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pink thumbprints with whiskey ganache Now that February is here, I can really start celebrating Valentines and all things pink. Once I saw the beautiful color that comes from beet juice, I started coloring everything pink. I am also drinking a lot of beet juice. My New Best Pizza Dough As you must have noticed by now, we love pizza here! It’s okay to be a pizza fiend. No, really, it is. The Something Random Guide to: Making A Vodka Infusion., 12/05/05, Something Random In this case a delicious Skittles Vodka No doubt this can be attempted with other types of sweets but we find that the skittle-like variety work very well. Chocolate is a big no-no unless you want to drink something that looks not unlike sewage. There are some that would claim that Tom and I make dirt. These people are heathens and have never tried the delights that they are so quick to dismiss.

Totally Pinteresting I'm sick with pneumonia and life is very overwhelming right now. I can call off from work but I can't really call off from home. Telling a mom/wife/homemaker that she needs to rest is a big fat joke. I alternate between wishing for a cupcake and wishing for an icy fruity drink with lots of vodka or tequila. It finally hit me - why not cupcakes and booze? Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie {Pantry Basics} And Giveaway! Before talking about our pantry basic for today lets talk fashion for a little while. I am clueless when it comes to fashion and have bought very few pieces of clothing in the past 6 years that didn’t have the word maternity on the tag. Most days I am sporting the yoga pants and sweatshirt look. I finally decided it was time to update my wardrobe.

ice candy ice candy one of the things i usually bring back from the philippines is a small packet of narrow plastic bags used for making ice candy. i am more of a popsicle than ice cream person, and whenever i have a little juice or some overripe fruit, i like to have the bags on hand so i chop or purée the fruit, add the juice, then throw them in the freezer for a future, frosty treat. ice candy is basically a popsicle made usually from a combination of fruit and water, and the one i recall seeing the most in the philippines is one made from sweetened young coconut water (buko juice) and shreds of the young coconut meat. however, you can make them from whatever your creativity or your pantry will allow. hey, any chance this qualifies for lasang pinoy 3?

Quesadilla Salad Explosion The Quesadilla Explosion Salad is a new item on the Chili's Bar and Grill menu. This is a really tasty and exciting entree. Here you will find a shopping list of ingredients needed and directions on how to make this restaurant food at home using a George Foreman Indoor Grill. Ingredients Fajita marinated chicken, mixed cheese, corn relish, cilantro, diced tomato, crispy tortilla strips and ancho-chili ranch dressing. Served with grilled cheese quesadilla wedges and citrus balsamic dressing. Rich Chocolate Protein FroYo « Muffin Topless Chocolate is my weakness. I adore it and could eat it everyday… so I pretty much do. BUT… the chocolate I DO eat everyday is the healthy kind! In other words, I get creative with my unsweetened baking cocoa and protein powder! Here is a pretty standard “snack” in my daily intake. Sometimes I freeze it, sometimes I don’t.

Pineapple Cilantro Lime Smoothie « Food-Fitness-FreshAir If you are extra lucky, you’ll be drinking one of these green shakes for St. Patty’s Day. And you’ll be feeling pretty good too. If you’re unlucky, you’ll be swamping your diet with green beer (gross). Chicken teriyaki I’ve been cooking for as long as I can remember and in certain periods of my life I did not have much time to spend in the kitchen – I needed delicious yet quick meals for weeknights. On my days as a single lady I used to make lots of pasta – both my dad and my sister are crazy for it and dinner would be on the table in less than half an hour. Recently I’ve been trying my hand at Asian recipes and some of them are absolutely delicious – and equally fast. This chicken teriyaki is a great example: it has instantly become a favorite of my husband’s – a.k.a. "the picky eater" – and it took me moments to put it together. Let me tell you something: if my husband liked it, picky people everywhere will probably like it, too.