Culinary Concoctions by Peabody

The Secret Life of….

May 22, 2013 by Peabody · 19 Comments

I met Jessie years ago when she invited me to her birthday party that they were having at a local cupcake shop. I had already loved her Cakespy blog and we had communicated via email and what not but meeting her in person was the best. If ever there was a more happy person (for real not the fake happy crap) and a more genuine person it is Jessie. When MDP and I went out to Philly she just happened to be living there at the time. She met up with us for lunch one day while we were there. After she left (she gave me great recommendations before my trip on where to eat and every place was spot on delish!) MDP turned to me and said that’s the type of person you hope succeeds in life. And indeed I do! To help her succeed I went down to see her while she was here in Seattle. You know I love someone when I drive at the peak of traffic into town and then have to parallel park. :) She was decked out in head to toe turquoise…right down to her turquoise cowboy boots! And me I was wearing my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: baked goods, cupcakes, Fun Food · Tagged With: Better than Sex, Cakespy, Cookbook, cupcakes, Giveaway

Choppin Broccoli….

May 21, 2013 by Peabody · 11 Comments

MDP was gone last week to training in Oregon. It's the longest we had ever been apart and I must say absence makes the heart grow fonder…at least for us. We were texting and call each other like teenagers. I took that week as an opportunity to get things done since sitting around missing him wasn't accomplishing much. So I cleaned out the pantry. It's a nice pantry (though I'm not really into the sunflowers they have in there but whatever). It was kind of a mess and I was surprised how much expired food was in there sadly even stuff that expired before we moved so I moved over expired food. Go me. In doing so I had to drag everything out only to realize I have a baking chip problem. :) 17 bags of just chocolate chips is totally normal right? I bought myself flowers because I had never seen coral colored peonies other than in a catalog before and well they are my favorite flower. Was eating some granola and was reading the label....ummm? Cats? Yeah, I know it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BACON!!!, salad, Savory · Tagged With: Broccoli, Salad

Everything but the…

May 14, 2013 by Peabody · 24 Comments

First off if you are not loving this Ben and Jerry’s week I’m not sure we can be friends. :) Second if you haven’t seen what the others are doing you are missing out big time. I’m so making Shelly’s What a Cluster Bars for the hockey team and Kristan’s Cherry Garcia Cake is a thing of beauty (I almost wouldn’t want to cut into it…almost). So when I got to pick my flavors I knew Phish Food obviously but didn’t know what I would do with that (clearly I figured that out) but my other flavor of Everything But The… I knew right away I wanted to do a layer cake. Here’s my random thoughts on today’s concoction: 1. I always like the idea of a layer cake until I am actually having to make the layer cake. I only remember this while in the middle of making the cake. I think this is what my friends are talking about when they see a baby and want one. :) 2. This cake became a religious experience for me as I am not sure I have ever prayed to God so much in a small … [Read more...]