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Key Lime Shortbread Cookies

March 19, 2012   Kristen   3 Comments
Children and adults alike will love the sweet tartness of these Spring-inspired cookies!

Hailing from Florida, I have a deep love of all things key lime!  Welcome Spring with these delicious shortbread and key lime frosted cookies!  Decorate with green sprinkles for the perfect puckery St. Patrick’s Day dessert or adorn with piped pastel flowers for a Springtime treat! Shortbread tends to be a crispy, crunchy kind of

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St. Patrick’s Day Treats

March 15, 2012   Kristen   6 Comments
Get the kiddies together to make these sweet cake pops, super simple recipes and fun to decorate!

It seems like everyone can find a little bit of Irish in their family pedigree to justify celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.  I am no exception!  My grandfather’s mother and father were both from Ireland (but their family line hailed from Scotland just a few generations before that).  Ironically, given the family history, my grandfather LOVED

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St. Patrick’s Day Straws & Leprechaun Fizz Drink

March 11, 2012   Kristen   4 Comments
Your kids will enjoy making these festive and silly St. Patrick's Day straws, make sure to have the camera handy!

This is an easy and fun craft idea for your family this St. Patrick’s Day!  The key to this craft is finding the right old fashioned style paper straws.  Luckily these can be ordered easily from Amazon, Etsy or SipSticks and they are inexpensive. One of the most beloved aspects of this Irish holiday, besides

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St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake Decorating Ideas

March 09, 2012   Kristen   No comments
These are perfectly simple cupcake toppers for your St. Patrick's Day party!

Four-Leaf Clover Fondant Cupcake Toppers: These cupcake toppers are super-doable even for the busy mom always on the go!  Get yourself to Michael’s and check out the Wilton cake decorating department.  There you’ll find already rolled out rolled-fondant in both green and white.  All you need is a circle-shaped cookie cutter (or even a cup

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Bailey’s Irish Cream Cupcakes

March 06, 2012   Kristen   2 Comments
Your guest will sure feel lucky when they bite into these moist and flavor-paked Bailey's Irsih cream cupcakes!

What better cupcake flavor to bake for your St. Patrick’s party than Bailey’s Irish Cream?!  Sure, this AIN’T for the kiddies, but what self-respecting adult would prefer a green-food-colored yellow cupcake over these?!  With the strong flavor of coffee and Bailey’s this is like an aperitif-dessert in cupcake form!  Top with some cute green flags

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French Macarons

February 07, 2012   Kristen   7 Comments
With sorbet and gelato-like colors, and surprise butter cream, ganache, jam or fresh fruit fillings, these creations are the perfect expressions of love!

I first became intrigued by these cute French pastries after seeing Sophia Coppola’s butter-cream-dream film, “Marie Antoinette.”  From the makeup to the costumes to the set designs, it seemed that every aspect of the film was influenced by these crunchy, melt-y, fluffy, filled-with-goodness treats!  All of the pastries, candies and desserts shown in the movie

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Valentine’s Chocolate Cupcakes

February 01, 2012   Kristen   5 Comments
These super-moist chocolate cupcakes with cherry cream cheese frosting will show the whole family how much you love them this Valentine's Day!

Take the old adage: “The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach!” and run with it this Valentine’s day!  Nothing says “I Love You” to your hubby like a fresh-baked treat.  Don’t worry, I’m not advocating that you slave in the kitchen making a from-scratch cupcake batter!  Hello, I am way too busy

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New Years Resolution Banana “Ice Cream”

January 05, 2012   Kristen   No comments
All you need are frozen sliced bananas and a blender to get the same delicious consistency as banana ice cream!

If you’re like most of the Western world, you’ve probably made a New Year’s resolution to loose some weight this year.  We all know eating ice cream is not the secret to losing weight, but this “ice cream” is an exception because there is no cream.  There is exactly one ingredient: bananas. This is the

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Don’t Become a Fat Vegan!

September 29, 2011   Kristen   6 Comments
Being a vegan can't be so hard when you can easily pick up some delishious doughnuts!

Today, it has officially been one week of me being a “Vegan Momma!”  I have only three weeks left in my 30-day vegan momma challenge and I’m feeling strong!  As I promised, I am posting an update on my progress so far.  I’ve lost 2 pounds and 4 ounces since starting and hope that I

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Back to School Pop Tart

August 24, 2011   Kristen   7 Comments
Turn a simple toaster pastry into an easy back to school themed dessert!

Use this decorating idea for a special back to school treat!  While I wouldn’t recommend this for a nutritious breakfast, it would make a fun dessert for the night before the first day of school or as the dessert (instead of cake) at a back to school party!  Have your little one help you decorate

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Berry Wrap

August 23, 2011   Kristen   6 Comments
Enjoy the anti-oxidant benefits of berries in a healthy new way!

It’s a wrap!  My typical breakfast in the past few months has been strawberries or apples dipped in almond butter—clean and healthy!  I found this recipe in a “Skippy” advertisement in a Costco magazine and it caught my eye.  I decided to give it a whirl, but with some modifications—most importantly without using Skippy I’ll

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Super-Easy Raspberry Sauce

August 18, 2011   Kristen   No comments
Use this simple-to-make-sauce to dress up a store-bought cake or drizzle over your ice cream!

I used to make my raspberry or blueberry sauce on the stove and carefully heat and stir the berries until they created the perfect consistency.  The old stove top version could take about 10-15 minutes, but it was worth it.  Now that I’m the mother of a toddler, I have to constantly be finding ways

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“Our Sweet Obsession” Cookies & Cream Cupcakes

July 13, 2011   Kristen   2 Comments
The girls from "Our Sweet Obsession" perfected this delish cookies & cream cupcake recipe!

When I was planning my sister-in-law’s baby shower I contemplated making this Cookies & Cream Cupcake recipe.  I made this test batch and they were devoured by myself, my DF and his coworkers but I ended up going with a more simple doctored chocolate cake recipe for the chocolate lovers at the actual event. But

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First Birthday Cake

July 12, 2011   Kristen   1 Comment
Make beautiful fruit-themed decorations on a store-bought cake for a super-easy and elegant 1st birthday cake idea!

I wanted to post, as I promised, what I ended up doing with the Best Candied Orange Recipe that I posted yesterday!  As I had mentioned, I was obsessed with these candied oranges, but before that, I was obsessed with Kysen’s 1st Birthday Cake!  It became so important to me that even now I have

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Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

July 03, 2011   Kristen   2 Comments
Straw-berry cupcakes forever! Perfect for the Summer!

This is a variation on my grandma Shirley’s strawberry cake recipe that I posted earlier!  I am a total cupcake enthusiast and I always opt for a cupcake over a cake any day!  They are more convenient (no slicing and serving), everyone gets enough frosting (my favorite part), and they are just cuter   But

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