Local Honey for My Honey

My MIL has been telling me to get some local raw honey for my honey.  He has nasty allergies and there are claims that local honey is the best medicine for this problem.  I looked into this claim and found there are no official studies for proof.  There was an unofficial study conducted that found […]

Coconut, Pumpkin, and Chocolate Chips!

I’ve been trying to use up some ingredients in my pantry.  I found some pumpkin and coconut and thought, “there has to be something I can do with both of these”.  It turns out – there is!  I found this great recipe for pumpkin coconut muffins.  The sugar on top was my idea (and ended up […]

WW Banana Bread with Wheat Germ

Banana bread is one of my simple pleasures.  Warm, right out of the oven, and melting butter is my favorite way to eat it.  It’s also a nice and easy way to use up over ripened bananas sitting on my counter.  Weight Watcher’s ‘Simply Delicious’ cookbook has been on my shelf for going on five […]

Sea Salt Caramels

Deep breath – I’m about to share one of my MOST FAVORITE recipes EVER!  It’s very addicting and I don’t mean that lightly.  Once made, this barely lasts a full day around here.  It’s just something about the sea salt, sugar, and cream.  A little background – So there I was…in Whole Foods…staring at all […]

Craving Glazed Coconut Cake

    I’ve been craving anything coconut lately.  It’s odd because I don’t remember EVER craving that before.  Anyway, I made this A.MAZ.ING. coconut cake and wanted to share just incase you need your coconut fix too.  It fed any craving I had and then some.  It’s so delicious! There are three main parts… (1) […]

Baby Shower Favor

Baby Sarah is HERE! A very healthy baby Sarah was born last week to a very excited mommy and daddy. For those of you saying, “Who is baby Sarah?”, read my recent post HERE about my good friend, Jenny. Here is one of the favors from Jenny’s baby shower last month. How nice of her […]