2013 March 15

So one of the highlights of our Philly trip was me experiencing the Peach-Butter Pecan Pie Milkshake that Franklin’s Fountain made. I knew I had to try and recreate it. And yes they really do serve it with a whole piece of pie on top…not to mention the pie in the actually milkshake as well. Pure genius. Evil genius, but genius nonetheless! It’s not exactly peak peach season right now and I never like to make things exactly how I had them anyway…. so I switched the peach out for apple because I love me some apple pie. And instead of butter pecan I added caramel to it because caramel makes everything better…well it doesn’t make clean up better. Now I made the ice cream and I made the pie for this. As I mentioned on FB I have been wanting to bake/cook big time just haven’t had the time. This weekend is my first time where I didn’t have anything! Don’t you just love those weekends? I don’t get them often so I am relishing that big time. While it might seem like … [Read more...]

Everything but….

Happy Friday all...just a quick post (with recipe!) to tell you that the random chosen winner of the Harry and David Gift Basket was Stephanie who wrote: "I’m going to have to go with probably the most common answer – Cadbury creme eggs. Oh and Reese’s eggs." She has already been notified and I give a heartfelt congrats to her. If you didn't win you never know what will be given away next on here so you could always have a chance. :) This isn't a peanut butter cup recipe but it does have peanut butter in it and it's a great throw together weeknight meal. You can use any pasta shape you want but penne was all I had at the time. If you are vegetarian you can easily leave out the chicken. … [Read more...]