LIFE WITH JANET

Cooking

Easy Cinnamon Buns with Homemade Bisquick Mix

November 17, 2020 7 comments

I was in the mood for cinnamon buns this morning for breakfast but was too impaitent to make the old fashioned kind with yeast. Luckily I found this recipe that looked great, was fast and easy, and had great reviews. Because of some of the […]

Cooking

Lemon Meringue Pie

November 17, 2020 5 comments

Why Does my Meringue Shrink? The science of making foams in baking (egg foams to be exact) is a phenomenon of breaking protein strands (in the egg whites) and thus lengthening them as they are beaten. This is called denaturing the proteins. Basically they stretch […]

Cake

New York Cheesecake

November 17, 2020 3 comments

I have never had New York Cheesecake before. I always eat a chocolate mousse or chocolate cake and nothing else. When I came across this recipe for New York Cheesecake I wanted to give it a try as I had all ingredients on hand. It […]

Bread, Cake, Cooking

Paleo Lemon Coconut Bread

November 16, 2020 1 comment

My friend says it almost remind me a tart. I think she is right this cake taste like a dessert. It melt in your mouth and the combo of lemon and date caramel is simply addictive. The ingredients you need to make this cake are […]

Brownies

Pecan Pie Blondies

November 16, 2020 Comments are Disabled

These blondies are one of my family’s new favorites! They received such a huge response from my siblings and dad

Cake

Carrot Cake Recipe

November 15, 2020 14 comments

This cake definitely did not disappoint. It’s moist, full of flavor, and beautiful. I thought that I would end up sending some of it to work with James but we kept the entire cake here and didn’t share it with anyone! That rarely happens. For […]

Cake

Funnel Cake Cake

November 15, 2020 4 comments

Cakes and I have a terrible relationship where I follow all the “Cake Baking 101” rules to a T and my cake still looks like I did it blindfolded, upside down and while on crack. The terribly frosted, crumby sides. The topsy-turvy lean. The poorly […]

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Spinach and Feta Meatballs

November 14, 2020 Comments are Disabled

This article said it best: “Meatballs are an inexpensive blank canvas” – I couldn’t agree more. I was brainstorming meatballs ideas ALL DAY on Friday… (I’m a very complex person.) So we had a little meatballs taste-testing sesh on Friday night… (Hey, that’s my idea […]

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Strawberry Rhubarb Sorbet

November 13, 2020 Comments are Disabled

I’ve had rhubarb sitting in my fridge for two weeks. There were so many things I wanted to do with it, but I’ve actually never made anything with rhubarb before. I finally decided I should start small, both due to my lack of experience and […]

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Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls

November 13, 2020 Comments are Disabled

INGREDIENTS Dough… ¾ cup Milk 3 tablespoons Butter, melted ¼ cup Sugar 2¼ teaspoons Yeast (1 pkg) ¼ cup Water 1 Egg 1 teaspoon Salt 3½ cups All Purpose Flour Chocolate Cinnamon Roll Filling… ¼ cup Butter or Margarine, softened ⅓ cup Sugar 1-2 tablespoon […]

Cooking

Salted Caramel – 3 MINUTE FUDGE

November 12, 2020 3 comments

Some things: 1. Sometimes, after a long and particularly hellish day at work, school or what-have-you, I want nothing more than to get home ASAP and blast the nastiest, heaviest rap I have in my car and allow the bass vibrations to give me a […]

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Cheesy Chicken Jalapeno Popper Taquitos

November 12, 2020 Comments are Disabled

So I’ve officially decided that my Mexican “craving” is not a craving. It’s a constant need. A craving… you can get rid of, right? It’s like, a temporary thing? Well my Mexican needs are not that. Because I’ll eat Mexican, only to want more of it the […]

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Butterfinger Bomb Cake

November 12, 2020 2 comments

It’s kind of hard for me to talk about Butterfingers without wanting to shove like 7 of them in my mouth. It’s even harder for me to talk about this Butterfinger Bomb Cake without wanting to stick my FACE in it so I’m literally eating […]

Pancakes

Old Fashioned Pancakes

November 11, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Diving into a stack of Old Fashioned Pancakes is akin to a comforting embrace from a nostalgic past. These pancakes, with their fluffy and delightful texture, can turn any breakfast into a celebration. Just a handful of common kitchen ingredients come together to create a […]

Different

Testing the Elements

November 10, 2020 0 comments

This is some dummy copy. You’re not really supposed to read this dummy copy, it is just a place holder for people who need some type to visualize what the actual copy might look like if it were real content. Gallery Block If you want […]