Yesterday, I went shopping at Costco and when checking out the fish selections, I asked a woman who was buying cod if it was good and how she was going to prepare it. She said she was going to make fish tacos. I told her that I had heard good things about fish tacos, but had never made them. I decided to try it out, came home and found this recipe from Martha Stewart. The recipe was pretty simple and they turned out delicious! The kids were a little iffy on them. Dante is my pickiest eater, but Sofia complained about them too. All in all, I don’t know if I will make them again, at least not...

So a couple Saturday’s ago we finally saw Julie & Julia and I loved it!  I read the book and had a hard time getting through the first part of it. I don’t know what it was but it was hard for me to bond with the author. I have to admit though, by the middle of the book I was hooked and had to see it through. The information about Julia Child was great and Meryl Streep did a wonderful job portraying her! There was a scene in the movie where Julie made a dessert called Raspberry Bavarian Cream. It looked delicious and Isabella wanted some right then. She did a search on the internet and...

I used Martha’s pie crust recipe. One of the best things about pie baking is the extra crust dough that I roll out and sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar. I only made a single/bottom crust for this so there wasn’t much extra dough for the crisps but everyone will get a small taste.  I was inspired by Posie Gets Cozy to make this Sour Cream Apple Pie. I love to bake and I like to make apple pie but wanted to try something different. I’ll let you know how we like it after we dive into it tonight. My photographs aren’t nearly as good as Alicia Paulson’s but I try. I...

I saw the recipe for these strawberry cupcakes on Martha Stewart.com and I was craving cupcakes. They weren’t too difficult to make but I didn’t quite follow the frosting recipe, because frosting recipes always seem to make way too much frosting and I waste half of it. I adjusted the frosting to 1 stick of butter and 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar. My frosting came out pretty pink and not as smooth as the picture on the website. They tasted pretty good, but the frosting had a little bit of a bite to it. It may be that the frozen strawberries were a little tart or it is the powdered sugar I...

Sofia’s birthday is at the end of the month but since the last day of school is next Friday, she is going to celebrate her birthday at school tomorrow. We decided to make these cute little hamburger cookies. I made these for Isabella when she was in pre-school and they really look so cute. I got the recipe from Family Fun but instead of making the cookies, I just used vanilla wafers and to put the sesame seeds on, I used marmalade instead of egg white. They turned out really cute and the girls and I had fun making them. I hope the kiddos in her class like them. Dante came in at the end and...