for the love of creating
well, hello again, blog! i’m happy to report that things are back to “normal” at the shoebox. it was hacked a month or so ago, and we’ve been working on moving content around and finding a suitable server. (hello, godaddy!) the shoebox is back with …
i’m a true foodie. i watched “cooking for real” with sunny anderson on foodnetwork that featured this recipe wayyyyyy back in 2008. i’ve been thinking about making these cookies ever since. i finally did it today! i should have started making these cookies much sooner. they …
since i have started blogging about food, i have enjoyed looking around at other blogs. i think it’s really cool to see what other people are making and i recently ran across this blog: the cupcake project. the blog’s author stef loves cupcakes and …
so i was in the mood for cookies. really, i think i am in a perpetual mood for cookies/chocolate/sweets. 🙂 i found these babies in my good housekeeping cookbook. it’s the first recipe that i’ve ever made from this cookbook and i’m pleased with the …
found this delicious recipe on the back of a bag of coconut and the result was pretty delicious. 🙂 they taste like little almond joys! 5 1/3 c coconut 2/3 c sugar 6 tbsp flour 1/4 tsp salt 4 egg whites 1 tsp almond extract …
boy met girl. girl liked boy. girl brought boy a bajillion cookies to his dorm room to impress him. boy (and his stomach) fell in love with girl. that’s only part of mine and tom’s love story! but the story continues today and here’s another …
back in the day, i was a girl scout and i proudly sold girl scout cookies each and every winter. i had a few favorites, including peanut butter patties, but my absolute favorite girl scout cookie didn’t come out until i was no longer in …
thanks to an early Christmas present to myself, i can make festive sugar cookies all year round! the cookies pictured above were decorated at my sister-in-law’s house Christmas eve. it was a fun way to get into the Christmas spirit! here are the recipes that you …
Christmas time is always a wonderful time of the year for me. after moving to tennessee, it’s a little bit different and even though i’m far away from the majority of my family, i can still hold onto a lot of our traditions. of course, …