Attention, chocolate lovers!  You need to try these cookies!

I had some Heath Toffee Baking Bits left over from my Christmas baking, and was looking for a recipe to use them, and I found this one for Chocolate Toffee Rounds.  I made them this morning and they are super rich and decadent.  They might have even [...]

I haven’t gotten to cook much lately – mostly a combination of Funnel & I being on different work schedules, general busyness, and me being on a special diet that limits what I can eat.  Cooking makes me happy and when I don’t get to do it, I genuinely miss it.
This week, I got to cook [...]

I mentioned in my last post that Funnel suprised me with the Star Wars Cookie Cutter set from William Sonoma.  If that wasn’t  enough, he helped me decorate  a batch of  them last night.  He is a darling, sweet man and I love love love him.
Some pictures of my first go at Star Wars cookies (taken with our [...]

One of my favorite things about summertime is strawberries.    I have fond memories of picking strawberries with my mom and our kitchen smelling of strawberries in the summer as my mom made a big batch of homemade jam. I love strawberries in most any form – covered in chocolate, on shortcake, in a berry pie. 
A couple [...]

About a month ago, I was shopping for a wedding gift and the couple had registered at William Sonoma.  The second I set foot in the store, something strange happened to my heart: I fell in love. 
If I could time-travel back four years to the summer that Funnel and I were in the midst of [...]

I never got into cupcaking because I didn’t have a cute way to decorate them.  But then my mom, grandma and I went to an  Amish grocery store and I bought a little plastic decorating set for $4.99.  And I’m starting to feel adventurous. 

I am always on the lookout for a good dinner recipe that I can add to our rotation.  I try a lot of recipes, but there are very few that I like well enough to make a second time.  One that I found and really love is The Pioneer Woman’s White Chicken Enchiladas. SO good and not too [...]

For the past… I don’t know… 3 years, I have been on the hunt for the perfect chocolate chip cookie.  I’ve tried everything: the recipe on the back of the Toll House Chocolate Chip bag, my trusty Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, all my favorite cooking blogs.  And I finally found one to be my [...]

Lately, I have felt really burdened to learn how to live on less.  Not just because of the economy,  but I’ve never liked wasting money on things when there is something comparable that is cheaper, or on things that are “wants” instead of “needs”.   I’ve also felt that the Lord is really putting the less-fortunate on [...]

The last dessert I made for the Progressive Dinner: Martha Stewart’s Parisian Macaroons.  I made them pink with a strawberry cream inside and it took me three tries (and my entire bag of expensive almond flour) to get them right!  I’m sure this was the Lord’s way of showing me I’ve been far too cocky about my culinary skills [...]