This year for Father’s Day I decided to do gift buckets; actually, I was going to do baskets, but my sister thought buckets would be more useful for dads. Saturday my sister and I fixed 3 buckets, for 3 Dads. I made cupcakes Friday that I decided were going in the buckets. For some reason…

Woohoo! I am a new member of The Foodie BlogRoll. I have always been too scared to tell friends or family about my blog, but Marc tells everyone and usually embarrasses me in the process. I figured I need get over it and what better way to get more creative with my cooking and get…

I bought some Buttered Waffle Cookies from Trader Joe’s the other day. I was going to just break up pieces of waffle cookie into a bowl then put ice cream on top them, but this is so much cooler looking. My husband did in the end break up the pieces of cookie and making more…

Tonight was a girls’ night. AHHHH finally! I didn’t have to cook, didn’t have think about what to cook, or worry about what we are going to eat if I didn’t cook. The girls and I met up at a martini “lounge” down the street from the house. Wednesdays they have half priced martinis and…

mmmm….. I love strawberry delight. I was supposed to be starting my strict workout regiment today, but I decided to make Strawberry Delight instead. See the problem is I loathe the gym. I live within walking distance of my gym, but on such a pretty day who wants to be in the gym? Yuck not…

I found a recipe for these brownies on Baking Bites that used peppermint Oreo type cookies. I am not quite that brave yet, but I think it would be a great brownie around Christmas time. However, I do love some Oreos; my little substitution on the cookie factor. I had never made brownies from scratch,…