Let's try this again!

Okay, so to be fair, I haven't been posting as faithfully as I'd like. Blame it on the holidays.

No, really. There were cakes, and cookies, and candy, and pie, and pretty much everything in between.

I made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies (one of my signatures):


I made oreo balls (mint, regular, and peanut butter). I made homemade oreos. I made fudge (2 kinds). I made cranberry bread, pumpkin cranberry bread, gingerbread. I made cheesecake. I made ice cream, and I managed to host two parties in which every appetizer and meal item was made from scratch. More pics on that later.

So you'll have to understand when I say I'm tired. But never fear. Part of my New Year's resolution is to get better on this thing. I want to share recipes I love. I want to share the good ones and (maybe) the not so good ones. There will be quirky recipes, comfort food recipes, maybe even a few healthy ones thrown in for good measure. I have so many recipes of my mom's to go through and so many recipes of my own that I want to try!

I think in the New Year I'll try something on Fridays (or somewhere in the weekend) where I make a meal and just open my doors. I'll post what the recipe will be somewhere in the beginning of the week, and if you decide you'd like to come try it, you send me a comment or whatever, telling me you'll be coming so I know to clean the kitchen beforehand. No pressure, I'll be cooking anyway and if I have leftovers they'll either be used for lunches or frozen. This way it's a good opportunity to catch up with people and try something new. And it gives me a chance to do things I love. I saw someone else do this awhile back and thought it was a neat idea. Some nights perhaps I'll do breakfast for dinner. Maybe others I'll do a meal in the crockpot. And still others? Maybe a nice casserole dish or a stir fry or a soup. Either way, good times abound.