one big {tongue smack!}

The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE's blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef. We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge.

i'm seeing a trend in my latest posts... berries and chocolate.
i must be pregnant.

bon mardi gras

So I'm doing what is traditionally sound and getting fat for the day. Although I don't celebrate Lent so... really I'm just overeating on eggs milk and butter the old fashioned way with reckless abandon and not facing my responsibilities as a dutiful religious person and going without for forty days. like that would ever happen.

beautiful afternoon

All afternoon the sun has been shining, warming my heart and cold toes. Such a beautiful afternoon calls for beautiful food. So I went to Elaine's Bakery and got a raspberry mousse for after lunch.

worth celebrating.

There are so many new things going on in our lives right now. Hub graduated from college {yay!}; we're expecting; we have a new president; february is half way over and spring is on its way <3; we made our first (and likely largest) baby purchase; and hub got a new job! so, we needed to celebrate.

happy valentine's day!

marthastewart.com

we woke up to perfectly beautiful 'stay inside' weather;
trimmed the red roses my love gave me, set them on the kitchen table;
had cinnamon cream french toast with berries and syrup - even though I planned for this;
about to tidy up the house; do a little shopping;
then we'll snuggle up for movies, our annual sushi dinner, and maybe a make out session. ;)

hope your valentine's is romantic.

i would have settled for honorable mention even.

ever heard of utah stories? Well it's a local site that highlights everything about our lovely beehive state, even little known things like pole dancing classes. I'm thinking of signing up for a class, post natal. ;)

Well, it just so happens that there was an article on 10 of 'utah's best food blogs' and guess who was mentioned... nay, in the ranking?
yes, yours truly.

go check it out.
it has most definitely made my day.

thanks again leo, I like your taste.

more strawberries

a link to the dessert I made to celebrate hub's new job.


Martha's Strawberry Sponge Pudding


thank you Martha, it was wonderful.

so in love

with these yummy valentine's day cards.
This is the one I'd give hub, hands down.
he gets me like that.

i couldn't wait

The good thing about pregnancy, and having the ability and desire to cook/bake/can/etc. is that when a craving comes (that's not too unnecessary) you can fulfill it. right away.