What’s the first dessert that comes to mind when you think of summer?  For me, it’s a s’more. Le’ts address the elephant in the room first.  For all my life I’ve called it a s’mores.  To be clear I thought it was like deer or moose.  I thought s’mores was both singular and plural.  Wikipedia has now corrected me.  It’s a s’more (no “s” at the end).  I learn something new everyday.  😉  If you’re my husband (the Pixar fan) then you may also refer to them as schmoes. Okay, back to your regularly scheduled program.  Desserts.  Summer desserts.  How …

I’ve got a cheater’s way of making blueberry pie.  Interested? I know that baking a pie can be an intimidating task, especially the crust part.  I used to feel that way for a very long time.  I avoided making pies because I thought it was an impossible task for me.  Then one day I made a blueberry peach pie for my husband for his birthday.  I wish I could tell you that it was a happy ending, but in fact, the pie turned out kind of nasty.  In my defense, I picked the worst pie to try first because it’s extremely …

Last week was a total bust on the blog front. We had eight straight days of clouds and/or rain which made me feel lazy and unmotivated. I did manage to push myself to try one new recipe but it was a flop so obviously I was not going to share it with you.  By the end of Wednesday I decided to write the week off. I was super productive over the weekend though.  My husband and I went car shopping.  (You know, test driving, sitting through salesman schpeals, etc.)  I hate car shopping but it didn’t turn out as bad …