Saturday, June 18, 2011

Orange and Cream Cupcakes

Unfortunately I won’t be in the kitchen baking anything this weekend. I sprained a muscle in my foot last night and can’t walk at all today. I really wish I had a cool story about how it happened but I was actually just cooking dinner. I know, lame.

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Sunday, June 12, 2011

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

It has been waaaaaay too hot here lately to turn on my oven. My apartment stays at 80 even with the AC on, which is why I decided to make these no bake bars.

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Whole Wheat Pancakes

Last weekend my husband wanted something sweet for breakfast and requested pancakes. It’s a rare occasion that my husband craves anything sweet for breakfast, so I jumped at the chance to make them.

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

I did it. I finally did it.  I found the best vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe. Ever.

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Sunday, May 8, 2011

White Cake

Although today is Mother’s Day, I actually made this cake for my dad. My dad’s birthday was this past Thursday and I had my family over to celebrate.

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

A Sewing Project…

I’ve been busy at work this past week so I didn’t have much time for baking. We’re trying to hire a new person and I have been spending a lot of time reading resumes and doing phone interviews. I thought with the job market the way it is we would be receiving a ton of outstanding resumes. However, with resumes from emails like “playa4eva”, “sexykitten857″, and all the misuses of “their”, “there”, and “they’re”, it’s been a lot harder than I thought.  The emails REALLY bug me. I mean seriously people, you’re applying for a job in the medical field, not a strip club–GET A PROFESSIONAL EMAIL!

Moving on, my husband and I will be road tripping it to Florida next week to watch his brother’s college baseball games. I have been wanting a camera bag to take with us when we travel but, unfortunately, I have expensive taste and Ryan won’t let buy the $250 bag I want.   So, I scoured the internet for a cheap alternative and was so excited when I found the pattern for this camera bag insert. It’s a padded rectangle holder with moveable velcro dividers that fits inside an existing purse!

Purse on the outside….

Camera bag on the inside!

Yes, I know it involves sewing but it’s super easy and even I was able to make it with my extremely limited sewing skills. It also allows for a bit more flexibility since you can change up which purse to put it in. The insert is big enough for my DSLR camera and 2 lenses–I LOVE it!!!

And, if you’re not the sewing type I’ve seen some inserts for sale on Etsy.

Well you probably won’t hear from me until after Easter so I hope you all have a very blessed Easter!

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Peppery Carrot and Potato Bread

I haven’t made bread in several months and it decided it was time to switch out our normal wheat bread for something different. This loaf is made in a bread machine so it comes together without much effort at all–perfect for the lazy baker in all of us.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Spiced Pecan Pumpkin Muffins & Cookies

 

For Christmas, my husband and I received a can of Spiced Pecan Pumpkin Pancake Mix from Williams-Sonoma. I only used the mix once to make pancakes, and while I thought they tasted fairly good, my husband didn’t like them. As you already know, I have issues with just throwing things away, so I decided to use the mix to make muffins and cookies.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Frosting Cookies

These cookies were the result of a mistake.

I made some blondies the other day and thought they need a little something extra. So, I whipped up a batch of vegan buttercream to top them. That was the mistake.

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Peanut Butter Cake

I just finished the second course in the Wilton cake decorating series. For my final cake I decided to make a peanut butter cake. I really just made the recipe up as I went along and wasn’t expecting it to turn out.

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