I would
love
a lolly
from...
Or
maybe a
Honey Nougat
This
Ireland
based
Confectionery
is screaming
my name.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Swedish Style
I think
I have
found a
name
to my
particular
style...
Swedish Style.
And
I found
a blog
full of
Swedish Style!
It's so
lovely.
Posted 1 Year Ago: "Napkin Rings"
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Gingered Sour Cream Muffins
There are
so many
wonderful
reasons
to live
in the
Flathead
Valley
during the
summer.
One
of those
reasons
is the
Flathead
Cherries!
These
sour cream
muffins
have a
cherry
on top!
Gingered Sour Cream Muffins
Adapted from Coconut & Lime
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup sour cream
1 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, at room temperature
2 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, at room temperature
whole cherries with stems attached
1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, ginger, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, mix together oil, sour cream, milk, egg and vanilla until blended. Add the dry ingredients. Mix the batter thoroughly.
4. Fill each well about 3/4 of the way.
5. Top each with a cherry. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove to rack and allow to cool before serving.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Perfume Party
What
a fun
idea
this is!
At this
bridal shower
they made
their own
customized
perfume.
Via: Green Wedding Shoes
Monday, July 26, 2010
Brown Sugar & Walnut Pound Cake
This
was a
first
for me!
The first
time
for
making
pound cake!
(But for looks
I made it
in a
Bunt
cake pan)
Brown Sugar & Walnut Pound Cake
Adapted from Martha Stewart
1 tbsp. coarse salt
4 sticks softened unsalted butter, plus more for pans
2 cups packed dark-brown sugar
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
9 large, room-temperature eggs
2 cups toasted, chopped walnuts
1 cup powder sugar
2 tbsp heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter Bunt cake pan.
2. Combine flour and 1 tablespoon salt in a bowl.
3. Cream 4 sticks butter and dark-brown sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
4. Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated. Fold walnuts into finished batter.
5. Divide batter between pans. Tap on counter to distribute; smooth tops.
6. Bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.
7. For icing, combine the powder sugar, cream and vanilla on the stove top on medium heat and stir until drizzly. Drizzle over the top.
8. Serve cake with icing and whipped cream.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Strawberry Mojito
My thoughts
exactly.
Via: Dear Colleen
You could
also
make a...
Strawberry Mojito!
Which
I enjoyed
on our
camping trip
last night.
Strawberry Mojito
4 strawberries, sliced
juice from 1/2 lemon
1 ounce white rum
1 ounce simple syrup
club soda
1. Mash the strawberries in the bottom of the cup along with the juice from 1/2 a lemon.
2. Add ice to the top of the cup.
3. Pour the rum and simple syrup over the ice.
4. Add a splash of club soda and stir.
5. Enjoy.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
He is still Growing!
Our
keeps
getting
bigger and
bigger.
Micah,
Silas,
and I
are going
camping
this weekend!
Summer
is so
beautiful
here.
On a
side note
having
Silas
in our
yard
really
keeps the
deer
away!
Thus
my flowers
are growing
so well.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Grilled Pepper Bruchetta
One
of my
guilty
pleasures
is to
watch
the
Food
Network.
I could
watch the
cooking
shows
for hours!
I saw
this
recipe
last
summer...
and I
have been
waiting
that long
to make it.
It was
worth
the
wait!
Grilled Pepper Bruchetta
Adapted from Bobby Flay
3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/3 cup fresh basil leaves
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
12 (1/2-inch) thick slices French baguette
12 ounces Gorgonzola, at room temperature
2 red bell peppers, grilled, peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
2 yellow bell peppers, grilled, peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
1. Heat the grill to high.
2. Combine the oil, basil and salt and pepper in a blender and blend for 5 minutes. Strain the oil into a bowl.
3. Butter the bread on one side. Grill the bread on both sides until lightly golden brown.
4. Remove from the grill and spread some of the blue cheese on 1 side of each slice, top with some of the peppers and drizzle with a little of the basil oil.
Posted 1 Year Ago: "Eggplant Parmesan"
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Summit-ed
I summit-ed
a mountain
the other
day.
No
biggy.
The tallest
peak...
yep,
climbed
that one
to the
top!
Posted 1 Year Ago: "Amazing-ness"
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Mediterranean Pizza
Oh my.
This
was so
good.
Mediterranean Pizza
Crust:
3/4 cup warm water
1 packet rapid rise yeast
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 cups flour
Toppings:
2 tsp olive oil
2 tsp fresh rosemary
3 garlic cloves, crushed and minced
1/2 cup chopped artichoke hearts (from a water packed can)
1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese
1/4 cup kalamata olives, sliced
thinly sliced red onion
1 tsp sea salt
1. Pour water into a mixer bowl then sprinkle the yeast on top. Stir and let sit for 10 minutes, until it starts to bubble.
2. Add the olive oil, salt, thyme and fennel seeds.
3. Mix on low, slowly adding the flour 1/4 cup at a time.
4. Shape dough in a ball and place in a olive oil lined bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 2 hours.
5. Mix the 2 tsp olive oil, rosemary and garlic together and let sit.
6. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and lightly flour surface with flour and cornmeal. Lay risen dough on the flour and form into the desired size of the pizza crust.
7. Bake crust for 5 minutes then take out of the oven and brush with rosemary-garlic oil.
8. Layer on the onion, artichoke hearts, olives and goat cheese.
9. Bake for another 15-20 minutes.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Russian Ballet
You may
or may not
know...
that
I was
trained
in
Classical
Ballet
for
11 years.
So I
absolutely
adore
these
Russian
Ballet
photos.
(Images via HERE)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Eat Pray Love
I just finished reading
this book.
Oh...
what book to read next!
There are so many books out there
that I would like to read.
Any suggestions?
Posted 1 Year Ago: "Christina Courtin"
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Lily's 1st Birthday
We
celebrated
my nieces...
1st Birthday
...while we
were in
Oregon
this past
week.
(Jericho, Ryan, Tiffany, & Lily)
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