Ciao for Now

Confession time...

I've been blogging somewhere else lately.  Why didn't I tell you, you ask?  Well, I wasn't keeping a secret, per se...I just didn't know what my new blog was going to become yet.  And now I {sort of} do!

click the picture to visit the new blog

Honestly, I was tired of the limits.  I wanted a place where I could write about whatever I wanted!  A lot of that time is still sharing food photos & recipes, but it's also random reviews on books or movies, trips I take and oh, so much more.

I'd love to have you join me over there!  You'll still see many more new recipes to try, hopefully for many years to come.  You can follow by "joining the site," which of course boosts my self-confidence haha, and you can also scroll a bit down to "follow by email."

The DK will still stay live and, who knows, I might be back on here one day.  For now, I'm liking the simplicity of one blog. :)

See you over there and have a good weekend!

Pumpkin Butter

...or as Mike insists on incorrectly calling it...apple butter.  :)

on a bite of baguette

No, it's actually pumpkin butter and was surprisingly (to me) quite good.  I think the best part of all was the rich scent that filled my tiny little house.  There aren't too many better smells than sweet pumpkin!

on an english muffin for breakfast!

This can be used on an abundance of different items...

*Anything you would use jam on

*A dollop with pork chops

*Oatmeal

*Grilled turkey or ham

*Scrambled eggs

*Cornbread

*Toast

*Vanilla ice cream

*With yogurt & granola

*Roast turkey or chicken sandwich

*Biscuits

*Maybe mix with cheese and dip pretzels/crackers into?

I mean, how diverse is that?  I'm more of a toast kind of girl, but several of these sound pretty good, too.

this is the extent of my creativity or lack of materials...one of the two

The recipe calls for a small slow cooker but I only have a big one - didn't seem to affect it any!  Definitely enjoyed making this - thank you, Cooking With the Big Dogs!

Print the recipe here.

It's February 1st - You Know What That Means!

Valentine's Day is in 2 weeks.  The dreaded holiday for my husband but one of my favorites!  Probably mostly because it's a different excuse to eat lots of little heart candies...

and cake pops!

I made these over the weekend.

And I was finally able to use Mike's cake pop platform he made for me a few months ago.  We tried to get it ready for the last ones I made, but the paint wasn't quite dry enough.

I LOVE IT!

See those two smaller sections?  Well, they are removable for 1) smaller platforms and 2) more holes in the main one.

My favorite part of cake pops is sharing it with as many people as possible.  Not counting the 20+ Mike ate the day I made them (no exaggeration), I packaged them all up and brought them to church with me on Sunday.  It was a blast handing them out to random people all morning!

Like I mentioned last time, these do take more time to complete than most desserts, so I'll probably just stick to the few-times-a-year plan.  Nonetheless, they are very fun to create!

What are your plans for Valentine's Day?

P.S. In the middle of this post, I ran out of free Blogger photo space.  I guess that means I'm a blogging machine!