Cleary I’m a sucker for anything holiday related, and just about any item with reindeer, snowflakes or glitter garners an automatic dose of love from me. But when it comes to my favorite things, I’m trying to be a bit more discerning by reserving the title for items that are super duper deserving. So it’s…
Archives for November 2010
Do you know the muffin (wo)man? Yep, that’s me.
Have you seen the Kashi commercials that show all those rugged, sporty folks in T-shirts and hiking boots scouring the earth for the world’s “best-tasting healthy foods”? Well these cranberry wheat muffins (made with everyone’s fave breakfast food, cracked wheat) turned out to be amazingly yummy little guys. And in the crazy world of muffins…
Waxy build-up
We burn a lot of candles in our house. They’re always white (to match any room), always unscented (smelly candles, though wonderful in theory, tend to make my nose go crazy) and always burned at nighttime (because it’s pretty, pals). But inevitably with each candle, long before all the wax melts away, the flame goes…
Wheat: All it’s cracked up to be.
For the past couple of years, Jared and I have been on a quest to healthier eating. We started with revamping a lot of what we cooked at home (meaning we started cooking a lot at home instead of going out to eat all the time). We coasted comfortably on the sea of healthy home-cookin’…
Let’s get this ball rolling
Jared and I were browsing through the holiday aisles at Target the other day and came across this gem of a decorative item. It’s a little gray porcelain ball, about the size of a navel orange, and it’s rocking my favorite wintertime motif. Yep, I’ve got a thing for snowflakes (everything looks prettier with a…
Ready for some light reading?
It’s Saturday, and like a lot of folks who are puttering around their homes this weekend (one of the last non-busy weekends before holiday plans start filling in the social calendar), I’m starting the day with good intentions: Today I will tackle a project. And what project is that, you might ask? One that, if…
Here’s the dish
I’m a big believer that when it comes to things like food or gifts, half the points lie in the presentation. Just ask Jared, who kindly keeps his comments to himself when I spend just as much on gift wrap as I do on the actual present. It might seem a little nonsensical (or incredibly…
Countdown to Thanksgiving
Well, if that photo is any indication, I’ve entered full-on planning mode. Thanksgiving is a mere 14 days away. Eek! We’re celebrating the holiday with Jared’s folks, and though his mom does most of the Thanksgiving-ing, I’ve been searching for new recipes so I can contribute some foodie goodness, too. And that, my friends, means…
Viva IKEA!
Meatballs, anyone? I’m pretty sure the last time I dined cafeteria-style was in one of the dining halls during freshman year of college, so I suppose I was due for some slide-your-tray-to-the-desired-cuisine kind of eating. So when Amber and I were cruising through IKEA around lunchtime last week, we decided to swing into the IKEA…
So, I can’t sew. So what?
Does anyone remember the scene from Father of the Bride (the remake with Steve Martin) when Annie temporarily calls off the wedding because Brian gives her a blender for their eight-month anniversary? I can so relate. Not because Jared ever gifted me a blender (we’ve talked about it before; he’s not going there), but because…