I love these make ahead breakfast rolls for Mother’s Day brunch. This recipe has been handed down a few generations; not by my family but a close friend’s family. I think of myself as a daughter by proxy. I serve these cinnamon rolls on most holiday mornings. It’s a family favorite and tradition. The fact it [Read more…]
No bake desserts make an easy bite size treat
no bake desserts No bake desserts make an easy bite size treat. It never fails, the night before school your precious child tells you he has to bring 24 treats for the class. I am always in my pajamas and I never have eggs or butter when my precious child reminds me he forgot to tell me. No bake cookies make [Read more…]
Rugby Cupcakes for the scrum and the hooker!
rugby cupcakes We are in the middle of high school rugby and I am the team parent. I decided it would be fun to make rugby cupcakes for the scrum and the hooker (and the other teammates). And, no you didn’t read that incorrectly. One of the key positions in rugby is the hooker. I [Read more…]
Carrot Cake Fail … just a day in my kitchen
~Carrot Cake Fail~ Today I am keeping it real and sharing my carrot cake fail. Occasionally I bake a blog worthy dessert with perfect photos and tutorial. This Red Velvet Snowball cake I shared during the holidays was what I consider a blog worthy dessert! And, baking a dessert that is equal in taste and presentation lures me [Read more…]
Hardboiled eggs make the perfect snack
~65 calories & 6 grams of protein~ Today I am sharing eggs. I recently discovered hardboiled eggs make the perfect snack. A few years ago an egg was considered a treat; scrambled, a little cheese and bacon! A treat because in the last decade we were warned about the negative attributes of the egg: cholesterol. And, then I [Read more…]
Best Grass and Turf Icing Recipe for Spring, Easter and Sports
~grass and turf icing recipe~ Hi all~ I am on quest to find the best grass and turf icing recipe! Clarification: Let me put the word “grass” in quotes because in Colorado, “grass” has an entirely different meaning! I have been on a quest to find the best “grass” and turf icing. I have made batches of icing in my attempts to create blades of grass [Read more…]
Last Minute Nibbles for your next party
~last minute nibbles~ Today I am sharing last minute nibbles for your next party. But first a moment for the word “nibbles.” We have a neighbor who is British and when I first heard her use the word “nibbles” to describe appetizers I was in love with the British vocabulary. And, just to prove the stereotypes about Americans [Read more…]
Tortellini Skillet Dish is my go to dinner for a crowd of teens!
~ tortellini skillet dish feeds a crowd ~ Today I am sharing an easy, low effort tortellini skillet dish. Just add your favorite meat and/or veggies to add protein and volume to this low maintenance dinner. This tortellini skillet dish is perfect dinner for a crowd of teens! I made this dish on the fly because my son’s friends [Read more…]
Protein Packed Breakfast in Minutes
~avocado, toast and a hard boiled egg ~ Today I am sharing my protein packed breakfast. It’s my new favorite and I eat it almost every day. I find the fewer decisions I have to make the more likely I am to stick to a cleaner diet. It’s that simple. If you had told me a [Read more…]
Mini Cornbreads
mini cornbreads means mini carbs Today I am sharing my newest obsession: Nordicware baking molds. I bought this for myself for Christmas and had to open it days before so I could use it to make mini cakes for my annual mother/daughter ornament exchange. I had so much fun, but knew making single serving cakes [Read more…]
Cranberry Brie Bites Appetizer
~bite size cranberry brie appetizer~ This Cranberry Brie Bites recipe is awesome! The biggest surprise is I actually made these bite size appetizers after finding them in an issue of Midwest Living. I don’t subscribe to the magazine, nor live in the Midwest, so I believe destiny brought us together! This is the perfect appetizer because it only has [Read more…]
Football Cupcakes
50 cupcakes for the 50th Super Bowl! One of my boys is attending a super bowl party to cheer on the Broncos on Sunday. I offered to host a party, but apparently if you hosted the Broncos for a previous super bowl and they lost your house is “bad mojo.” So I am sending my Bronco fan [Read more…]
Sugared Cranberries
~the sweet~tart cranberries are perfect for Valentine’s Day~ I am so excited to share these sugared cranberries. They are easier to prepare than I expected and my entire family loved the sweet/tart combination. I had these at a “mom’s holiday brunch” last year and I have been looking for an easy recipe since then. They [Read more…]