C – I finally made a good zucchini bread! Finally!? You might remember my zucchini sheet cake. It tasted great. But, it was made from a mistake. It was intended to be a brownie. I don’t do well with making baked goods out of zucchini. I always forget to do … Continue reading →

C – I couldn’t write about one brother and leave the other one out. This one is for you, older brother. Thank goodness I only have two siblings. I don’t think I could handle dedicating a whole week of posts to more siblings. My big brother and I had great … Continue reading →

C – This was Jim’s recipe, but he didn’t like it … as much as I did. When Jim suggested we do grilled peaches for a dessert, I didn’t like it. We already did a grilled peach recipe didn’t we? He said, “No. We did a grilled nectarine recipe and … Continue reading →

C – Sometimes, Jim really wonders what goes through my mind … when I make something like banana coconut nutella cigars on a Thursday afternoon. Good question. Answer, I am crazy. Just kidding. It’s more like I’m being practical. We had a couple of bags of really cheap, well-ripened bananas. … Continue reading →

C – Wow! That was fast! I didn’t expect this recipe would be done so quickly. I finished in under 15 minutes. That includes prep and baking. I am a happy person. It’s even faster than making instant pudding from the box. Although, this recipe isn’t quite what I am … Continue reading →

C – I hate being criticized, unfairly … … especially when it comes to my homemade ice cream. I was excited to make my boyfriend homemade ice cream. He was buying this awful stuff that had so many ingredients I couldn’t even pronounce. He always got big stomachaches. Of course, … Continue reading →

C – These hack-a-thon guys are hard workers. They also seem to be having a lot of fun working. It’s the last hour and there are still a lot of people here. To give them a pick-me-up, I wanted to make sure they were caffeinated. My boyfriend requested I make … Continue reading →

C – These brownies may have saved my butt … I was supposed to start serving ice cream first thing at the Hack-a-thon. It didn’t happen. Note to self: Transporting ice cream chilled by 10 pounds of dry ice results in hard-as-a-rock ice cream. So, I needed it to thaw … Continue reading →

C – I was in the middle of the bake-a-thon … Two cookies down. Lots more to go. Hour three was going well. There was no stopping me … Well, there was one thing. I actually had to work. A two-hour client meeting that I needed to be in. Yikes! … Continue reading →