Happy Cocktail Friday everybody!! or better yet, Happy Birthday Dad! Must be awesome to have an April Fool’s Day birthday because it’s guaranteed no one will forget it 🙂 Anyways, being totally honest, as I’m sitting here writing this, I seriously can’t quit yawning.
I think at this point an IV of espresso (fyi when people say EXXpresso, my head almost explodes) would be the only thing to help, and for reals y’all it’s totally my fault. I have stayed up late almost every night this week to finish binge watching the first 3 seasons (specifically 2.5 because the 3rd season is broken up into 2 parts, whatevs) of The Blacklist–seriously, it’s that good, go watch it ASAP, and if you do, you have to watch from the very first episode or it will be majorly confusing.
What does all of this have to do with this drink? Absolutely nothing, except maybe I’m ready for the weekend and a cocktail? Yeah, that works…Anyways, this drink is everything y’all, it is perfectly fruity and you do not taste the alcohol you just feel it, and I will most definitely be topping more drinks off with mango nectar, yumm! Also, a heads up, I’m probably going to be bringing y’all a lot of drinks with banana rum in it because I have maybe the biggest bottle ever of it because it was literally the only one I could find. Have a wonderful weekend everybody & thank you so much for stopping by.
giant bottle of Banana Rum…
orange/banana juice…
then a splash (or two) of mango nectar…
then enjoy!!!
- Cruzan Banana Rum.
- Simply Orange Juice With Banana.
- Mango Nectar.
- Decorative Sugar For Rims (Optional).
- If putting sugar rim on your glass(es), place honey around the edges of your glass and dip into your sugar.
- Place one shot (1 Ounce) of Banana Rum into your glass.
- Fill almost the rest of your glass(es) with the orange/banana juice, then top with the mango nectar.
- Stir all ingredients together, and enjoy!!
- Please feel free to put another shot or two of the banana rum in your drink(s) if you want it stronger.
- Also, I highly recommend zesting an orange over your drink, you won't hate it :-).
First, I gotta admit, one of the things I miss the most 
I mean, let’s be real, that endless bread & butter is basically evil & wonderful all at the same time, ‘here, before you eat your dinner, gorge yourself on an endless supply of delicious carbs & fat,’ sooo basically what I’m saying is, this kind of stuff is usually a cheat day staple. Unfortunately, restaurants have this weird thing where they 
As much as I loved my 
garlic has been peeled…
chopped up…
now for the basil…
chopped up…
parsley…
chopped up, now time for butter…
mix, mix, mix…my sous chef being a tremendous help…
time for garlic & herbs…yup, a really good helper…
mix, mix, mix…
place it on your plastic wrap…
spread it out a bit evenly…
roll it up…
then twisted the ends of the plastic wrap & ready to go into the fridge…
and enjoy!!!
Anyways, did everyone have a nice Easter? Lots of food? Lots of family & fun? Well, I hope so, I know I did, but in case you didn’t get enough of those things yesterday, I have a completely delicious and easy dessert that seriously can be whipped up in less than an hour. 
Y’all these are freaking delicious too, so fudgy & moist with just a hint of crunch from the mini M&M’s baked into them. These are obviously a chocolate version of one of my favorites the 
water, oil, eggs…
mix, mix, mix…
now the mini M&M’s, aren’t they cute?
mix again & into your pan…
bake, bake, bake…
maybe throw on some M&M’s while still warm…
and enjoy!!! 
If there’s an event, gathering, or holiday in the South there will be deviled eggs there, always. I would like to note that I honestly didn’t choose deviled eggs to be the post right before Easter to be naughty or whatever, I just figured there would be plenty of Easter brunches/lunches/dinners happening that y’all might need a lovely little side dish/appetizer for.
These little bites of awesome happen to be a personal favorite of mine since I was kid, and it wasn’t until just a few years ago that I realized my mom has always sprinkled Curry on the deviled eggs instead of Paprika–mind blown–but seriously you can totally use Paprika if you like. 
Have an absolutely wonderful family, Easter egg, good food, chocolate, and (hopefully) deviled egg filled weekend, and as always thank you so much for stopping by.
eggs gently placed into your water…
lightly boiling…
after sitting for a bit & peeled (too hard to take a pic while peeling)…
about to cut down the middle long ways…
all cut…
yolks into your bowl (excuse my Velociraptor looking claw hand)…
now for the mayonnaise…
mix, mix, mix…
mix, mix some more, and time for salt & pepper to taste & mix again…
into your eggs & enjoy!!!
I knew I wanted to make Earl Grey cupcakes due to my love of the 
Oh yes, cookie frosting, and it had to be Biscoff cookies because apparently they’re ‘Europe’s favorite cookie with coffee’ (tea in my opinion haha) and also, if you’ve ever had Biscoff cookie spread, you’ll totally understand, drooool it’s beyond delicious, like, beyond y’all. 
Seriously, just go out and buy some today-I had to order mine on Amazon, it seems to be hard to find in stores for some reason-so my obvious enthusiasm for this stuff made it a no brainer to make a frosting out of it. These cupcakes are moist but light and fluffy with just the right amount of the tea flavor, and the little bit of heaven that is the frosting on top, yeah, just go out and make these as soon as possible 🙂 Have a wonderful day and as always thank you so much for stopping by. 
now, cake mix & eggs into your mixing bowl…
mix, mix, mix, now butter…
mix, mix, mix & now time for the tea steeped milk…
nice and mixed, then into your cupcake liners…
bake, bake, bake…
now, time for frosting…flour & milk into your pan…
heat and mix, mix, mix…
now sugar…
whip, whip & I then put in the milk/flour mix & forgot to photo, then whip it like crazy …
now for the good stuff, the Biscoff spread…
mix until evenly distributed & may I just say, mmmmm…
then enjoy!!
This carrot cake fudge is super easy to make and perfect for this upcoming Easter weekend, because who doesn’t love a theme? Oh, and let’s not forget this is really, really yummy y’all. 
Last week I was sent by the lovely 
This fudge is really rich, with plenty of that carrot cake spike & flavor coming through, then the added bonus of the carrot cake candy corns on top, this is a must make for Easter y’all. Have a wonderful start to your week & thanks so much for stopping by! 
butter, white chocolate chips & sweetened condensed milk…
nice & melted…
now some cake mix…
all mixed in & time for some marshmallow fluff …
all mixed in again & into your pan…
now time for some carrot cake candy corns…
and enjoy!!!
Anyways, last cheat day I really wanted a cocktail. I had some pear juice lying around and thought it might go quite well with some vodka, which totally works (I initially put too much in, but remedied that the 2nd time I made it). 
I did think it needed a little something extra, but didn’t want to add anything else super sweet or flavored and overpower it, because pear juice is pretty mild. 
I ultimately decided on a whole vanilla bean, which I think added that extra oomph it needed, and because drinking out of cute shot glasses is way more fun to me, that’s what I did. Have a wonderful weekend y’all and again thanks so much for stopping by! 
vodka…
& vanilla bean (cut down the middle & scraped out)…
and enjoy!!!
Well, if any of you are feeling as blah as me, but still really want something baked but really, really don’t want to take much time or effort to do so then, hey guess what? that’s exactly what today’s recipe is, in case you couldn’t tell by the title hehe. 
I loved my 
This big mug cake y’all is aawweesomme, the cake stayed moist, the peanut chips added some extra yumminess and the ease of making this in the microwave, well, let’s face it, you can’t beat that. 
No mixing bowls, no fancy kitchen equipment, no preheating the oven, into the microwave and dunzo, yummy cake time. Also, please feel free to sub out the peanut butter chips for whatever you love best, have a wonderful day y’all! 
time for these bad boys…
mix, mix, mix, then the chips…
a few minutes in the microwave…
then maybe some extra chocolate chips on top…
and enjoy!!! 
I know, I know, sooo dramatic but for reals y’all, not a fan of losing an hour, and maybe it has something to do with my travels this weekend where I ‘gained’ an hour with a different time zone, then lost it because of DST and then lost an additional hour coming back into my time zone, sigh. 
On the positive side, at least the days are longer which is great when you’re trying to take pictures of food in natural light 🙂 Speaking of food, let’s talk about it, woohoo! I would like to thank my mom who gave me the idea to make homemade sweetened condensed milk, I had no idea that was even possible, but y’all it’s so awesome, tastes just like the stuff out of the can from the store. Also, it was made in about 10 minutes, easy, peasy you guys. Have an awesome Monday and thanks for stopping by! 
mixed & now powdered milk…
mix, mix, mix and dunzo!
and enjoy!!!
Soo excited, not only because weddings are great & two awesome folks are getting hitched, but because it will be the first time I’ve been back in my old stomping grounds & see a number of folks for the first time in almost 5 years, sheesh time flies. Let’s not forget Louisiana is where I got my start working in film, and I’ve got memories (a lot good, some meh) coming out of the wazoo from that place, and not to mention I’ve met some of my best friends ever there.
So, what better way to celebrate the nuptials of a beautiful couple than with a cocktail, am I right? I may or may not have mentioned in the past that a Gin & tonic is hands down my ultimate cocktail, pretty much the only thing I ever drink when I’m out splurging. 
If you like a Gin & tonic, then you’ll like this too, totally has that same light taste to it…the lime juice, the Gin & the simple syrup, which you can find the link on how to make 
and some simple syrup…
and enjoy!!!
