It’s that time of year again – the air gets chilly, you pull out leggings, Uggs, decorate your house with leaves and eat/drink everything pumpkin. Or apple. It’s prime time crisp apple season, y’all! Growing up on the farm, picking fruit off trees and bushes was a daily task. If you saw blackberries growing along the side of the road as you were walking, you best be sure you were… Keep Reading
When was the last time you really indulged? I have had a hankering for the molasses cookies I used to eat on the farm, and decided to try a new recipe. I turned a childhood favorite into something you seriously might want me to make for your next birthday party (taking orders!), or you can attempt them yourself. The art of baking means – FROM SCRATCH. So no cheating and… Keep Reading
If you couldn’t tell by the name of my blog, I LOVE football. Sometimes I don’t always WRITE about it here because, well, the Steelers aren’t exactly playing in the Big Game this weekend….. But that doesn’t mean I am not SYKED for some football. And there are TONS of things going on around the city that can get you in the mood whether you particularly like football or not…. Keep Reading
This year I decided to go all suzie homemaker and SEND all my clients HOMEMADE baked Christmas cookies. Ahhh yeah, I know – you probably all got them by now. I hope. Before they mold or turn stale. Anyways, it seemed like a good idea. Until I realized I was gonna have to roll a LOT of effin dough! Like A. LOT. Christmas cookies are good in theory, but then… Keep Reading
Bringing you another guest blogger’s real-mom recipe. Check out Allison Cooper’s (founder of Project Motherhood) Finger Foods for Kids Parties – or Mini Pies for Mini Hands. Whenever I was growing up, I had absolutely NO interest in cooking! I couldn’t put together a meal, let alone follow a simple recipe. In fact, my contribution to family dinner was always making the salad, because that was right on my skill… Keep Reading
It’s kind of funny that I follow up my blog on minding your sugar with a sweet treat recipe – BUT if you look – it’s all NATURAL sugars 🙂 no added sugar at ALL! 🙂 Just an nice easy pie recipe. I think the best recipes always come from cleaning out your fridge. You have all these left over ingredients and don’t know what do to with them, but… Keep Reading
Well I put those apples to good use! I finally baked my first FROM SCRATCH apple pie. Carmel Apple Pie to be exact. And it was delicious. Mouthwatering. We were EXTREMELY fortunate to never lose power at our building – I was worried since we are right on the river, I expected flooding, no electric, no heat! Trapped in our home with the baby – but somehow Astoria was completely… Keep Reading
