Ever since I started this whole dairy-less deal Ive found myself wrestling with a few problems, the largest one being the absence of butter. Ive found that for many things there are a few d...
Its funny just how much you dont appreciate your free time until you dont have any. I feel like Ive never been as busy in my whole life as I have been these past sixteen weeks. Now that Ive turned in...
Ive been writing a research paper for what honestly feels like a month, although I know it cant possible have been that long. Its my last big project of the semester and its sucking up all my sanity&...
Although it may not seem like it, the truth is Ive been baking and cooking as much as ever lately. Of course Ive also been running, studying, gardening and playing in the sun so the evidence has sort...
Pin ItToday was a marvelous 79 degrees and its only March! God help us all when summer comes around but for now Im enjoying these warmer days. The weather was so beautiful today that I didnt rea...
Im pretty sure that before this week I never truly understood the terms "spring break" or "midterm exam". Id heard them thrown around a lot before but until I started college, the mea...
Hello very inconvenient and random dairy allergy! Happy Anna Howard Shaw day to you! Whats that? Why am I not the grumpiest person alive when I find myself having to cut out dairy for the t...
I am becoming absolutely, ridiculously, crammed full of food knowledge. And Im not just talking about school. No, this is a self induced condition, and for some reason I just cant help myself.It...
Alright. Hold your breath. Were doing this. Ive got my weapon and my body armor. Were wandering blind into the world of Gluten Free.Gluten Free baking is terrifying. It has a thousand ...
~ no expensive textbooks were harmed in the making of this photo~Hello Blogosphere it is I, your dear old friend/freshly minted culinary student/Kermit the frog!Things have been a bit congested on my...
What the what?! Some crazy lady has given me a blog award!The lovely Heather over at Sunday Morning Banana Pancakes lost her mind and decided to nominate me for a Leibster Blog Award! Thanks Heather!...
Am I the only one having trouble starting forward motion on my new years resolutions? I dont really know where to begin. Ive got some ideas but it just seems like January flopped down at such a...
Dear Santa,I just wanted to write a letter and thank you for all the wonderful presents you brought.I really enjoyed the all the belly laughs, peanut brittle, and of course the college books and ...
Ive gotten really into smores lately. I know its totally the time of year to focus on things like buche de noel and gingerbread houses buuuuut heres the thing. They are soo much work. Okay fine....
This is a story of cookie tins, biscotti and how santa can suck it. Lets start with the cookie tin part.You know whats a wonderfully old timey, awesomely retro thing to do this time of year? Mai...
Hello my lovelies! My peeps! My Kittehs!So... remember when I was all "Im gonna do Christmas HARDCORE!"? Well... its almost December and Ive been cooking up step one. And guess what, it total...
Dear Thanksgiving,I wish we could be better friends. I know that youre all about friendship, family and bounty, but I work retail. Right now all you are to me are those fleeting hours of sleep I get ...
I find myself getting a wrestling urge, and to tell you the truth Ive got my eye set on someone in particular. Change. Right now Change is being a total ho and Id like nothing bet...
Last Monday I came upon a realization. A decision. A fork in my road. I realized that if I really wanted to do the things I dreamed of doing, I was going to have to make a change. Struggle a little b...
How to make vanilla extractStep one, get the idea while browsing on Pinterest (in the middle of the night) head straight to the container store website and order the exact same cute little bott...
Hello my babies! How was your Halloween? Was it deliciously skantastic, or did you stay at home and greet trick or treaters? Guess which option I chose(heres a hint, I dressed as a Tardis.).Okay...
I made a meat loaf! Successfully!And it was delicious!Its li ke bread, only its a salty dinner meat thing!Whatever, I know you know what meat loaf is. Im just excited.When I saw this re...
Ive been in kind of a funk lately, not the serious kind, just a sort of "Dear Life, I hate your face. Sincerely -Me" type of funk. This feeling comes around every now and then (usually after&...
I am an embarrassing older sister. When I discovered this recipe for cupcakes with faces on Xiaolus page, I totally bookmarked it with absolutely permanent  ;plans to make them for my brother...
Is it a tacky internet faux pas to have multiple sappy posts in a row? Yes? Well... ugh... Ill be fast!Today (October the 5th) is my blogaversay! My blogirthday! The Full Woman (previously Vanil...
Once upon a time there was a wild little girl named Ashley Elise.She had long curly hair, tall strong legs, and skin the color of sunshine.She did not like rules or dresses or keeping still, and if s...
Its mid September, nearly autumn, and while most people are busy choking back sobs as they pack away their flip flops, I personally (strange girl, maverick) am readying myself for my all t...
Vanilla Ice cream with a hint of rum and loaded with fudge covered rum and malt ballsI was ten in 98 but dont judge me. Theres a 90% chance that the night the Schweddy Balls/Delicious Dish sketc...
The savory world is being mean to me. Im trying to stay true to my word backflip into the healthy, salty, green and leafy but I havent quite got it down.I miss my comfort zone, I miss baking and I NE...
For the third straight day it is deliciously cold dark and rainy and I am drinking it in. Im getting nights of that goood rain sleep, Ive gone on splishy splashy morning runs in my flowered swim...
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