Hi everyone! I’m Jo-Anna, from the blog A Pretty Life in the Suburbs, and I’m so excited to be here as Mariel’s Food Contributor! I can’t wait to share my love of all things food with you, and I hope you will find some inspiration for your kitchen! My love for my family starts in my…
Don’t act surprised. I eat healthy, sometimes. No, really. I love my daily work-out. I love a good salad, fresh fruit, and eating a balanced diet. But, I’ve never been the kind to add spinach to a smoothie, buy all organic, make veggie pancakes, or…turn down a cookie. So when my sweet neighbors brought over…
It’s been a while since I shared one of the recipes that my picky eater / fabulous son has made. Due to Caden’s incredible distaste for nearly all things food, I gave him the assignment to start working on a cookbook. I’ll randomly help him find and make new recipes to add to his collection. …
I don’t crave peanut butter that often, but the other day, it happened. And, Peanut Butter and Chocolate Puddle Cups were born…do you want some? They’re awfully cute and tasty. First, make your peanut butter cookie dough. It’s the same cookie dough that I use to make my favorite peanut butter cookies. Mix 1…
Hello – I’m Leigh Anne and I blog over at Your Homebased Mom. I love to share my journey of finding the pretty and delicious in life. I am excited to be a guest poster today. I think my favorite holiday next to Christmas has to be Valentine’s Day. I love the opportunity to express…
I’m supposed to be on a diet, so why did I made these cookies? I’m such a poo-head. Dang-it. I’ve eaten nearly all of them too…they’re yummy and too cute to resist. Cute cookies get me every time. To make these, you need: flour, cocoa powder, salt, UNsalted butter, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, chopped pecans,…
So, I’ve tried a few whoopie pies in my life, sometimes known as “homemade oreos”. But, this recipe is my favorite, by far! No yucky-mucky shortening is used in it and no funky-monkey aftertaste from who knows what. These are way good! But, I can’t take credit. They’re probably good because they’ve been put through…
It’s actually pretty rare that I want anything with peanut butter. Yikes, I could hear all of those *gasps* from here! I know, I know. Really, the only peanut butter I crave is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Blizzards from Dairy Queen and peanut butter cookies. And, how I loooove these p.b. cookies! Likely, you already…
I’ve seen this recipe a few different places across the web and decided I would finally give it a whirl. I must say, I’m pretty glad I did! I love that the cookie base has lots of graham cracker in it…giving a more authentic S’mores taste. I also opted to use Symphony Bars rather than…
I keep seeing these darling “pedestals” all over the place. I thought to myself, “Self, I can make that!” So that’s what I did today. I went to Pier One and bought some super cute plates (on sale, no less) found candlestick holders on clearance at Michael’s and some “Goop” glue. That’s all you need…