Blueberry Muffins...

that are so good I don't have to go to the bakery to buy them again. I also do not have to use any box mixes again. Lower sodium and I know what is going into my muffins! They were fantastic! I do not have a picture, but that is probably a good thing. Licking the screen tends to ruin your computer...

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

So I have been very lapse in my baking and my posting. Last weekend I made a Strawberry Rhubarb pie for the first time, and it was good. WHy have I not been eating this wonderful pie until now. The sweet and the bitter blend together to make deliciousness in your mouth. Next time I will be sure to make some homemade whip cream to go along with it. Here are some pics:



I can't wait to move to our new apartment. It will just be a galley kitchen, but it will have tons more counter space, and none of it will have to be taken up by the dish rack because there will be a dishwasher!! Yeah I have missed having a dishwasher SOOOO much. It will make cooking so much easier, especially the cleaning.

Banana Bread

So what do you do when you have left over bananas that are to ripe to eat? Why you make banana bread of course! Well at least I do. I have not had much time to be in the kitchen since I started grad school, but I found time this morning. I hate to throw anything out if I can use it to bake so I whipped up an easy banana bread (sans nuts, I don't like nuts in my banana bread). Then later in the day I made up some chili. I have a picture of the banana bread that I will post later.

Swedish Coffee Bread

This was my first attempt at Cardamom (or Pulla) bread. My mom usually makes it for Easter and Christmas. I love the smell and taste of cardamom. I was VERY intimidated by this bread. It always comes out amazing when my mom makes it and I was afraid I would screw it up big time. I did not do so well on the braiding part of the bread making. The taste more then made up for it though. If I do say so myself I make some pretty darn good cardamom bread. My mom and grandma would be proud. Of course they could not taste it since we all live in different states. Josh was thrilled with it, he said it tasted like the cardamom bread his grandmother used to make. A very high compliment indeed :-). So here are some pictures of the finished bread:

Chocolate Oreo Truffles

I have recently been overcome with a need to cook and bake like a mad woman. So I decided that I would start a blog where I can showcase all of my baking and cooking successes and failures.

Oreo truffles otherwise known as white trash truffles were on my menu last weekend. Josh and I had them at the Fall Festival party our friends threw in October and they were so GOOD!! I found a recipe on Craftster and made some last Saturday. So here are the results:

The crushed up Oreo's:



After the Oreos were crushed and mashed together with cream cheese they were rolled into balls and put in the fridge for an hour:



The finished product after they were dipped in melted chocolate and chilled for an hour:



These were REALLY messy to make but ridiculously good when they were done.