Things I love about baking at my parent’s house: KitchenAid mixer!!! Giant butcher block island. Double oven. Always having every ingredient I can possibly think of. Surround sound kitchen speakers and XM radio. Things I don’t love: I can never, ever, find anything. Once my sister and I left for college Mom and Dad moved […]
This is the final installment of my Ireland trip. Click here for Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 for a recap! Day 9: Naiomi and I got up early on Day 9 and headed to Dublin. We dropped off our car at the airport and checked into our hotel around 11:30. We stayed at […]
Happy Belated Valentine’s Day! If I had planned better, I would have made this recipe prior to Valentine’s Day so you could have made and enjoyed them too… Sorry! Good thing Nutella can be enjoyed year round! As in, good thing you never need a reason to eat Nutella because it can and should be […]
Sophomore year Mrs. Ehresman’s English class, I was randomly paired with a girl named Katie to write a “get to know your neighbor” type poem. That day we both happened to be wearing orange shirts so naturally our poem began with “we’re both wearing orange shirts.” (I know, we clearly have a knack for poetry…) We […]
This is the final installment of my Ireland trip. Click here for Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 for a recap! Day 9: Naiomi and I got up early on Day 9 and headed to Dublin. We dropped off our car at the airport and checked into our hotel around 11:30. We stayed at […]
My mother is a firm believer that every woman needs to know how to make homemade pie crust, that it is a necessary skill for life. Problem was, she didn’t have a good recipe! Not that the pie crusts were ever bad, they just weren’t that perfect flaky crust everyone craves. Lucky for us, the mom […]
When I was in middle school there was a locally owned coffee shop across the street, Plantation Coffee, that we used to go to all the time, especially when my grandparents would pick us up. They had the best blueberry scones! In fact, I have yet to find a scone that was that good. Over […]
Confession: I have a huge sweet tooth (shocker, I know). Mostly for chocolate. I rarely ever crave candy or other sweets…but I think on a weekly basis I say something along the lines of “OMG I need chocolate!” While I have been known to bake brownies at midnight or eat a mug cake for two […]
This post is sponsored by Stirrings. I have received sample products for writing this post. All content and opinions are mine. How is it possible the year is almost over?! I swear every year goes faster than the last. With a whirlwind Christmas trip from New York to California I’m looking forward to a quiet and relaxing […]
Remember last week I confessed my love of cheesy carbs? It’s a real thing. Case in point: two cheesy snacks back to back. Cheeze-its. Goldfish. Cheddar Bunnies. I love them all. They’re the kind of snacks someone will have to physically take out of my hands before I eat the whole bag in one sitting. […]
Guys…I’m cold. I know it’s not as cold here as that whole “Polar Vortex” thing back East I keep hearing about, but…I’m still cold. And I don’t remember the last time I saw the sun. Boise is in a valley and keeps getting these inversion things. It’s basically just low lying clouds…that stay for weeks, […]
Nothing beats the smell of banana bread baking in the oven. It is the epitome of comfort, home and family. I absolutely love it! I’ve been on a banana kick lately as evident of my banana scone fiasco. As my sister asked, “who makes banana scones??” Seriously, who makes banana scones? In my mind I […]
In my quest to find the best chocolate chip cookie recipe (read about it here!), my cousin and I experimented with these. Because what is better than a classic chocolate chip cookie? A classic chocolate chip cookie with miniature Reese’s! My cousin and I have always experimented in the kitchen. We even started our own […]
Pop quiz time: which two states grow the most garbanzo beans (aka chickpeas)? Answer: Idaho and Washington. The Palouse region, to be specific. Which, fun fact, is where I grew up! When Mom gave me a bag of dried garbanzo beans grown in my hometown of Colfax, I knew I needed to make something delicious […]
