This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Bonnie C.! Bonnie, I hope you love your Le Creuset French Oven as much as I do. Four years ago today, I posted for the first time to Bluebonnets & Brownies, this little blog o’ mine. I couldn’t know then the joy and knowledge it would …
If you follow me on any social media, you may have seen my very freaked out statuses a few weeks ago. My dad had a heart attack on a quiet Wednesday, and survived, despite the odds being 98% in the favor of him not doing so. Since that quiet Wednesday, I have been taking stock …
Lately I’ve become obsessed with Lasagna. Which is weird for me. Growing up, it was one of the few dishes that my nanny did not make well, so much so that it turned me off of it completely. I think it had something to do with the crunchy noodles where they got overcooked. Blech! Or …
Raise your hand if you love mangoes, but they’ve always intimidated you! Up until a few weeks ago, I would have raised my hand. Every time I’ve had mango in a restaurant, I’ve loved it to bits. But I always passed it over in the supermarket – a funny foreign ingredient that I’d never use …
It’s that time again, time for a Secret Recipe Club reveal! This month I was assigned Itzy’s Kitchen, written by Erica, mom to the most adorable baby girl, Kaylin, and an English Bulldog named Frank. My pal Maegan would be so in love with Frank! It didn’t take me long to settle on a recipe. …
Sometimes inspiration comes in the form of the desperate need not to waste food. Sure, I could throw those bananas in the freezer, but there they would languish, forgotten, until they become freezer burnt beyond all recognition. As I was baking up treats for the Great American Bake Sale I looked around my kitchen and …
You’re not tired of me talking about how much I love coffee, are you? Good. Because I’ve got a whole new obsession to tell you about, and a nice little giveaway too. Donut Shop coffee harkens back to the old doughnut shops of the 50’s and 60’s. Bold, strong, with exactly the right depth of …
This past Saturday, a few other bloggers and myself put on the central New Jersey chapter of the Share Our Strength Great American Bake Sale. What is the Great American Bake Sale, you ask? Well, it all starts with the fact that 1 in 5 children go hungry every day in America, one of the …
James and I are huge fans of brinner. This hybrid of breakfast and dinner, brinner typically means we’re having bacon and eggs or breakfast tacos around 8 p.m. One of the highlights of brinner for me is that typically it takes little to no effort to accomplish, and we’re always left feeling happy and full. …
Flash freezing is one of those things that, once you know how to do it, you’re going to do it with everything. And you’re probably going to want to go out and buy a bigger freezer. I know I did. Flash freezing might sound technical, but it is a really simple process. You can flash …