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200th Post! Homemade Snickers Bars

Oh yeah, we’ve hit the big time here.  That’s right, this is my 200th post on this blog.  200 entries of deliciousness, tastiness, snarkiness and about 1,322.57 other -nesses that need not be named.  I had to prepare something special for this momentous occasion.  I decided to make something that covered all the bases: included [...]

Strawberries are just little red mountains

I have been to the mountaintop. No, really.  I just got back this weekend from a cruise to Alaska and I really did stand on top of a mountain.  Not a very tall mountain, mind you, and it’s not like I was climbing up it, huffing and puffing with my faithful sherpa, Hodgkiss, a few [...]

Move Over Wonka

Oompa Loompa doopity doo; I’ve got a little lesson for you. Oompa Loompa doopity dee; Reading this post will make you hungry. What do you get when you put in the mix a bit of sugar and a whole lot of nibs? Make your own chocolate in one little batch. What do you think of [...]

We don’t need no stinkin’ restaurant…

…for dessert. I’m not feeling super impressed with restaurants lately, I have to admit.  Some restaurants never disappoint me, like Beezy’s in Ypsi or Mahek in Ann Arbor.  But then there are other restaurants, mostly chains, who shall remain nameless, where I leave disappointed and annoyed at having dropped $25 on a crappy dinner for [...]

Kebabled

It’s a rare day in Michigan.  82 degrees, sunny, beautiful.  Not a raindrop, not a snowflake in sight.  Did you hear that? Sunshine.  Warm weather. Keep a snapshot of this day in your mind; it may never happen again. So I decided to celebrate in proper form.  With food on a stick. The first thing [...]

Friday Foodie Finds: the Brownie Edition

The weather in Michigan has once again turned against me.  Rain, 40 degrees, cloudy.  Spring is definitely here.  It’s enough to make a girl reach for a giant stack of chocolate.  It’s a good thing for me that I have entire shelf in my pantry devoted to chocolate.  Really, I do.  Milk chocolate, semisweet, dark [...]

It’s Peanut Butter Cookie Time! Peanut Butter Cookie Time!

Sometimes, I get the urge.  The urge to merge wet and dry ingredients.  The urge to stir. One of the reasons I cook so much is because I get easily bored and then I have to find something to do.  I have books to read, movies to watch, house to clean, dog to keep from [...]

If you give a Lauren a marshmallow, she’s gonna want a s’more

M is for the many yums you gave me. A is for the appetite you sate. R is for the reason I go camping. S is for the satisfying taste. H is for the holidays that wouldn’t be the same. M is for the merry times we share. A is for the awesome mix of [...]

the Great Recipe Experiment: #6-Chocolate Thumbprints

You know what you shouldn’t do when baking something, especially for the first time?  Read the line in the recipe that says to place the cookie dough on “buttered or cooking parchment- lined 12- by 15-inch baking sheets” and think, “Well, I hate to butter a pan, I’ll use baking spray instead.” This is really [...]

the Great Recipe Experiment: #4-peanut butter cups

I don’t know what to tell you about this particular experiment except for two things: I don’t know why I didn’t think of doing this a long time ago Because of this experiment, I found and bought and now have 100 reeeeeeally tiny cupcake wrappers.  Like, “Honey I Shrunk the Cupcake Liners.”  And, like all [...]