Everyone loves Krispy Treats and, as far as sweet treats go, they aren’t the worst thing you could eat. Depending on the size, one of these is about 150 calories. That’s not too bad. Fun sized candies are about 80 calories each, and these are at least a little more substantial. You can even get… [read more]
Creepy Candy Apples
I love Halloween. I always go all out. This month, I’m blogging my menu from last year: Dark and Light Creepy Candy Apples Pumpkin Krispy Treats Jack-o-Lantern Vegetable Tray Bat Cheesy Egg Rolls Pumpkin Ravioli Creepy Sugar Cookies Snake Calzone It’s really hard to come up with healthy and savory items for Halloween, but I… [read more]
Dual Tone Spooky Cakes: Quick Halloween Idea
I used to make rainbow cupcakes when I was a kid, similar to these. We would get bowls of cake mix and dye them colors and make a big mess, but they’d turn out cute anyway. I was reminded of this the other day when I surfing the web and saw a black and orange… [read more]
Broken Sugar Glass and Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes
One of my guilty pleasures is Martha Stewart’s living. I don’t think I’ve ever done one of her arts and crafts or even made a recipe straight out of there, but I love to look at it anyway. Her Halloween edition has always been one of my faves. This year, I saw her broken glass… [read more]
Thanksgiving Done Healthy: Apricot Brussels Sprouts
I’ve talked about Brussels sprouts before. I bring them up again, because they are something we have at Thanksgiving, even though they’re normally the slimy fish head ones and nobody really eats them. It reminds me of my Thanksgiving as a kid. I was, surprise, a picky eater. We went to my aunt’s house for… [read more]
Halloween Costumes: The Same but Much Less Awesome
This costume is from the 1950s. I’m not that old. But, most of my costumes where this type. I work a Halloween event year that requires me to judge a kid’s costume contests. Last night, as I was saying to kids, “I was [character] when I was younger” I suddenly realized that kid’s costumes haven’t… [read more]
When Recipes Attack: Potluck Carmel Apples
Everyone who cooks knows that sometimes things go wrong in the kitchen. Sometimes, we can figure out why. “Oh yeah, I did leave out the salt.” Sometimes, the recipe we follow is at fault. I find mistakes in lots of online recipes. Sometimes we don’t know what happened. I always try to salvage cooking mistakes,… [read more]
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls: Fall Faves
I try to eat well and avoid too many carb filled and sugary foods, but those are required baking around this time of the year. With the holidays season coming up it’s hard to avoid unhealthy things. At least if you do the baking yourself, from scratch, you’re less likely to eat too much (that’s… [read more]
It’s Pi Day, Pi Day, Gotta get down on Pi Day
Happy Pi Day. I thought I’d share my dinner. I made a pizza pi. It’s a little brown for most people, but I’m an odd one who likes pizza that way. Here’s the raw deal. When I was a kid, a friend of mine and I tried to memorize pi to as many digits as… [read more]
Fit For a King: King Cakes for Two (or three)
Traditional King Cake isn’t really cake. It tastes more like a cinnamon roll that got in a paintball fight. It’s delicious, but the problem with a traditional King Cake is that it feeds about 24 people. I think some bakeries in New Orleans and places that really celebrate Fat Tuesday in style make smaller ones,… [read more]