2012 | Emily | 2 comments | Continued
Meal Plan Week #2
After Meal Plan Week #1 I’m starting to get the hang of this meal planning. I haven’t started planning meals according to grocery sales yet, but that is my next step. I’ve found that I already save so much money going to the grocery store with a definite list and not picking up random snacks [...]
15Jan2012 | Emily | 2 comments | Continued
Asian Salad with “Crunchies”
Dare I say this will be the best salad you’ve ever tasted? This Asian Salad (or Chinese Noodle Salad) is hands down my favorite salad. When my husband and I were dating, my Mother-In-Law began making it for every big meal and I’ve been hooked ever since. We often like to add chicken to make it [...]
11Jan2012 | Emily | 5 comments | Continued
Meal Plan Week #1
In an effort to organize my life and eliminate unnecessary stress, I’ve decided to meal plan. Usually I would wing it when it came to meals, which often led to sky-high grocery bills, fresh produce and money going in the garbage and unhealthy processed meals. I love to cook and try new things as you can tell [...]
8Jan2012 | Emily | 4 comments | Continued
Mini Queso Burgers on Pretzel Buns
New Years is coming up and I wanted to share this appetizer that would be a perfect mini bite for entertaining. These cute little burgers with all of that cheesy goodness and a little spice kick can be dressed up to your liking. I was supposed to share the classic Queso Burger with you, but [...]
28Dec2011 | Emily | 4 comments | Continued
Candy Cane Joe-Joe Ice Cream Cake
I like Trader Joes immensely, but I can sure do some damage there. I recently picked up a box of Candy Cane Joe-Joes, which are basically Oreos with candy canes mixed in with the frosting. They only come out right before Christmas, so if you need your fix you better stock up! I’m glad I had [...]
16Dec2011 | Emily | 8 comments | Continued
Cheesy Ham and Potato Soup
Here’s a question for you. How do you involve your family in deciding what’s for dinner? Do you? I’m kind of the queen bee over here in the kitchen and I don’t normally involve my boys in the dinner making decisions unless I don’t have anything planned. If I try out a new recipe and they [...]
1Dec2011 | Emily | 1 comment | Continued
