Apricot Vanilla and Nut Protein Bars

Every day this week I packed one of these Apricot Vanilla and Nut Protein Bars in my lunch for work.  These things are stick-to-your-ribs hearty! It was my first attempt at making my own protein bars.  I scoured homemade protein bar recipes on Pinterest, in magazines, and on Foodgawker.  I took what sounded good from…

Cinnamon Sticks

The wind has been blowing hard for days here.  I’m so tired of it. The other night I had a meeting at my Son’s school.  I was running right on time although I wasn’t quite sure where his teacher’s classroom was.  But, I wasn’t too worried. I parked fairly close to the school. I’m always…

Easter Caramel Peanut Butter Popcorn

If you’re thinking that the only ingredients that make this popcorn Easterish are the M&M’s then you’ re absolutely correct! Take those pastel pellets out of the mix and you have caramel peanut butter popcorn that you could eat any old day of the year. Before this batch, I’d never made caramel popcorn before.  Most…

Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies (or Mario Lopez Cookies)

I just asked Ben what I should write about for this post.  He said, “Write about buying super expensive ingredients with high expectations only to find out that they’re not as good as you thought they would be.”  I replied, “That sounds boring.” He said (in a hugely sarcastic tone), “Then write about sexual intercourse…

Triple Chocolate Toasted Oatmeal Bars

I don’t understand why it’s considered ignorant to be uninformed about current events.  Current events cause me stress and anxiety.  I don’t watch any news.  I don’t read anything that has to do with national or world current events. Some people may even consider my attitude to be unpatriotic and irresponsible.  I consider my attitude…

Caramel Brownie Pie

Life is a series of doing stupid little things.  I found this to be true in regards to higher education.  I spent a lot of time getting to classes and setting up child care so I could go to those classes. I spent a lot of time taking children to and from their child care…