Encounters With Escargot If ever my mind wandered to the thought of escargot, I thought of France. But, if someone would have told me three years ago I would be sitting on the French riviera eating escargot (snails) with my dinner I would have laughed. The only thing was I … Continue reading
Tapas Collection Lays Potato Chips A few days ago while I was in a grocery store on the French Riviera my little brother had a special request for chips. Normally we don’t get junk food, however when we saw what bag of chips he was carrying we couldn’t say no. … Continue reading
Candy Making Fun I’ve always wanted to try to make toffee. I never did though thinking that I needed a candy thermometer. Turns out you don’t! It’s super easy too! How to make english toffee: Ingredients: 1 cup butter 1/2 cup water 1 cup sugar 1. Put the butter in … Continue reading
Delicious Dessert I haven’t had pears in a REALLY long time so when I saw some cute little locally supplied pears, I decided to get them. After deciding that I wanted to make some kind of desert with the pears I found a great idea! Pears stuffed with chocolate and wrapped … Continue reading
I was in a grocery store a while ago, and guess what I saw! A little package of Crumpets! I had never had Crumpets before so I got them and couldn’t wait to see what they were like! Let me just say, they looked NOTHING like I would have expected! … Continue reading
How to celebrate the holidays in Spain? I was really excited when I found out that I would be spending the holidays in Andalucia Spain! Not knowing what to expect or what kind of traditions would be awaiting me. Needless to say I had a fantastic time. Here’s some of … Continue reading
What Is Tapas? Tapas is a little spanish dish. It could be many things. Deep fried cheese with a blueberry sauce, meatballs with a special sauce, stuffed olives, tuna, or a small fruit salad. Tapas reminds me of spanish appetizers. I recently got the opportunity to have a tapas lunch … Continue reading
Grocery Shopping in Spain Supermercados (Supermarkets) in Spain have everything. From pickled white asparagus to a entire pig’s leg. But, thats not all… There is also entire rows of olive oils and chocolates! Yum. 🙂 The chocolate is all quality. No snickers here! Only truffles and pralines. Delicious! Dor, so … Continue reading
Easy DIY Cupcake Froster After I did the post on the mayonnaise bottle cupcake froster I started paying more attention to potential frosters. So, when I saw this tube of mayonnaise I knew it would be perfect! Haha, its always something with mayonnaise! I don’t even like mayonnaise that much! … Continue reading
Best Cupcake Mix Ever! Now, I usually would never resort to cupcake mixes. I like making my cupcakes from scratch. So you can be sure to taste my personal flair in them. But, lately I haven’t been able to find any of the ingredients to make even the simplest cupcakes! … Continue reading