Stay with Me…Please…

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January is coming and that means a lot of you will flee my site. I’ve already seen a big drop off. The holidays are closing down and everyone will pledge to lose weight and get in the best shape of your life in 2013 and you can’t do that by eating pastries and goodies. You must say goodbye to carbs, go Paleo, take supplements, strap yourself to the treadmill, never eat anything you like again. Clearly that is the way to go and clearly you can’t make anything on my site and eat it and lose weight right? Guess again. The first photo is of me at my highest weight. I lost weight on Weight Watchers a few years back and then gained a lot (not all of it back) thanks to Prednisone and this year have been slowly losing what I gained back. But this time at a MUCH slower rate. I have given up nothing. Not a thing. What I have done is eat less of it. I also kind of follow the 90/10 rule as in most of what I eat during the day (90%) is what the world would consider “healthy” food and … [Read more...]

The Best of 2012….

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2012 is coming to a close. It’s been a rather odd year…though technically it was an even year. :P Getting engaged was definitely the highlight of the year for me though there were many other good things. And there was a lot of good food…right here on this blog in fact. :) So here is a quick review of my favorites of 2012 one from each month…just in case you forgot about them. :D Finding something for January was really hard...because I made some super yummy stuff. Seriously go look at that month everything from Bacon-Maple Monkey Bread to Snickerdoodle Hot Chocolate and of course these Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Russian Cream Cheese Frosting. Deep Fried Cinnamon Roll Cadbury Cream Egg Brulee Nutella Chocolate Chip Cake Glazed Donut Strawberry Shortcake Butterfinger Cream Cheese Banana Muffin Giant Butterscotch Buns Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream Pumpkin-Salted Caramel Swirl Cheesecake Apple Cider Caramel Glazed Pound … [Read more...]

Trouble with the Curve…

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I watched Trouble with the Curve on Christmas night while snuggled up eating Chinese food (which was surprisingly a little too hard to find a place that was open)and of course all that ran through my head was the part in Christmas Story where they sing farararara-rararara. :D I liked the movie though the part with Clint Eastwood going blind makes me nervous and worry about my parents getting older. The part we will concentrate on though is how his lawyer daughter while good at her job realized baseball is what was in her blood. I often watch shows like Triple D or other restaurant shows where they interview the owner and often they had a change of career. And more often than not it’s because their parents owned a restaurant when they were growing up. I learned about 10 years ago that while I enjoyed teaching in some aspects (the kids and inspiring part) it was really cooking/baking that I wanted to do with my life. I knew I didn’t really want to own a restaurant though tons of … [Read more...]

Spike up your Holidays…

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So we are down to the wire. For me Christmas is tomorrow night. So tonight is our Christmas Eve. One thing I have started to go to is hot chocolate in a crock pot. No hot chocolate is not hard to make but it’s nice to have it being kept warm in the crock pot all day and just being available when the cocoa mood strikes…and this time of year it strikes often. Just set out a few types of hot chocolate and keep some frozen whipped cream circles in the freezer and you are good to go. I was sent Holiday Slow Cooker: A Year of Hassle-Free Celebrations and while it’s not a Christmas book (it’s holidays throughout the year) I did go searching for Christmas type recipes. Found a Bailey’s cocoa recipe and decided to make it with Peppermint Schnapps since I am a peppermint cocoa kind of gal. Of course the booze is added later and so the cocoa is for everyone. And you can add just about any booze you want…and depending on what relatives show you might be drinking a lot and I mean A … [Read more...]

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