The Novice Chef: Fan Giveaway

You don't want to miss this! The lovely Jessica over at the Novice Chef is giving away a free Keurig and Green Mountain Coffee! Contest runs until September 24.

To enter: What was your first experience with Coffee? 

Rules:

No duplicate comments.

You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry
methods:

a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on her post

b) Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment
on her post

c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on
her post

d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about
an alternate form of entry.

This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older
Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.

You have 72 hours to get back to Jessica, otherwise a new winner will be
selected.

The Official Rules are available here.

A Piece of Summer

Summer is a great time to take advantage of incorporating fresh fruit into your recipes. My family has always been a fan of fruit pies during the summer. This season I made a fresh peach pie and a strawberry tart. Both where a huge hit among all! Today I will share with you the strawberry tart, so simple you could make it in your sleep (I don't recommend this...pie may burn). 

Brown Butter Strawberry Tart

Adapted from Bon Appetit Magazine

Crust: 

I bought  Trader Joe's Frozen Pie Crust (2 per box). Follow the instructions on the box. Great flavor, convenient, and budget friendly

Hard Boiled Eggs...Not as "Hard" as you think!

You may think this post is super elementary, but I think it may be a process not many people actually think or know about. Growing up in my family the only time we actually cook up hard boiled eggs is for Easter decorating. This spring time craft doesn't necessarily call for the perfect yolk. Since I am striving to stick to a healthy meal plan, I figured I might as well investigate to get to the bottom of this incredible, edible hard boiled egg. I love eating them, but I HATE when the yolk inside turns a yucky color...you know what I mean?

Fast Forward One Year...Almost to the Day!

What have I been doing this past year that I could not take time out of my day, week, or month to write even one blog post. I have been busy...but that is no excuse. Everyone is busy but finding the time to do what you love is definitely key! Is it funny that in order to figure out what I did over the past year I immediately consult my Facebook photos?

SO what have you missed?

I got a puppy! I'm head over heels for my baby Marlow! I got her a 2 months & she is now 1!