Last winter we took a vacation to San Juan, Puerto Rico. About the only advantage of one or both spouses traveling a lot for work is earning enough hotel and airline points for a vacation. And that is exactly how we found ourselves in San Juan. And what does a foodie do on vacation? Why…
Rhubarb Cake
Last summer, I was telling a friend that I work with how big my rhubarb plant was and offered to bring her some rhubarb. I think she underestimated the size of my plant and I underestimated the amount of rhubarb I was picking for her because it didn’t seem to be making a dent! Needless…
Orange Dreamsicle Cookies
One of my favorite summertime treats are orange dreamsicle popsicles. Creamy vanilla ice-cream with an orange popsicle coating. It is such a classic and yet refreshing snack. But it’s still the middle of winter in Minnesota and ice-cream treats aren’t really at the top of anyone’s treat list. So of course when I saw these…
Molasses Spice Cookies
I give blood roughly every 56 days (the minimum time between donations). I started donating when I was a Junior in high school at the first blood drive after I was eligible to donate. I wanted to donate because growing up my dad donated on a regular basis and I wanted to be just like…
Bacon Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’m always on the lookout for new and different cookie ideas to make and I was really intrigued by this combination of bacon and chocolate cookies that I found at Tidy Mom, of course the addition of bourbon didn’t hurt either. The salty/savory-ness of the bacon is a great compliment to the otherwise relatively standard…
Ooey Gooey Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Bars
I almost named these 7 layer blondies because they are like a cross between my 7 layer bars and a blondie. The flavors and ingredients are very similar with both butterscotch and chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and coconut. What I liked best about this version is how ooey and gooey the sweetened condensed milk…
