Fun Food

Fun Food

Eating Ooo: An Adventure Time Cookbook

Get ready for an adventure in your kitchen! This cookbook (and art book) created by Eric Resnick is inspired by the Adventure Time series, and it doesn’t disappoint. Recipes include: Marceline’s Fries Bacon pancakes Everything Burrito Princess Bubblegum’s giant spaghetti IN meatball Tree Trunks’ Mile High Apple Pie Wildberry Princess’ […]

Fun Food, Recipes

Trefoil Cookie Butter

EDIT: My recipe is a finalist in the Girl Scout Cookie Recipe Contest! You can vote for it here. It’s one of my favorite times of the year: Girl Scout Cookie Recipe time! Because the only thing more fun than eating Girl Scout Cookies is finding ways to incorporate Girl […]

Fun Food, Geek Fit

Healthy Gaming Snacks: Pistachios

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Pistachio Health Institute. I’ve been trying to find nice, healthy alternatives to my friends’ typical gaming snacks over the past year or so. Cupcakes and chips are great, but if we’re going to be mindlessly munching on something, […]

Fun Food, Recipes

Mountain Dew Pound Cake

There you have it! A delicious, Mountain Dew-y pound cake. Do you have experience with pound cake? Any favorite recipes? Teach me! I recently discovered that there’s a pound cake recipe (that may be fairly common in the South?) that uses 7Up as one of its main ingredients. As soon […]

Fun Food

Minecraft Cookie Cutters

How cute are these Minecraft cookie cutters? ThinkGeek just announced this set of 5 cookie cutters. You get a pickaxe, sword, player, cookie, and creeper all wrapped up in a Minecraft-themed tin. While the creeper is cool because of the cutout in the middle, my favorite shape is the cookie. […]

Fun Food, Parties

Pinterest Day Recap

Yesterday I spent the entire day only doing things found on Pinterest Pins. I wanted to see if I would turn into one of those perfect people you always imagine when going through Pinterest–you know, perfect huge house, rustic accents, perfectly layered clothing with cute makeup and nicely braided hair. […]

Fun Food, Gift Ideas

Nudo: Adopt Something Delicious

Why give a friend a gift of teas or olive oils when instead you can give them their own olive tree or tea garden? This is the concept of Nudo: you can adopt a tree or garden and receive a seasonal selection from your own adoptee. I’ve written about Nudo in […]

Fun Food

Nomiku: Sous Vide for Everyone

Sous vide is one of those things I’ve always wanted to try, but assumed I’d never be able to. For those uninitiated, sous vide consists of cooking food in water at a low temperature (less than boiling). Many items are placed in vacuum-sealed bags and may need to cook for […]

Fun Food, Gift Ideas

Creepy Candy for Halloween

While a handful of fun size candy bars will always be an acceptable gift in this home, there are some items out there that will rock the socks off of your average Halloween treat. If you’re looking to impress your party attendees or want a fun and creepy host/hostess gift, […]