04.06.15

Back to School
Well, for a Monday and the first day back after Spring Break, it was a pretty good day. Ended up with a Cadbury Chocolate Oreo treat from my friend who went to Europe. I also got a yummy coffee from my Sneaky Bison!

04.03.15

The Best of Two Worlds
I managed to find the newest flavor of Oreos today...Cotton Candy. They were okay, not my favorite. Still looking forward to the Smores!

My pizza had some company tonight with a drink from Avery Brewing.

03.04.15

Birthday!!
Spent the evening with a group of wonderful women celebrating the birthday of my wonderful friend Ally!

A couple of days late...but enjoyed some mint, green Oreos! Thanks Kim!

02.10.15

Cookie Butter
Went up to the teacher's lounge for lunch and came across this tasty pair!

02.07.15

Yummy
Picked these up from my "supplier" today...loved them!! Wished they came in a bigger bag - could use them for Valentine Oreo Truffles. Instead I will have to go with the "plain" Oreos.

02.04.15

Snow?
Well, today's storm really just ended up being rain and a few flurries. Looking forward to getting some of the white stuff!

I didn't take the Oreo pic...made my sister do the hard work. She has the Oreos "secured" now I just need to get them to try them! Read online tonight that S mores Oreos should be coming out soon! 

01.30.15

Friday Treats
The 1st grade team had Friday Treats this month. In addition to the Oreos, a "Deflate Gate" cake managed to make an appearance. Sunday's game will be that...just another game. :(

01.26.15

Great Monday...Sort Of!
I received my "half-birthday" or "un-birthday" gift today...LOVED it!

Went on to PT...the dry needling wasn't so great.

Final stop was at Target. They didn't have any Red Velvet Oreos, but they had TimTams!!!

12.11.14

Who Wants an Oreo?
Staring to get some gifts ready for next week while also enjoying some treats from this week.

12.04.14

"Throwback Thursday"
Last week we decided to start thawing out a turkey. Tonight we finally got around to cooking it. We did the full Thanksgiving dinner. I was absolutely surprised at how well my pumpkin pie came out. Too bad I wasn't in charge of that for Thanksgiving this year versus the rolls! We had everything done, including the turkey, in 90 minutes!

Also came across the "Limited Edition" flavor of Oreos while I was at Safeway.

11.11.14

A Little Jar of Heaven!
So, I've had a number of friends share their love for the Cookie Butter from Trader Joe's. I finally made it to a store and purchased both the traditional and the Cookies & Creme flavors. Holy crap this stuff is AWESOME and DANGEROUS!! My favorite so far is the traditional flavor on vanilla ice cream. 

11.03.14

New Oreos
Not the Red Velvet flavor that is supposed to be released before the holidays, but white fudge dipped...yum!

09.02.14

Oreos
As always, I'm on the hunt for new and exciting flavors of Oreos. Today I found the annual Halloween cookies. Nothing super fabulous, but yummy!

08.26.14

Storms & Cookies
Forgetting my tennis shoes, made me stick to the sidewalk around the field and watch the afternoon storms role in.

Chad picked up a package of the what I think is the newest Oreo flavor...caramel apple. I think it might be my least favorite. I liked the caramel, but not the apple. :( Looking forward to the next flavor!  

08.21.14

Afternoon Storms
Had a meeting up in DTC this afternoon. Heard the rain and thunder...when we came out the rainbow was shining bright in the east.

On the way home, found a different flavor of Oreos to try...even though it's been out for a while.

08.04.14

More Oreos
Had to give the Root Beer Float Oreos a try...glad I did!! Looking forward to more flavors.

07.22.14

On the Hunt
Well, I am looking for "housing" for 270 Google Chromebooks. Made my way to IKEA thinking that I would hit the jackpot...not so much. Also made my way to a few office stores and Super Target...still nothing great. Will have to go back to the drawing board. (I did manage to find some Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Oreos at the Super Target though...YUMMY!!) 

06.15.14

Yummy Discovery
Ran across these yummy little treats while at the grocery store today. Good thing they are a "Limited Edition." 

05.06.14

Store-Bought Cupcakes...Pimped Out!
Well, I was in charge of a dessert for our ladies golf league's opening night. I had great plans of something homemade, but my plans had to change.

After looking through Pinterest I decided to go with cupcakes. I didn't have the time to make the cupcakes or frosting this week, so I decided to "pimp out" the store-bought cupcakes with toppings ideas I had found while looking online. 

The one thing you loose with this method is the custom flavored cupcakes and frosting, but it saves a lot of time and still gives you customized cupcakes! If you wanted, it would actually be very easy to add some various flavors to the frosting. You could use cinnamon, nutmeg, or various extracts. You would need to carefully remove all of the frosting into a bowl, mix in the flavor and then re-frost.

Below I've outlined what I did with my King Soopers cupcakes. One thing I did for several of the cupcakes was remove a little of the frosting...I think the store bakeries always use too much.

BEFORE

AFTER

Peanut Butter Cup
-chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting (removed some of the frosting)
-chopped up Peanut Butter Cup Minis for the topping

Caramel & Chocolate Pretzel
-vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting AND
-vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream (didn't remove any of the frosting)
-melted just a small amount of chocolate in the microwave and drizzled it over the pretzels and let cool before adding them to the cupcake
-drizzle caramel ice cream topping on top

Coconut
-chocolate cupcakes with vanilla whipped cream frosting AND
-vanilla cupcakes with vanilla whipped cream frosting (removed some of the frosting)
-placed coconut on a plate and rolled cupcake around to top

Oreo
-chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting (I would use the whipped cream frosting next time.)
-I removed all the frosting into a small bowl. In a Ziploc I crushed up Oreo minis and mixed them in with the frosting. I then re-frosted the cupcakes. (I didn't actually use all of the frosting.)
-I also chopped up some of the Oreos and sprinkled them on top.

Fruit
-chocolate cupcakes with vanilla whipped cream frosting AND
-vanilla cupcakes with vanilla whipped cream frosting (I didn't remove any frosting.)
-place the fruit of your choice on top...I used a raspberry

03.16.14

Baking & Golfing
After getting my groceries this morning, I got to work on my St. Patrick's Day treats. I have an 8AM meeting tomorrow for which I made pistachio bread and green fruit kabobs.

I am teaching a class tomorrow after school, so for this one I made pretzel bites.











Finally, I had to make something for my other peeps. Since I only remembered the Mint Oreos and almond bark, but not the cream cheese, I had to make dipped Oreos instead of my truffles. They are still yummy!

Later in the afternoon we got the 2014 golf season officially underway. We headed over to the Red Hawk range and hit some balls. It actually went really well...hope to make it out a few more times before heading to Arizona.