Neighbor Christmas Gift Bowl of Fruit. This bowl of fruit makes a great neighbor gift. It is an easy, quick, and inexpensive way to show appreciation for your friends and neighbors this holiday season. I love the idea of gifting fruit to neighbors in December because it is healthy and comes in a useful …
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Here Are 7 Tips to Making an Inexpensive Charcuterie Board. The holidays are upon us and that typically means a lot of gatherings and not a lot of extra cash. Whether it’s a formal gathering or a fall evening with a few friends, charcuterie boards make a great statement appetizer. Using these 7 tips will …
Neighbor Christmas Gift Small Charcuterie Boards I love a good charcuterie board and since they are also healthy and “on-trend”, I thought that it may be a great idea for a Christmas neighbor gift. Turns out, they are! I recently made these and handed them out to many neighbors; they all said they were very …
Tea-Free Chai Latte Recipe. When I lived in Queenstown New Zealand, I worked at a restaurant called The Bathhouse. The Bathhouse is an incredible heritage site and restaurant located on the water with mountainous views all around. They carried a chai mix for their chai lattes that was tea-free and caffeine-free. I often recommended this …
Chocolate Raspberry Cake Trifle I love chocolate and raspberries. I also love trifle. I wasn’t happy with the way my homemade chocolate six-layer cake with chocolate buttercream turned out. In fact, it was a sorry excuse for a cake. I decided to deconstruct it and make something more beautiful by turning it into a trifle. …
This is a recipe for Delicious Homemade Creamy Tomato Basil Soup. Do you love tomato basil soup? If so, don’t miss out on this amazing homemade recipe. Some tomato basil soup recipes are too acidic and others don’t have much taste of basil. This recipe has a great balance between the tomato, basil, and cream, …
The Best Chocolate Buttercream Recipe. This is the best chocolate buttercream frosting recipe. It really is so delicious. It has a great balance of flavors—not too rich or sugary. It pairs really well with a chocolate or vanilla cake. I used it in my chocolate raspberry trifle cake and it was delicious. My daughter and …
How to make this Elsa Barbie Cake from the Movie Frozen. Amelia is obsessed with Frozen right now and so she asked for a Frozen party for her 4th birthday. I love throwing parties, so I was happy to throw her this Frozen birthday party. I think her favorite things at the party were the …
Delicious English Tea Scones Recipe. I’ve made scones from scratch from multiple recipes and once I arrived at this recipe and made a few changes to it, I can honestly say that I will stick with this recipe. This is a beautiful scone, especially for a traditional Victorian-style afternoon tea. It has a medium weight …
Summer Snowman Olaf Jellos from the Movie Frozen. My older daughter, Aurora, and I made these fun little jello desserts for my daughter’s Frozen birthday party. They were fun to make. At first, they were a little tricky to assemble but they became simple and quick after we made a few. Hopefully, by watching the …
Cotton Candy Buttercream Frosting Recipe. This is such an amazing cotton candy buttercream frosting recipe. I have made it multiple times for my kid’s birthday cakes and I have gotten rave reviews from friends and family; people both young and old love it. I made this recipe by changing up my Best Vanilla Bean Frosting …