Oatmeal

Still waiting for my new Camera charger. Son number one is a picky eater. He chews his food then sprays bits in all directions. Supposedly this is a stage some children experience. I have done...

Almost French Toast

This morning a strange urge for french toast struck me. The idea of bread soaked in egg then fried and smothered in syrup seemed palatable, but then I remembered the smell and the fantasy was all...

Recently I have been feeling some of my long lost of energy returning. This oddly coincided with the first birthday of my youngest. He is more active than ever and quite the handful or should I say...

Delicious Halloween Cookies!

Recently I had the opportunity to review some delicious cookies sent to me by SmileyCookies.com. The sugary sweet Jack-O-Lantern themed cookies came cutely packaged in a smiley face box and are...

Winner!!

Sorry for the delay. And the winner of the Hello Kitty Kitchen Giveawy is #477: Charlie P.!! Congrats I"ve sent you an e-mail please respond with your mailing address so I can it out to you asap!

Best Bar

I discovered this soap eight years ago and still have not found a better bar. For me the smell is such a comfort and the lather amazing. I cant say why I stopped using this soap, I guess it was...

Hello Kitty Kitchen Set Giveaway!!!

Want the cutest kitchen on the block? Theres nobody better to help you with that than Miss Hello Kitty! My family finally moved into our first house this week!! Ive been busy as a bee cleaning,...

Lazy Me

This month I have been preparing to move. My kitchen and house have been in such a disarray which has caused my blog, my life, my focus to suffer. You would think I was all work ORGANIZING,...

Summer Sprinkle Collection

I have always had an issue with the cost of getting a respectable sprinkle correction started. Dont get me wrong I love to decorate my cakes and cupcakes with sprinkles. I will even buy cute...

Hello Kitty!!!!!!

I will admit I am a bit of a lazy when it comes to entering giveaways ,but I had to do this one. I love Hello Kitty and all things pink and cute. To enter go to lipglossloveaffair.com...

Coffee Cake

A Classic Coffee Cake recipeAfter thinking about the cake my mom made for my grandmother, I had to make one for myself. Last week I made a fantastic Red Velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, but...

Crafty Milk Can

I have news! We are moving to a new Apartment! The husband wants to be closer to his job. This means time to clean out the closets! My biggest motivation is the reality that the new apartment will...

Book time

Ribbon makes a cute and practical bookmark! With all the non-stop fun of being a mother of an 11 month old, I decided to add one more activity to my list. Reading A Novel. I realized it had been...

Perfect Place for Pins

This is a great way to keep pins and Brooches safe and in a convenient place. When it comes to Brooches I just love them. I think they are the best accessory to class up an outfit. I wear mine...

Home Grown

Last Wednesday I visited my mom and her garden. Here are a few pictures from my visit. Typically almonds are not consumed until the hulls are remove then place in the sun to harden - at least thats...

Shaved ice with Berries

 After picking berries in the summer heat I needed a cool treat. This is a simple summer dessert that will cool you down fast. The concept is simple shaved ice and Sweetened Condensed milk, then...

Henna Party

Saturday night I invited some friends over to my house for a last minute henna party. A friend brought the henna and I provided the snacks and dinner. She made the henna herself from a powder,...

Good morning White Chocolate Soy Mocha!Out of curiosity, I picked up a box of Coffee flavored soy milk . I am not a fan of soy so I had low expectations ,but I was pleasantly surprised! In this...

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Creme Coconut

German Chocolate cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese frosting The coconut cream cheese frosting was an experiment. I added some sweetened coconut creme to my cream cheese frosting recipe and used a...

Strawberry Lychee Smoothie

Today after my work-out I was starving! I wanted to make some pasta, but I looked at my scale ( I recently moved my bathroom scale to the kitchen) and lost the urge for carbs. Then my attention...

Success at the Market

My Husband took over the food shopping some time back. He looked at it as one of his responsibilities as a provider to bring household necessity. I appreciated it greatly since I had an aversion to...

Hibiscus Tea

Hibiscus Tea with Strawberry for cuteness I have seen flor de Jamaica (Hibiscus) all my life in taco shops and Mexican markets, but never gave much attention to it. Years latter I was on a diet of...

My First Mothers Day

How do best friends know when you need them the most? I have wondered this periodically when my closest friend swoops in, with face masks, moisturizers and Jelly sweets that save the day. My stress...

Falafel Fun

Falafel is a very basic recipe. I have seen some recipes that have an extensive list of ingredients, that in my opinion makes no matter in the end. Lets face it cumin, garlic and coriander are all...

Stuck on Strawberry

I have been all about strawberry and chocolate for the last two months. These are a few of my most recent baking projects. The cakes above are white cake with strawberry frosting and chocolate cake...

Korean "Sushi" Kimbap

Kimbap can have just about anything in it. For my rolls I used what I had on hand. I was a bit surprised I could put this together. So many times when preparing food from different culture it takes...

Heaven for Hands

Last Thursday a few of us got together and made body cream. This idea had been floating around since my good friend Annie whipped up a batch with a friend months back. I will admit I thought it...

Mega Cupcake!!!

I have just purchased one of the coolest cake molds on Earth! I used my basic White cake recipe from a previous post ( "Let them Eat Cake"). I added lemon zest in the batter and made a filling from...