Tiramisu. Oh, I’ve made it before. I’ve made it more than once. It is simple, easy and delicious. Tiramisu is a piece of cake when you use store-bought lady fingers, a cream mixture of store-bought mascarpone cheese and sugar, and brewed coffee. This challenge uses nothing store-bought. This challenge is so much more than store-bought. [...]
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 Print This PostThere are times in my life, for reasons unknown, that I just crave something. There isn’t always a good or rational reason for the craving. It just happens. Last weekend I was craving cake donuts. I was really craving blueberry cake donuts from Lone Star Bakery in Round Rock, Texas. But seeing as how I [...] By CarrieZ |
Print This PostThis past weekend we went to Boerne, Texas to attend the wedding of a good friend from our days at Baylor Law. The wedding was beautiful and we had such an incredible time with friends. I was more sore after a night of dancing in some hot 2 1/2 inch heels than I was after [...] By CarrieZ |
Print This PostAfter my last simple oatmeal cookie recipe, I felt this was a great contrast. This cookie has a little bit of everything: whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, peanut butter, molasses, chocolate chips, pecans, toffee bits and coconut. These cookies are not for wimps! They are delicious and full of goodies. I found the recipe on [...] By CarrieZ |
Print This PostThis past few days I have been hearing a lot about Mardi Gras. I have seen many blog posts featuring Mardi Gras recipes like King Cake and Gumbo. The recipe websites that I frequent like allrecipes, epicurious and myrecipes also have little sections devoted to this day and time of year. Why not jump on [...] By CarrieZ |
Print This PostThis past weekend Ben and I went to Angel Fire, New Mexico and spent all day Saturday skiing. That’s right. I skied for the first time in 10 years. And get this, I did not fall, even once. Maybe that is because I played it safe and stayed on greens and easy blues. I was pretty proud [...] By CarrieZ |
Print This PostThis salad was a big hit at the Superbowl party I brought it to last weekend. It is technically a salad, but a lot of us ate it like a dip with tortilla chips instead. I ate mine over a little mound of crushed chips. The chips add a nice crunch and saltiness. The flavors in this [...] By CarrieZ |
Print This PostOur good friends Tim and Jackie had us over for the Saints v. Colts game Sunday night. There was so much food! The spread included black bean chili, queso, chips & salsa, veggies, layered Tex Mex salad, hot wings, and cookies. This is one of the main reasons I love the Superbowl. I brought the yummy layered salad and [...] By CarrieZ |
Print This PostThere are so many reasons to love lasagna. It can be simple or fancy. By CarrieZ |
Print This PostThis is the recipe I used to make the bird cookies for my sister’s baby shower that I was unable to attend. See here and here for the nitty gritty details of that debacle. I have been making decorated sugar cut-out cookies since college when I took a cookie decorating class at Central Market in [...] |
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