Our Trip to Switzerland and France

Swiss Alps

*Warning, this is a very photo heavy post! I just couldn’t wait any longer to share about our recent trip. 🙂 If you follow me on Facebook, you are probably aware that we spent some time recently in Europe....

Coconut Semolina Cake

Coconut Semolina Cake

It’s time for the third and final installment of the mid-east feast! I would normally be most excited about the dessert stage of this event, but since I don’t really like coconut, I was a little nervous about this...

Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins

Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins

You had to know it would be coming. I mean, I’ve made apple bread, apple streusel bread, pumpkin bread, pumpkin gingerbread, etc. It was only a matter of time before I combined my two favorite Fall baking staples (apples...

Spiced Shawarma Chicken Wraps

It’s time for the second installment of the mid-east feast (read about the zucchini fritters from last week)! This week’s recipe is for Spiced Shawarma Chicken Wraps. I was very intrigued by this recipe when I saw the great variety...

Halloween Cupcakes Part 2

Halloween Cupcakes

I hope you enjoyed Part 1 of the Halloween Cupcakes last week! Now it’s time for some fun new ideas. Once again, these are all pretty simple and kid friendly. And cute! 🙂 Clearly I am much more interested...

Friday Favorites

This has been such a busy week, but I really look forward to these Friday Favorites posts. We’ve been travelling all over the place this week and I can’t wait to share all of the pictures and fun foods...

Halloween Cupcakes Part 1

Halloween Cupcakes

I’ve got some fun Halloween cupcake ideas to share with you today! I made a nice variety of them to talk about on a local tv station here in Grand Rapids, and I figure I should share them with...

Zucchini Fritters

Zucchini Fritters

This recipe for zucchini fritters is from a wonderful new cookbook I received called An Edible Mosaic. The cookbook was written by a fellow food blogger, Faith, and will be released at the beginning of November. I got the...

Taste of Michigan Recap

This week’s Friday post is a little different than usual. For those of you that don’t follow me on twitter or instagram, last weekend I got to attend a fun event called Taste of Michigan. It started as a...

Slow Cooker Chicken In a Pot

Slow Cooker Chicken in a Pot

  This is one of those recipes that has already become a staple in our house. It’s taken me a few weeks to share the recipe with you (what can I say, apple streusel bread seems more exciting), but...