cookies · Desserts

Perfect Snickerdoodles

I know, I know.  Everybody has a recipe for Snickerdoodles and everybody thinks that their recipe is perfect.  My old favorite recipe for Snickerdoodles did not have cream of tartar, and you wouldn’t believe all the haters who sent me messages to let me know that my snickerdoodle was not really a snickerdoodle because it… Continue reading Perfect Snickerdoodles

cookies · Desserts · Easter

Splash Mountain Cake

BIRTHDAYS · DISNEYLAND · UNCATEGORIZED Splash Mountain Cake May 5, 2020Shannon (rumblytumbly.com)Edit My buddy issued his tallest order ever for his birthday cake this year. We went to Disneyland in August and he has been obsessed with Splash Mtn. ever since. I am not a cake decorator, but I think I pulled it off! Here’s what I did: I… Continue reading Splash Mountain Cake

Desserts · pies

Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day, friends, from the person who loves pie more than anybody else in the world! The holiday of my people. Pie loving people.  I suppose it’s for math people too, but I hate math, so really, I’m just using it as an excuse to eat pie. If you click on the “pie” section… Continue reading Happy Pi Day!

Breakfast · cinnamon rolls · Easter

Cinnabunnies

How completely cute are these Cinnabunnies you guys? It has been a big day around here.  We went to  meet the Easter Bunny at the mall this afternoon.  As you can see, 1 year old Phoebe was not a fan. In fact, an entire hour later she was still traumatized and giving me the stink… Continue reading Cinnabunnies

Beef · dinner · St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner: Corned Beef, Cabbage, and Roasted Potatoes and Carrots

This is St. Patrick’s Day dinner kicked up a notch.  I usually use a big pot with a lid on the stove top, but this time, I cooked my corned beef in a dutch oven- I am strongly anti-crock pot when it comes to meat  (I swear I can taste the crock-pot) but the biggest… Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day Dinner: Corned Beef, Cabbage, and Roasted Potatoes and Carrots

Dinners · Soups

Sicilian Chicken Soup

I have a husband home sick with a man cold today and that means two things: Nyquil and chicken soup.  I made a creamier chicken orzo soup last week, but today I wanted something a little brothier, but with enough substance to be our meal for the evening. I found this wonderful recipe on A… Continue reading Sicilian Chicken Soup

Biscuits / Muffins / Scones · Breads · St. Patrick's Day

Traditional Irish Soda Bread

  All my life I’ve celebrated St. Patrick’s Day hard.  You know, lots of green flair, corned beef and cabbage dinners, Irish soda bread, green beer, and legit pinching of people who have the audacity not to wear green on the day of my people.  Green eyes do not count, ya’ll! I know! I have… Continue reading Traditional Irish Soda Bread