Summer Ravioli

Do you love ravioli? I do. It's like a treat of a pasta. It's like a teeny, tiny piece of lasagna that I didn't have to make myself.

I made this recipe last year and my husband cheered. (Note: I made it with tortileni.) It combines tiny ravioli, Italian Dressing, sausage and roasted tomatoes. Click here for the recipe.

Lemon blueberry (Pound Cake) Cupcakes

Lemons, blueberries, pound cake... who could ask for anything more?

Saturday Beardface and I went on a date. On our way home we stopped in a local cupcake shop and picked up a cupcake. I got a blueberry. It was delicous, but I kept thinking as I ate it, "I could make this." And I did.

Don't get me wrong, I like the bakery, it's good to support a local business. But I can make a dozen cupcakes for under $5 and paying $2.25 for one cupcake is just silly. I just did the math and it cost me $8.12 to make 18 cupcakes. So that's around $.45 per cupcake. (That's 5 cupcakes for the price of one at the bakery.)

Here is the recipe. If you make something you found on this website feel free to share. I would love to link back to your blog.

Coupon code and Giveaway Time: 4X6 print from Rae of Light Photography (2 winners!)

Rachel of Rae of Light  has been generous enough to sponsor a really exciting giveaway!

Rachel is an extremely talented photographer with an unbelievable eye for capturing beauty in ordinary things and places.

She has been running an Etsy shop since 2008 and I am very excited about working with her.

As part of the giveaway Rachel is running a special for my readers- enter IHEARTU and save 10% off of any regularly priced print!

Her photos are captivating.

"What started as a way to slow down and take pleasure in nature, swiftly turned into a perpetual zeal to capture the unobserved spirit of daily life," she says.

You can visit her blog, like her on Facebook or follow her on Twitter.

The giveaway begins tonight at midnight and will run through Sunday night.

To enter click on the widget below. You MUST go to Rachel's Etsy shop, browse through the photos and pick your favorite. Then leave it in the comments below. That is mandatory to enter.

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A word on baby food

This is a blog about food and this is a blog about babies but this isn't a blog about baby food. If you want a great blog about baby food, I highly recommend Sarah Eleanor over at Spoonfed Baby. She is witty and smart and full of knowledge.

So I reccomend you go there to get your info on baby food making. But I do want to talk a little bit about the advantages of making your own baby food.

I can make it for $.10 a serving vs. $.50 a serving.

Spicy and Sweet Island Pork Tacos

I literally dreamt up this recipe once. I had a dream I was standing in my kitchen pulling pulled pork out of my crock pot. I made the entire taco in my dream and when I woke up I told my husband about it.

Is that strange to dream of food? Don't answer that.

This recipe is super basic, fairly healthy and requires very little effort on anyone's part. It also combines some great flavors and textures and the spiciness of the peanut sauce I used combined with the teriyaki sauce I also use makes a really great flavor. Click here for the recipe.