Valentine's Day is just around the corner! I love all the hearts and any excuse to play with red and pink colors, so I put together a few quick and inexpensive Valentine gift ideas to share with you. What could be better than that? Well, how about if all of the gift ideas are in a jar too? Yes, that's where I'm going, but that's still not the best news. I'm holding an awesome giveaway -- $100 to spend on your own canning jars, food storage containers and more for making your own food gifts or
Grown-Up Tuna Melts Recipe
Sweetheart Cinnamon Cake with Glaze
How to Make Recipe Cards in PicMonkey
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Isn't it awesome how many free internet tools we have nowadays ? One free tool that has become quite popular is PicMonkey. It's allows you to edit your photos, create eye-catching graphics, and to create collages. Today I'm going to show you how to do something else: how to make recipe cards in PicMonkey.
You can use your recipe cards to document recipes that your family loves, they can be used to fill a recipe card box to be given as a gift, or you
Dining in Virginia: Mike’s American Grill in Springfield, VA
In May 2012, David and I took our second trip of the year to Virginia from Las Vegas. Just like the first time, it wasn't a happy trip. In January/February I was there due to my Dad's sudden death, but this time it was for my sister, who had been admitted to the hospital. We traveled over night and after long flights and layovers, hours at the hospital and an emotionally draining day, we checked in at our hotel, took showers and decided to get something to eat.
While we were both tired and
New Year’s Party Food Ideas
Do the holidays tire you out? I sure do love them, but by the time New Years rolls around, I'm exhausted!
But, no matter how tried I was, I could skip having a New Years Eve celebration with the family. It's our tradition to have a little party at our home...we enjoy some drinks and party food and then we plan either a movie night or games.
For New Year's Eve this year, we decided to watch the movie, Looper, as it came out on Blu-ray on January 31. Everyone wanted to watch it and even
Top 10 Home Cooking Memories Pins on Pinterest in 2012
Oh, how I love Pinterest! Every day I'm pinning the stuff I find and dream about cooking, baking and making. And I know I'm not the only one who feels this way! This year has been both fun and amazing for Home Cooking Memories on Pinterest too. It's so rewarding to see something of your own get pinned...and I want to give a BIG thank you to all of you have pinned my recipes.
You can follow and see my boards here:
Home Cooking Memories on Pinterest
Last year I did a "Top 10 Recipes" post,
Mixed Food Blogging Conference 2012 Recap
I already gave you a bit of a sneak peek into the Mixed Conference (my first food blogging conference ever) with my post about Cake Decorating with Duff Goldman, but that was just one part of the weekend.
Are you ready? I've got much more to share with you!
The Mixed Conference was held in the mountains at the beautiful Mountain Lake Resort in Virginia.
Mountain Lake Resort played the part of “Kellerman’s Resort” in the 1987 movie, Dirty Dancing. The resort provide information so you can
Spiced Nuts
As usual, I had bigger holiday plans than what I actually had time for.
I had a long list of goodies that I wanted to make for Christmas, but time ran short. One of the things I wanted to make the most was Spiced Nuts. I've tried making Spiced Nuts before (with a different recipe than what I am sharing today) and I wasn't really happy with the results. But this year, I was determined to do it right. I had several pound of almonds ready to go, and but even though they are so simple to make, I
Cake Decorating with Duff Goldman
One of the many highlights of attending the Mixed Conference (my very first food blogging conference...yeeaaah) was our cake decorating class with Duff Goldman, cake decorator extraordinaire and owner of Charm City Cakes. Most people probably know him from the show "Ace of Cakes", which can be found in reruns on Food Network.
When we arrived to the class, we all paired up and sat at a tables, which were already geared up with a cake all ready for decorating and lots of Duff cake decorating