Champagne – Long Distance Baking

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 New Year’s Eve at home. My go-to NYE dish is a Jalapeño Popper Dip, which is so good I’m not sure why I only  make it once a year?? But this champagne cocktail is … [Read more…]

Have I mentioned I’m sad the holidays are over? If not, you could come over and see my decorations still up. I have to take them down in phases or else I think I would go into some soft of post-Christmas-depression. To keep the holiday feel going, I remade a drink my family had at Christmas. This Pomegranate Raspberry Fizz both looks and tastes festive; we were drinking it all weekend! My mom is obsessed with pomegranates, so anything with them in the name she wants us to try. The … [Read more…]

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, trapping the cold air. It will be cold and in the 30s down here in the valley, while up in the mountains it will be 40 and sunny! It’s just not fair.Do you know what makes you warmer though? … [Read more…]