Five-Chocolate Muffins {And my photo backdrop trick!}

Five Chocolate Muffins Take II

Here is the story of the Five-Chocolate Muffins. Like the rest of the universe, I use the term muffin loosely, because you can see from the picture that some people [...]

Sunday Brunch Menu for Cougar’s Blessing

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A few weekends ago, our new baby Cougar was blessed at church. To attend the event and celebrate with us, my parents and Matt’s parents, as well as my grandma, [...]

Easy and Delicious Homemade Butter

It is whip cream before it will be butter

Sunday I was looking online for a buttermilk substitute for a recipe I was making. In the process of searching, I found this interesting link about how to make butter. [...]

Kid Fun: Bread Turtles

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This week is Spring Break here in Arkansas. We are enjoying a stay-cation. (Aka: no alarm clocks, pjs all day, etc.) I also have the goal of putting up Spring [...]

Frosting Tips & A Vanilla Butter Frosting Recipe

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Today I’m thinking about birthdays. About this time next year I’ll be celebrating the 1st birthday of my baby boy. Last summer, when I was battling serious pregnancy-sickness, I somehow [...]

Thanksgiving Menu & Recipes

Thanksgiving Menu And Recipes

Do you love turkey? I don’t, I just don’t. I do love Thanksgiving, because I love all that it represents and I love holidays in general (excuse to have extra [...]

Ritz Marshmallow Puff

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Because you probably won’t eat enough candy this week, I want to share one of our Favorite Treats Ever. I will have my seven-year old Allison show how easy and [...]

Fresh Homemade Lemonade

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Lemonade is one of my favorite tastes of summer! Funny how it doesn’t even sound remotely tantalizing to me in December, but come June, a cool glass to enjoy on [...]