Minnesota State Fair ~ 2021

Can I just tell you how completely amazing and fabulous the Minnesota State Fair was this year? It was so much fun and such a great feeling to be in a crowd of people again. I didn’t realize how much I’d missed it until I experienced it again. I missed people! We had a beautiful…

chocolate chip scones

I’ve had a craving for scones the last couple days. The tall, flaky, buttery kind I used to make every day at the tearoom. I haven’t attempted making them vegan until now, and they really did turn out great! So, roll up your sleeves, gather your ingredients, and put the kettle on. Time to make…

2 ingredient chocolate cake

This is one of those recipes that I’d heard about for years and never trusted that it actually worked. I decided to give it a try when making my Easy Flag Cake for the 4th of July. Guess what? It works! I was amazed and delighted at how easy it is to throw a delicious,…

An Eleanor Oliphant Book Club Lunch

“No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.  Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.  But…

iced london fog {iced earl grey latte}

We love this classic iced beverage on hot summer days! A London Fog is an Earl Grey tea latte. Wonderful served hot in Autumn and Winter, and iced during the warm months. A London Fog is served with sugar and milk. Earl Grey tea is black tea scented/flavored with bergamot. The tea we’ve selected to…