I’ve had cake on the brain. Seriously my brain has been piecing this cake together for weeks now. I knew I wanted multiple layers, then I wanted coconut…what goes with coconut? Chocolate! That’s right I didn’t want a simple vanilla cake or a darling little cupcake. I wanted a swirly chocolate coconut cake, with coconut…
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Fruit & Yogurt Push-Pops
Do you remember those Flintstone push-ups? “Ahhh-yaba-daba-daba-do…Flintstone’s Push-Ups that’s what’s cool!” I loved those things. Whenever I would hear the chimes of the ice cream truck I would jump up & down begging my parents for a dollar. I would then bolt out the door and wave the truck down. It was always an internal…
Dirty, Dirty Chai Latte
I go through phases when it comes to coffee. I have had a caramel macchiato phase, an americano phase, a blonde brew phase and now I have cycled into a new phase. The dirty, dirty chai phase. I think I have found a new love. Let me be more specific: my new favorite drink is…
Mini Dutch Pancakes with Cherries & Almond Ricotta Mousse
I know it has been a long time since I have been here to share with you. I never had any intention of letting so much time go by, but life has been busy. Also I was having some major computer issues. My wonderful 4-year-old MacBook, which I loved with all my heart had begun…
Moroccan Chicken with Lemon, Olives & Prunes
Last week I ran, hiked and was doped into taking a class at the gym that I though was core and stretching. Instead we did 1,234,244 squats, I won’t even mention the side planks. Evil, pure evil. I walked hobbled crawled out of that studio and dragged myself to the car. My legs almost too…
Austin Part Deux (Tulsa or Bust)
Day two of our trip we wanted to explore Austin a little. After grabbing some breakfast in the lobby we headed over to the Austin Zoo. I have been to a few zoos but this little zoo has to be one of my favorites. It’s not a city zoo it’s a non-profit animal rescue and sanctuary….
Austin or Bust
Where have you been? Ok it’s more like where have I been? Most recently I was in Austin on a mini-holiday vaca. “Mini-holiday vaca” is not really a term I use but it makes our pre-anniversary 8 hour road-trip to Austin in a Ford F-250 sound more fru-fru. Just humor me. On the trip down to…
Invisible Force Field
Dogs do funny things that make little sense, but at least they’re entertaining. This is Girlie, our sweet chocolate lab. When she wants in she looks through the window and does one single bark. To the right is the door that we usually let her in through, but it was an unusually warm day,…
Wild Rice and Quinoa Salad with Mushrooms, Cranberries and Pecans
It was the middle of winter and the alerts of a tornado watch popped up on my phone. I looked out the window and saw a curtain of rain pouring down. We needed the rain, but I could have done without the tornado watch. It was 5:00 pm and I needed to start thinking…
Homemade Granola
A new year has begun, and there’s nothing like starting it off with a cold. I spent New Year’s Eve like a party animal with a box of tissues, a tube of Carmax, and some Advil decongestant. It was a wild, wild night; I was asleep by midnight. In the days before New Year’s Eve, between…