The heat aside, June was really good to me! I saw some dreams turn into a reality, enjoyed some great family time, and found myself some nostalgia-filled days.
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I absolutely adore Valentine’s Day! I love the silly cards, all the hearts, and — of course — the pink and red, so I thought it would be fun to host a little V-Day dinner to celebrate my friends and loved ones!
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It’s the season of pumpkin spice lattes. And I’ll be honest, I’ve only had a PSL once before! This season, I thought it would be fun to get into making them at home. So I set out to make homemade pumpkin spice syrup that I could use for my coffee and even cocktails.
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She’s in her baking era!
On the last Megan Learns to Cook, I made a delicious citrus cake. This week, we are baking a suggestion by Stephanie, who helps run the blog: A Fruit Galette! A term used in French cuisine to describe a flat round or free-form base (generally pastry) with sweet or savory filling in the middle.
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I’m not the baker friend (or cook as we know), but I really want to be. Well, at least through this whole “Megan Learns to Cook” journey, I really want to master childhood favorites and be able to make anyone a cake!
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In the spirit of the holidays, I decided to take a stab at tasty treats for this month’s Megan Learns to Cook post. Sweets always give me that cozy holiday vibe, and I was really excited to try some new to me recipes this year. I started off with some gingerbread cookies and then a tea cake recipe that I grew up with…
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Our second year of marriage we hosted our first ever Thanksgiving. The food responsibilities were spread out, but I decided I would be the one to make the Key Lime Pie because the truth is: I needed to redeem myself. Many Thanksgivings prior, I had ruined the pie, and it never set for some reason. So I was determined to make it up.
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A lot of my favorite memories growing up revolved around food: the aroma of my mom’s homemade chocolate chip cookies warming the kitchen, my grandma showing us how to roll out the perfect tortilla, and my dad giving me the responsibility of being the “taste-tester” of the first fajita off the grill.
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