For as lazy my last weekend was, this one was 3 times as busy.  Between my friend’s bridal shower (and preparing for the bridal shower) and another friend’s going away party the same day, I never got to sit down on Saturday, after staying up late on Friday night.  Everything was a lot of fun, but all day Sunday I just wanted to bond with my couch and cuddle my cats. Remember how I’m a terrible impulse shopper.  While I was buying a million pounds of sprinkles, I also just had to buy an ice pop mold.  I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but I had to have it.  After I finished inhaling my coconut curry Theo chocolate bar (Giving some away here!), I...

First off, if you missed Wednesday’s post, be sure to go back and enter to win some seriously delicious chocolate!  We’re quickly approaching the time of year when I get too lazy/hot to cook.  Okay, maybe there are times year round when I’m too lazy to cook, but when it gets warm I can’t be bothered to do much of anything.  Enter the slow cooker.  I’m sure everyone is aware of the amazing powers of the slow cooker, so I won’t try to sell you on it.  Just throw everything in and come back later for a tasty dinner. I find it hard to define a #1 favorite food, so I’ll just say that tacos are always in the top three.  One of my mantras is “Always say yes to...

I hope everyone had a safe long weekend, especially now that we’re coming into summer.  My weekend was extra long and extra happy – mostly because when I got home from work on Thursday I had a package waiting for me!  Getting something other than bills in the mail is incredibly exciting.  Getting a box of chocolate in the mail is extra exciting.  The good people over at Theo Chocolate  sent me an assortment to try out and one lucky blog reader will get some of their own in this week’s giveaway! I took a tour of their factory last summer (excuse the quality of the photo, this was taken on a cell phone) and fell in love with their chocolate.  You get to see the whole process and sample...

The first long weekend of the summer season is upon us!  I took today off to make my weekend a little extra long.  One of the best things about summer? Corn on the cob.  I love to eat it boiled, grilled, oven roasted, pretty much any way I can get it.  It’s been raining like crazy, so grilled was out of the question.  Humidity = enormous hair, so I didn’t want to boil a bit pot of water while it was already raining.  I decided oven roasting was my best bet.  Once I had the corn in the oven, I had to figure out what I wanted to do with it. After I made couscous last week, it’s been all I want to make for dinner.  It just cooks so...

If you put lemon in something, I immediately want to eat it.  It’s a character flaw, and I’m working on it. Just kidding, I would never ever try to remove anything lemon from my life.  Lemon bars, lemon pies, lemon cookies – I love them all.  In fact, I keep a large stash of lemons in my kitchen so I’m never deprived of those sour beauties. Speaking of character flaws, I’m the worst kind of impulse buyer.  I try my best to never go into stores alone, but unfortunately, last week I went into a craft store alone and somehow ended up in the baking section.  After so much debate and rationalization, I bought a huge tub of sprinkles, among other things.  Once I got home, I took one look...

Growing up, I was always excited for brunches because it meant my mom would make “egg stuff”.  I didn’t know it at the time (okay, or until about a year ago) that this stuff had a name, strata.  It’s layers of cheesy, eggy goodness, day old bread and my mom even covered it all in butter.  I’ve made it a couple times, but I’m always striving to make it a little healthier. Eggs are something I don’t buy often.  I use them very infrequently and it’s hard for me to use a full dozen before they go bad.  They’re easy enough to swap out of most recipes, so I don’t miss them unless I’m craving actual eggs.  A woman I work with (hi, Tina!) surprised me with some eggs from...