Chocolate. Peanut Butter. Pretzel. Cookies. You read that right. Salty pretzels with sweet chocolate and creamy peanut butter. All jammed into a cookie together with their friend oatmeal. I struggled coming up with a name because there are so many good ingredients in these bad boys! But I figured “Oatmeal-Chocolate-Chip-Peanut-Butter-Pretzel-Cookies” sounded like a bit of […]

My last meal before I die: a thick Oreo milkshake, tri-tip and biscuits. I know, I have quite the sophisticated palate 😉 I’m one of those people who is always craving something. It’s usually some sort of dessert, red meat or a carb happy item such as cinnamon rolls, scones or, you guessed it, biscuits. […]

I have taken a little 2 week hiatus from baking (sorry for slacking Steph!) so this weekend I decided to do nothing but bake! Well and sleep, read, workout, go to church, watch the Oscars, take two naps… ok so I didn’t spend the whole weekend baking but I did try some new recipes including […]

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 […]

Everyone has those family friends who are like your second set of parents or grandparents. My early childhood has memories of making seashell necklaces, going on extreme scavenger hunts and getting chocolate kisses from the older neighbors across the street. We never lived close to my grandparents growing up, so our neighbors Laurie and Wally […]

I know, I know. I’m wayyyy behind on the popsicle bandwagon. I tried making some rum and coke popsicles last summer and had such high hopes! Until they didn’t set up (note to self…don’t try making popsicles so strong you can get drunk off them…) and they just tasted…blah. I’m not sure if I didn’t have the […]

We were very excited and honored when Liz from Floating Kitchen nominated us for a Liebster Award! A Liebster Award is passed from one blogger to another, typically those who are “newer” bloggers, and it is a way for us to get to know each other and for our readers to get to know us. It’s […]

Every year for one week, my family and I rent a beach house in Aptos, California. The first time I went to this house, I was just over a year and some of my favorite childhood memories are from the beach house. It’s this massive house that sleeps like 30 of us and has this […]

It’s December 8th. The Reed Wedding is on May 16th. Today I decided that I really needed to increase my wedding cake practice. Because I’m obviously running out of time… Today I went Christmas shopping. However, I did not buy any gifts. Instead, I bought cake decorating supplies for myself. I promise I’m not a […]

Some say I’m a picky eater (don’t listen to them…I’m infinitely better than I was as a child). However one thing I’m still picky about: Bananas. They have one little bruise? Done. Start turning slightly brown? Nope. I just can’t do it! I also can’t bear to throw them away, so I end up with […]

New Year’s 2012 I was visiting Stephanie in Boise where she introduced me to Huckleberry Wine… I finally fell in love with wine. When Stephanie was visiting Matt this past summer in the Grove, she brought me a bottle of Huckleberry Wine. She actually bought two: we drank one and I kept one. Since this […]

The past month my roommate and I have been taking a cake decorating class (more on that later…), meaning we each have to make a cake and frosting every week for this 8 week class. Meaning we have TWO cakes sitting in our house at all times. While we’ve been giving a lot of it away, […]

Guyyyssss. I’m confused on my seasons. Yes, I L.O.V.E. Fall. Clearly, it’s been all pumpkin everything over here lately. Yet now, I’m bringing you pesto. I don’t know about where you guys live, but we’ve been having a gorgeous fall here in Boise! I just roasted my peppers, I made more crockpot tomato sauce with the last […]

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 […]