While I am away on my honeymoon, my dear blog-friend Lauren from the blog Keep It Sweet was kind enough to share an amazing summer treat. Lauren is an amazing baker and has an absolutely beautiful blog that you should make sure to check out. Thanks so much for sharing, Lauren! I can’t wait to try this when I get back home. Hi, I’m Lauren from Keep It Sweet. I’m excited to get a chance to guest post on Espresso and … Read More
Wedding Pie #1: Cran-Raspberry Pie
One of the little touches I’m most excited about when it comes to our wedding is the dessert, of course! Instead of having traditional wedding cake, as I mentioned, we are having pie. Two pies with the recipes developed by yours truly. Guests at our wedding will be going home with the recipes for these pies, but I wanted to make sure you had them, too! I absolutely love this pie because it’s the perfect combination of sweet and … Read More
Sun-dried Tomato and Asparagus Pasta Salad
Thanks for all your kind words and support about our race. I’m already searching out my next race. Joey, on the other hand, is taking a few steps back from distance running and is going to focus on shorter runs paired with lots of lifting and agility workouts. Races aside, we are in full-on wedding mode over in this neck of the woods. Tomorrow is my last day of work before the wedding, and my family starts arriving in town … Read More
We Did It!
Five days before the biggest day of our life, we completed our first half marathon! It was hot, sweaty and so much harder than I had anticipated, but seeing as that it was our first race ever, I’m pretty proud of how we did. I know not all of you come to Espresso and Cream to read race recaps, but I hope you’ll be okay with me recapping our run. The race, The Red White and Boom Half … Read More
My Week in Groceries: June 27
Wow! I was blown away by your enthusiastic response to the Foodzie Giveaway. The winners are: 1. #27 Lisabella2. #40 Jennifurla3. #106 Lauren (who said an English muffin and almond butter) Send me an e-mail (madisonjanemayberry@gmail.com) with your name and address and I’ll get your prizes in the mail. I got some great responses on my last grocery haul post, so I decided to do it again. A lot of you mentioned that you are nosy and secretly love to … Read More
Bake Sale to Beat Cancer
The fabulous Lauren over at Keep It Sweet is hosting a bake sale to beat cancer. I have two dozen of my Strawberry Cream Cheese Cookies up for bid today and there are a bunch of other amazing goodies, too! Stop on over to her site and place a bid for a great cause! You can find the link here. Winners of the Foodzie Giveaway will be announced tomorrow morning!Madison
Foodzie Giveaway!
Because it’s Monday. And because I have never before been more thankful for the amazing readers of Espresso and Cream. And because I can’t get enough of all the tasty treats there are out there to try…. I’m giving away three Foodzie Tasting Boxes! Last month, as part of the Foodbuzz Featured Publisher program, I had the opportunity to get a Foodzie box sent to me to sample. Honestly, I think it was one of the funnest things that … Read More
Berry-Cherry Soft Serve
Write this down. Are you ready for it? If you don’t currently own a food processor, put it down at the top of your list of kitchen items you absolutely need. I promise, it will be the best investment you make for your kitchen, and maybe your health, too. You see, I love ice cream. And if I didn’t have a food processor that enabled me to make healthy, fruit-based soft-serve at home, I would probably eat a lot more … Read More
Family Wedding Shower Weekend
Joey and I spent last weekend back at home and my mom’s side of the family threw me an absolutely wonderful wedding shower. I’m so blessed to have such talented, creative aunts and cousins, who also happen to be great cooks! Here are a few pictures from the weekend. As usual, when exciting things are going on I’m not very good at remembering to take photos. Madison
Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers for One (or more)
Thank you, truly, for all your sweet comments, Tweets, and e-mails about my meltdown! I’m so blessed to be able to share this little space on the web with you all and Espresso and Cream is a blessing to me even on my less than wonderful days. Lately, I’ve been trying to make an effort to reduce food waste at my house. More often than not, I find myself bringing home new groceries only to throw away produce that didn’t … Read More
Bean and Quinoa Enchiladas
There are a number of things I could have titled this post. The most appropriate one being “The week my computer decided it was just as tired as I am and quit working.” Or perhaps “That time I walked out of the mall crying, with my mascara running all over my face while I had a wedding meltdown.” Both would be true, but neither very fun to talk about. Thank goodness I had a batch of these in the freezer … Read More
Heathier Recipe 1: Banana Muffins
Since I had three very ripe bananas sitting atop my fridge, I decided to jump right in on this request to make banana muffins healthier. Banana bread is one of my favorite breakfast treats and an extremely easy food to make healthier because the ripe bananas naturally provide moisture and sweetness to the recipe. Upon first looking at the original recipe, I noticed a few things. First, it contained sour cream; great for adding moisture and flavor but not … Read More