Earlier this week we got out of the house and went strawberry picking. It was a beautiful day full of sunshine and bright red sticky strawberries. This experience was hands down my favorite activity we did this week. Naturally, I knew I had to do something with this huge bucket of strawberries we picked. I have been on a pretty big baking kick so I decided to experiment with a pound cake recipe for strawberry shortcake. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too! For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. To me, there is not JUST a recipe for pound cake. Traditional pound cake to me is exclusively associated with sweet…
When I was pregnant I experienced the biggest sweet tooth I have ever had in my life. I prefer salty and savory over sweet most days but when I was pregnant all bets were off. If it was sweet I wanted it. Pretty sure I ate a whole watermelon by myself one week (it was the dead of summer and I was 7 months pregnant what can a girl do?). Once I had to reign in my sugar, however, I resorted to small sweets like peanut butter. I would combine some peanut butter with a little whipped cream for a pseudo peanut butter mousse. After I had Danny, this led to the creation of my Peanut Butter Pie. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you…
Can you feel it? The weather is getting warmer, the tree pollen is subsiding (at least in North Carolina). You can almost smell the grill out back and feel the sun on your cold, pale skin (it’s me, I’m the pale one). I associate warm weather with good food cooked out on our grill. Dave is a grill master and cooks up the best chicken, burgers, and brats anywhere. For no particular reason, I don’t do the grilling (bugs, humidity, intimidation..). I am, however, the side dish queen and nothing goes better with grilled goods than a chilled homemade pasta salad. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too…
Each Friday I want to talk about something that I absolutely loved this week. I want to highlight something material, delicious, or an experience or activity that brought me or my family joy. My Friday Favorites are things that enrich my life and make my life easier, exciting, or generally happy. This week’s Friday Favorites highlights my first experience strawberry picking! Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too! For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. It has been really hard to get out of the house these days. I can’t even believe today is May 1st. I think this marks the most unremarkable and least memorable April of…