As promised, I have a recipe for a holiday treat for all of you, and best of all, it’s no-bake! Just mixing, melting (which we now know how to do in the microwave), freezing, and eating! Good ingredients make for a good treat, for sure.Not only are these treats quick and easy to make, they
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I like the holiday season because I really like peppermint. Peppermint tea, peppermint sticks, why not some peppermint bark, too? Peppermint bark is great because it’s easy, relatively quick to make, and it makes a great addition to a party, stocking, or any meal (candy for breakfast is totally acceptable if you’re an adult). Speaking
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My friends and I have been doing a silly thing called Fancy Friday since freshman year of college. Basically, what it means is that we dress up really nicely and go somewhere to eat (usually a cafeteria or an otherwise casual restaurant). Around the holidays, when the group is smaller, sometimes we take the opportunity
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I should have known that, when I bought bananas, I would end up with at least three overripe ones that would be too sweet to eat. Sure enough, here I stand with three overripe bananas. What’s worse, I have no interest whatsoever in making banana bread. That’s like, the only thing you can make with
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I’m back! Yay!Things have been really hectic for me lately, so thanks for putting up with my weird schedule. Today, I’ve taken advantage of my free time and sad mood to bake stuff, because making always makes me feel better.SO! Right here, right now, I have this recipe for an amazingly moist cranberry orange cake,
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Today’s post is brought to you by a friend of mine, Ben Stutzman. Here’s a quick and healthy breakfast for a morning on the go or a morning at the gym. Enjoy!—-The apple muffin breakfast recipe. This is a great snack if you have a few minutes and need energy for sports, the gym, or
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I’m going to come out and admit it right now: I’ve never made baked potatoes or anything involving the big kinds of potatoes. Why? Because I’m dating an Idahoan, and the last thing I want to do is embarrass myself by screwing up his state’s main agricultural export. I’ve had several opportunities in the past,
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It’s that spooky time of year again where, for one night, you get to be whatever you want to be, and what better way to play pretend than with a group of friends at a Halloween party? I’ve got a party tonight, and, as a guest, I decided to bring a dish to pass. When
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Today, we have another guest post, courtesy of Lisa Schramm — my lovely mother. I’m glad she’s looking out for my mental health during midterm month, because I certainly don’t have the time to! 😛Anyway, she’s provided us with a nice little how-to on homemade pasta sauce (which, as someone who has made homemade pasta
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I’m in a goofy mood, and the squash recipe I want to make will take longer than I have, tonight. So, instead, I’m going to provide you with a strange little editorial about pumpkin spice. For some reason, people seem to be obsessed with pumpkin spice. There’s the normal pumpkin-spice latte that every white girl
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