Food & Drink
Sugared Walnuts … The Recipe (and the memory) Lives On
My mother-in-law was a great cook.When my husband and I were dating in college, we’d often go to his parents’ house on Sundays for dinner — rich spaghetti sauce that had been simmering all day on the stove, chicken breasts baked in a buttery crust of Bisquick, a moist, decadent chocolate-chip Bundt cake straight from…
Read MoreOur Favorite Lemon Drop Martini Recipe
If you’ve been around here awhile, you know how I love a delicious, fancy cocktail … especially when they are as big as my head. I’m not a fan of straight martinis; I don’t actually like to taste the alcohol. Instead, I gravitate toward the sweet Kool-Aid varieties: Appletinis, Cosmopolitans, and Lemon Drops. Brian and…
Read MoreEasy and Delicious Toffee Recipe
You guys, this recipe makes the world’s BEST toffee! It’s a bold statement, I know, but I’ll stand behind it until my last breath. Which, honestly, will probably be due to overstuffing my face with this toffee. I make this toffee every year, and the best part, besides the fact that it’s the world’s best…
Read MoreTexas Sheet Cake: The story behind the cake
Guys. I know. It’s been AGES since I posted but here’s the thing: my daughter wanted to make a Texas sheet cake yesterday and when I went to Pinterest to look up the recipe my pin LED ME BACK TO MY BLOG. To the following post. A post from three years ago that — as…
Read MoreChicken Fiesta Bowl ~ EASY to make, EASIER to eat
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know I’ve been silent for the past month (or so) and haven’t really delivered on that whole “I’m motivated to write more!!” thing I was spouting about in my last post, but it’s summer, ya’ll, and as you can see, I’ve been busy. So what’s motivated me to turn away from…
Read MoreFriday Favorites: Avocado toast + me = TLA
No need to adjust your antennae, refresh your browser, or rush to the DMV to get your vision checked, you guys. You’re absolutely seeing this correctly. Post #2 in the same week. It’s practically like the first years of YMFT, isn’t it? You know, the years between 2012 and 2014 where I took the oversharing thing…
Read MoreSanta’s Little Helpers Vol. 5
♫ Have yourself a merry little Cosmo… ♫ It’s that time of year, my friends. Time to deck our halls, spread good cheers, and be filled with the Christmas spirits. Which means it’s also the time of year where I raid my liquor cabinet and wreck wrack my brain to bring you a few new cocktails…
Read MoreFriday Favorites: Shrimp, snacks, and a great way to waste time
Well hello Friday! It’s good to see you again! I don’t know how your week has gone, but mine has f*l*o*w*n by as quickly as the leaves are flying from the trees in my wooded backyard. Good for my week, sad for my trees. While this week brought a definite fall chill to my Minneapolis suburbia…
Read MorePictures or it didn’t happen
“Pictures or it didn’t happen.” It’s not just how much of America’s youth — which is how I now describe the under-40 set — lives life these days, but also pretty much become our motto around here over the past few years. I’m not kidding, I take pictures of everything. My food, my cats, my…
Read MoreCooking Videos: My kind of porn
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been an all-in kind of a girl.(That’s what he said.) What I mean is that I’m easily — too easily — consumed by things. All kinds of things. Things like television shows and brands of chips and buying sporty clothes that make me look like I work…
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