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Crunchy Peanut Butter Cups
When I came upon this recipe for homemade peanut butter cups recently, I knew it wouldn’t be long before I tried them. Peanut butter cups are incredibly delicious and there are so many varieties to try now: milk chocolate or dark chocolate. Organic. Natural. Mini. As I was gathering ingredients, I was
DIY Hand-dipped Stemware
I have several dilemmas when it comes to stemware. First, I’m not very graceful. So I break things. Often. Second, I don’t love colored stemware but I also don’t like boring ones either. I like etched pieces, but those tend to be on the more expensive side. Then when I (inevitably) break them, I get
DIY Customized Welcome Mat
Love having a personal welcome at your door, but no space to store a new mat for every season? Enter the perfect solution: DIY bric-a-brac greetings with this welcome mat!
Pumpkin Ice Cream with Salted Caramel Sauce
This ice cream is not too sweet, and has subtle hints of pumpkin pie spices (but not too much! I still wanted it to taste like pumpkin). While the ice cream is fantastic on its own, the caramel topping takes it from “wow” to “WOW!” This combination is absolutely amazing together. I really can’t
Friday Favorites
Happy Friday! I don’t know about you, but we’re glad it’s the weekend. Here are a few of our favorite things from this week: Homemade Pretzel Bowls: Gah, we are dying over these soup bowls from A Beautiful Mess. We’re thrilled that it’s soup season again, and these will make it even better!
Bloody Mary Bar
We had a few long weekends here in Japan, with Mondays off. One was for Respect for the Aged Day, the other was for Autumnal Equinox Day. We took advantage of these very Japanese holidays by having people over on Monday morning for some very American traditions: brunch and football. We had a Bloody Mary
Spiced Cashew Butter
I’m one of those people who thinks peanut butter can do no wrong. Peanut dressing? Yes! Peanut butter pie? Yes! Boy, it’s one of my very favorite ingredients. Freshly ground peanut butter isn’t a new thing, I remember my mom picking it up for us at the health food store as kids. It came out