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. 

08.25.14

Restaurant Week...Summer Style
We only made one reservation for the week...Shanahan's. We had yummy filets and a great evening with Matt & Dana!! 









Prior to our evening out, my "sneaky bison" at work got my Monday started off GREAT with a baggie of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups...absolute YUM!!

08.14.14

Summer S'more
Is there ever really a day that S'mores aren't absolutely YUMMY!?!? (Even without a campfire.)

07.14.14

Birthday Dinner
We visited our favorite steak house tonight for my birthday...there was just a little dessert leftover. (Chad also thought the "siamese raspberry" was funny.)

02.26.14

Sweet, but not Great
Made our way to McCormick & Schmick's for Restaurant Week. This was our first time there and we weren't overly impressed. Other then the food not being spectacular, my martini was in a chipped/cracked glass and both of our desserts came out on dirty plates. After several recommendations, we were a little disappointed.

02.23.14

Dessert
Well, made our way to the second stop on Restaurant Week...Shanahan's. Great steak and yummy dessert. (I did enjoy last night's dessert much better though.)

02.22.14

Busy Day
I started out the day remembering our one and only "Brown Dog"...Bailey. He was our cocker spaniel that we lost three years ago today. With this pre-shave hairdo he could have been a member of One Direction! He had been a part of our family for 14 years...I miss him and think of him often. :(

I spent the majority of the day at the Downtown Aquarium with Discovery Education. They had a Science Techbook training. We got a behind the scenes tour and ton of PD around the Techbook. I was excited to smell salt water and neoprene. Even though this isn't how I like to see my sharks, I prefer up close and personal, it was fun to see them, along with some of my other favorite critters. ;)

And finally, today was the start of the annual Denver Restaurant Week. We have a few locations lined up for the week. Tonight was Zink. I enjoyed Thai Brussel Sprouts, Bulgogi Chicken and a Maple BACON Brownie Cupcake. (I had taken a pic of the sprouts, but the dessert looked much more appetizing.) I was a good girl and brought half of it home. :)

02.12.12

Valentine Treats

These are easy and fun treats to make for your coworkers!
Ingredients:

• square pretzels
• chocolate melting chips (red, pink, white)
• decorative sprinkles

Directions:

1. Heat your oven to 200 degrees.
2. Place as many pretzels as you can, in a single layer, on a cookie sheet.
3. Place one of the chips on each of the pretzels.
4. Place cookie sheet in the oven for approximately 4-5 minutes. Keep an eye on the chocolates and when they start to get shiny and soft, you can remove them from the oven.
5. Immediately sprinkle the melted chocolate with your sprinkles and let the treat cool.
6. Once they are cool, place in decorative bags or tins.

05.7.11

Rubber Duckies!

There were rubber duckies EVERYWHERE today. We held my sister's baby shower today and the theme was...rubber duckies! Two years ago I made some fun cupcakes for her bridal shower, so I only thought it was fitting that I make something for her baby shower. The weather was PERFECT so we were able to hold the shower outside and it was a GREAT afternoon!!

01.12.10

Dessert

Here is one of my favorite new desserts. I first found the French Vanilla and then expanded out to the new flavors. We also enjoy the ice cream sandwiches. TASTY!!