ginger, meet ice cream.

and it was gooood ice cream.

No stuffed “I’m bannanas for you!” bright red monkeys here (although I was caught in line behind dozens of people last night purchasing them- I just needed some butter!). I didn’t purchase something for Garth this year…we sure value making here in the elle & gee world and so I spent last night and [...]

….and I can hardly wait! I used a recipe out of ye old Betty Crocker Cookbook, similiar to the one found here.

Tonight I plan to do some scrapbooking and watch some movies.
Yay lazy Saturdays!
xo
elle

Saturday I had the pleasure of eating in four different cities.
I had cereal and yogurt in Spokane, WA.
Asagio toasted bagel with cream cheese and cranberry juice was had in Seattle, WA.
Houston, TX found me eating a Schlotzky’s sandwich and Smoothie King smoothie.
Garth took me out to eat and the Olive Garden for dinner in Pensacola, [...]

I’m not quite sure how this happened. I made some dough from my Mom’s famous scone recipe, made four scones for me and the hubby, and then put the rest of the dough in one of those silicone baking pans to make a loaf of bread. It rose to just about the top [...]

Pregnancy does not make me crave strange foods. As a vegetarian I wondered how I would handle a fried chicken craving (and how my body would handle it having been on a vegetarian diet for 8 years now!), but the opposite has been true. I haven’t wanted to eat some of my favorite [...]

Fondant cakes are relatively easy to make. This is the second one that I’ve ever made.

Here’s the secret recipe to get good tasting, easy to use, inexpensive fondant that’s gooey and fun to make by hand: the best fondant recipe ever. Hey, maybe you’ll want one of these to look smokin’ while you’re [...]

a girl at work who has only known me for a few weeks commented to me the other day that I was “just like Martha”. *grin* It was simply an observation by her, but I took it as a compliment. And tonight– I felt like it too! Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, [...]