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I don’t know how it’s possible, but I’ve been posting recipes on this blog for three years. That’s a long time, and a lot of recipes. (If you came here from the other blog you know that one’s been around for seven years! That is a lot of blogging.)
To celebrate I’m having a giveaway! What can you win? Well you know I love sprinkles, I buy a lot of them and use them to decorate cookies, cupcakes, donuts, ice cream – you name it. People always ask me where I get such a vast array and I am lucky to have a lot of local sources, but now they can be all yours!
TEN different ones – stars, confetti, dinos, mini hearts (I think those are my favorite), and more – just for you~!
Just leave a comment on this post from now until Sunday. If you’ve made any of the almost 400 recipes I’ve posted here, (Seriously? Man, I cook a lot.) let me know which recipe was your favorite, I really want to know what works for you! Or just let me know your favorite thing to cook. If you don’t cook… well then why do you come here? That’s weird.
Even if you just started reading or have been here for three years, thanks so much – I love cooking for/with my kids, I love creating new and fun recipes. I always appreciate all your comments (Well, the nice ones. Ha!) and thanks for reading, it truly means a lot to me.
I love all your recipes! Simple, yet delicious and so fun to make! My little sisters devoured the Sweet Potater Tots I made them recently. So thank you for your recipes!
I made your VERY Vanilla cupcakes as treat on my birthday party.. And i LOVED it! not only me, but also my friends and family! thank youu! Hopefully you’ll keep bloggin’ for another three years? =]
Me and my kids loved your awesome rainbow cake–so cute and delish! love all of your cute little lunch tray arrangements too and of course–all the WWYE-having two starwars fans myself at home! congrats on three years and keep it up!!
I’m here for the fruit smoothies! So good. The stained glass jello was fun to make, and it impressed everyone!
Since i can’t have egg or dairy I like that most of the cake and cookie recipes are easy to vegan-ise.
Hi Jenn.
I discovered your blog about 6 months ago and I can’t get enough.
You are so creative and fun. I always get a chuckle when you prepare your little boys meal on the tray. It always looks so appetizing and fun especially to a child. I have two little boys and I think they might enjoy their meals if I prepare their dish the way you do!!!
I’ve made several of your recipes, my favorite would have to be the mini french muffins. They are perfectly balanced with sweet and savory.
I’m currently taking a cake decorating class and I make a cake or cupcakes every week so the sprinkles would be a prefect addition to my new found love of baking.
Congrats on all the blog posts–I enjoy reading!
I don’t remember how I first found your site, I think it was the bacon+cheese biscuits that I made last Thanksgiving. I then realized we have a lot of the same tastes (lemon, bacon, root beer) so I subscribed, and have tried a very many of your ideas. For a treat for my wife, your Fettuccine Alfredo is on the menu for tomorrow night 🙂 Thanks for the great ideas and easy instructions — keep it up!
I made the maple cupcakes for Halloween and they were the hit of the party. Also tried the chocolate ganache cupcakes, which were delicious! Love the simple recipes!
I love all of your ideas and am so glad you share them! Soome of my faves have been the carrot cake cookies & root beer sherbert. Today I am making your banana crumb muffin recipe!
Hello~! I love your blog! 🙂
Oooo, there is so much I love to cook! My fav would probably have to be oyako donburi! Thank you!
OK, I don’t bake much these days, but I have you in my Reader. Why? I’m nosey. I like to see what other people are cooking – people that aren’t on the Food Network. I like to think I can make some of the things you do, even if my overweight, diabetic family can’t possibly eat any of it. At one time I had dreams of being a baker, so I guess I’m living through you. And if all else fails, I know I can come here for recipes and ideas for all those special family occasions.
Oh I love sprinkles too! Or better, my kids love deciding which sprinkles we’ll use and on what.
Here’s to many more years of blogging!
Jenn,
I would love to join you someday to learn to make mochi. That’s my dream. Sprinkles or no sprinkles.
Jenn,
I love your Neapolitan cookies, tortellini soup and vegan gingerbread. I have many more I just need to get to work on them.
Love your blog.
Kelly
hi- i have tried your mochi chicken. YUM! and actually, i was just about to look for your mochi/strawberry cupcake recipe. thanks and keep on bloggin’!!
Ohh! I want to win sprinkles. I’ve made a few of your recipes like the root beer pork in the slow cooker and your white velvet cupcakes and I have loved every one of them. I have yet to make any of the ones with mochi in it even though I drool over them. I better make some this weekend.
Thanks for posting your recipes, and especially the step by step pictures!
I love all of your recipes. The baked desserts always make me salivate!
i baked your cupcake brownies and the sugarrrryyy piggs in a blanket for super bowl and they went so fast i didnt get ANY! everyone wanted more more more!! you’re amazing miss jenn!!
I don’t know if I’ve made anything…I have the worst memory. But I love your cupcakes. I hope to use them someday (just need the time). 🙂
Love your blog and recipes. I haven’t made any yet. I don’t understand the hate mail thing. What is there to hate about recipes??
I love your recipes. I have tried so many… prolly because this was the first food blog that I ever found.
my favorite two recipes are the mini French breakfast muffins and the strawberry cupcakes. I have made the fettucini alfredo, the layered jello, the pecan honey bars (okay, I take it back– that is my favorite but its too dangerous to make because I will eat the whole pan), goldfish mac and cheese, and I know Ive made more, but I cant think of them right now. I also know that I bought the Ratatouille kids cookbook just cause you loved it so much. =)
Hi 😀
I’ve many of your recipes, all have turned out very successful. The one I’ve been asked to make over and over again is the Hawaiian Garlic Fried Chicken. Soo Yummy, the dipping sauce is soo delicious, I’ve even used it on shrimp!
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I had a cake stall in greenwich (london) last year, and was looking for a cookies and cream cupcake to go with my cookie monster decor. Yours was perfect. It’s so fluffy, and works with the coconut and frosting designs on top so well! Thanks so much for your blog, we had so few really interesting toppings off-the-shelf in the UK that your creativity inspires!
Hi!
I stumbled upon your blog looking for broken glass Jell-o. My family is from Hawaii and many of your recipes remind me of my time there as a young person. Thanks for the recipes!
I love your blog, it has lots of cute stuff! Those hard boiled chickies are the cutest and easiest, too!
WE have made LOTS of your receipes! The lemon chicken is sooooooo good, made it about 3 times last months, root beer pulled pork, Rainbow cake in Feb and make as cupcakes last week with 6 colors,the LEMON muffins with the lemon sugar those were sooo good and moade those in early march! For easter picnic i am attempting the broken glass jello and will make MORE rainbow cupcakes! We have made other things but that is what i can remember off the top of my head!
I’m making your layared jello for about the hundreth time now!
Hi, I just discovered your blog!
I’d have to say I’m a fan of the cutsie stuff, like in your blog header.
Ohmygosh, my son would love those sprinkles. He’s obsessed and the dinosaur ones (I think that’s what those are) are so cute!
I love your blog because the recipes are simple. I’ve made the pulled pork twice and both times it was a hit. I’ve also made the french toast muffins. Those were delicious as well. Congrats on 3+ years!
I love reading your blog!
Rainbow jello is always a big hit at parties!! Congrats on your blog!
Hello! Just started reading your blog a few months back 🙂 I’ve tried probably a dozen of your recipes and their fantastic! Favorite so far is the choc chip cookie muffins… their superb 🙂 Thank you so much for posting this blog, it frequently makes my day! *^^*
i’ve tried SO much stuff off your site.
but i REALLY liked the peppermint patty brownie cupcakes, and the greek pasta salad.
i also LOVE your fondant creations=]
yay! sprinkles!
I’ve made a few of your dishes but my kids always ask for your baked lemon chicken dish. which is just a miracle bc generally they refuse to eat, so thanks for keeping them at a healthy weight!
I love reading your blog – especially the sweets you post, along with your kid recipes. I have quite a few of your recipes bookmarked to make “some day” but the only one I have made is the chocolate chip shortbread cookies. I’m dying to make the ice cream bombe.
Keep up the posts! They are great.
I recently discovered your blog and now follow it regularly. You are awesome and I love your great posts. Keep it up.
Hey Jenn,
I’ve seriously been using your blog as my soul source of making desserts these past 2 months since I first discovered your blog. My housemates are absolutely stunned that a college student like me can “whip up” such fancy and yet simple desserts!
I’ve been mostly trying out all of your cupcake recipes (that’s my sweet tooth) and I love pretty much all of them. The marscapone frosting was one of the yummiest! My friends also really like the filled cupcakes and the dulce de leche ones! Thanks so much for these posts…I seriously love them! <3
I just started surfing all my bookmarked blogs again. Yours is one of my faves because the recipes are fun and interesting! I haven’t had much time to cook or bake since I went back to school last fall, but I am now expecting a baby and am feeling like Bree from Desperate Housewives now! I can’t wait to have another little one to bake for again! I love to bake more than cook because everyone loves sweets! 🙂 I don’t have one favorite. I like baking cupcakes and cookies — the prettier the better! 🙂
I’m not really sure how I stumbled across your site (about a year or so ago), but I’m sure glad that I did! You have the neatest ideas, especially for your children’s lunches. I’ve made the rainbow cake which received rave reviews from my guests, and you have so many more recipes that I plan to try in the future.
I just stumbled here, and can’t wait to stagger about a bit more. I will be looking for the lemon chicken recipe, and who doesn’t love cupcakes?
Hi!! I just started reading your site about 2 weeks ago so I haven’t made anything yet but I have a lot of things starred in my Google reader! I really want to make the banana split muffins!
Hi Jenn!
I absolutely love your site, I visit it often, looking for new ideas for dinner. Cooking 6 days a week can be trying, but your ideas make it much easier! Thank you!
*gasp* You mean, you’ve been blogging for seven years and I just stumbled upon you. I’m bummed that it’s taken me this long. Somehow, something Easter like had linked to your super cute chickie eggs (which my daughter is going to flip about seeing that hard boiled eggs are her favorite food at this moment!) I haven’t made the eggs yet (but plan to with some of the “easter eggs” I boiled last night to be colored.
As far as cooking, my latest NEW recipe that I love is Grandma’s Granola. Now, that doesn’t seem too impressive (or even a possibility in my friend’s opinion…”Can’t you buy granola at the store?” one friend said yesterday.) But this is GOOD stuff, the kind of good stuff you CAN’T buy in the store.
http://letmefindlife.blogspot.com/2010/04/yummy-goodness.html
Wow! 3 years is a lot of recipes!! Thanks so much for sharing it all with us. My all time favorite (as well as my family’s) is of course something sweet! It’s the real strawberry cupcakes. MMMMMM!!!! I have made that several times already and can’t wait for strawberry season to make them again! Is it strawberry season yet?
Wow! I just found your blog through The Crafty Crow and have fallen in love. I love cooking for/with my kids, too, so I will definately be visiting your site often for inspiration and ideas. With this being said, I haven’t made any of your recipes yet, but I will definately be making the chick eggs this Easter weekend. So adorable! What a fabulous giveaway! Have a Happy Easter!
I’ve just found (and subscribed!) to your blog after seeing it recommended on another blog (She Scribes). I have a 4-year-old who loves to cook with me and we’re going to have some fun browsing your blog for recipes and ideas! I think we’ll start w/ the hardboiled egg hen and chicks, since we’ll have an abundance of eggs this weekend…
Looking forward to being a regular reader!
Hi! I just discovered your site. Apparently, just in time! I love to cook and bake. My favorite foods are comfort foods like chicken and dumplings, roast, and pot-pies.
Bethany
Hi! I guess I fall into the weird category. I discovered this blog from your other blog, and I’m hooked on both. I haven’t tried any of your recipes yet, but I do love looking at them–especially your baked goods. You cook for your kids in a way that I wish I did.
Hi! I’ve made a ton of your recipes. Some of our stand by ones are the banana crumb muffins, brown sugar cupcakes, brownie cupcakes, and white velvet cupcakes!
Shoyu chicken is still my favorite recipe. Per my husband’s request, I make it once a week.
I love your website! I check it faithfully, one, two, or even three times a day, hoping to see a new recipe!
I’m new here and haven’t made any of your recipes yet, but I will! A friend recommended you to me. I like to bake more than cook, I think. But I really do enjoy making my own Chinese pasta and vegetables! So yummy! 🙂
I just found your blog this morning and I am now a huge fan! I love your easter recipes and am looking forward to trying out your Lemon Scones!
I forgot how I came across your blog, but I think I came across it while I was searching for recipes using Mochiko. I followed your recipe for Chocolate Mochi Brownies this past Tuesday night and it was DA BOMB!!! I’m trying out the Kimchi pizza recipe tonight. Love your recipes! I’m a huge fan!!!
Hi, I am a New Follower of your Blog, and I am so Glad I found you, I will definately be trying out some of your shared recipes… They look so yummy… Happy Easter!!
I am ALL about the bombes! The watermelon one is the best. Thanks for keeping us entertained the past 7 years.
I love all your recipes and shockingly I have not had mochi. Which will have to change. Last year, I made your ice cream bombe to rave reviews. I love your Easter cupcakes, your talents are endless and I am thankful that you share them with others so that we can look cool.
I just found your blog today from another blog – and it just might be my new favorite! I can’t wait to try the bunny pancakes on Sunday morning.
My favorite recipe of yours were the Caramel Apple Cupcakes. I made them as mini’s for Halloween, and my coworkers were actually fighting over them! I love your site, not just for the delicious recipes, but your creative ideas and humor too. Thanks Jenn!
I always make the sweet spiced pork. At least once a month it is time for some yummy “poke” tenderloin.
Hi Jenn! Your blog is so awesome for many reasons; it’s the first food blog I’ve ever read,it’s my only go-to website when I’m bored with my routine, and it warms my heart just looking at those sweet little plates you make up for your men. You’ve made me and my wonderful family very happy with your Mochiko Chicken, Broccoli Salad, Hawaiian Garlic Fried Chicken (my fave),Slow Pork Chops, Crock Pot Shoyu Chicken, and Bacon Wrapped Smokies.
I cook a lot for my elderly parents and can’t wait to make your Chickie Eggs for them, they’re just too cute.
Thanks for all you share. Take care.
Hi Jenn! I’ve made so many of your recipes, the ones that are favorites in our household are:
-Somen Salad (My husband LOVES this)
-Broken Glass Jello (we call it Cathedral Windows)
-Brown Sugar Meatballs (love this for a lazy day dinner)
I plan on trying out more recipes but I’d rather eat than cook 🙂 I’ve been following your rants blog for I think 5-6 years… even before the cooking. (Your EverQuest post is one of my favorites.)
Love your blog! Was just telling a friend about your goldfish mac & cheese today – so yummy!
i made the lemon olive oil teacakes for a brunch potluck i hosted a couple months ago… huge hit! just the right amount of lemon
having said that… your lemonade scones are now high on my list. i have about 10 of your recipes bookmarked. first up is going to be nutella pancakes, next weekend. nutella is already in the cabinet. and then maybe those scones… and then the cookie cupcakes…
I’ve made a bunch of your recipes, my favourite being your cinnamon sugar cookies. SO GOOD! Love your site. I read it every day. You are one of the reasons I’ve started my own baking blog.
Keep up the fantastic work!
Thanks for the great recipes
We like the mini chicken pot pies!
And the deserts!
And the breakfasts for dinner!
Your Best. Recipe. Ever? Kalbi ribs. Adding the Sprite is simply genius!!!
Hi. This is my first visit to your site.
I can’t WAIT to try some of your recipes…
I’m good at making things crispy… so I’m always looking for help.
Love the little Chickie eggs below! Adorable!
This post is actually the first one I’ve read, but I’m going to do some exploring. 🙂 I just found your blog a few minutes ago, and am looking forward to seeing some of the recipes about which I’ve heard.
I luv, luv, luv your Sausage & Onion muffins and so do the kids(inclubing the big DH kid).
I luv the Greek Pasta salad, simple and pantry friendly.
Great blog, thanks.
I love all your recipes and posts. I’ve made the ovaltine brownies and they are the bomb as well as the slow chops and broken glass jello. I can’t name them all, but whichever I’ve made I have no complaints they are all so ono!
I love your blog- I’ve been reading it for about a year, and I am one of those weird people who didn’t like baking but read because I LOVE food. And reading about food. Recently, though, your blog has inspired me to bake! I made your chocolate ganache cupcakes (OMG- those things were amazing!!!) and your chocolate peanutbutter brownies and your praline cupcakes. My family, friends and co-workers are very appreciative of you and your blog!
I love all your kid-friendly dishes & how you get your boys involved in the kitchen. My son is only 8 months old, but I’m already looking forward to trying out some of your recipes for him. My favorite are the mama & baby chick eggs. Simple & cute!
Congrats! I still don’t know how you manage to do everything! You’re my hero 🙂
Well…you already know what my fav recipes are…all the crockpot recipes, esp the pulled pork!
Here’s to many more years!
congrats to 3 years!! i tried making the choco covered strawberries. messed up on one batch, but the others came out great! can’t wait to try one of your cupcake recipes!
Congrats on 3 years of tasty recipes & wishes for many more! My favorite recipe is for Shoyu Chicken. I even shared it with my family’s crock pot king…my dad…even though I didn’t want to.
Everything you make looks FANTASTIC. One of the things I have tried that rocked my world were the banana cupcakes with Cinnamon frosting! LOVE THEM! Could use a couple right now…
Congrats to 3 years! You are my go to website for local recipes/potluck foods. We love your Kalbi and Mochiko Chicken. Thank you for sharing.
I check your site every day- usually in the am from work. I loved your “Lemon Week” and the lemon sugar was fabulous! Not only did i use it in your recipes, but i also added it to grapefruits in the morning, crepes and fruit salad. THank you for the great ideas- your kids are VERY lucky!
xoxo
Melissa
I stumbled across your website when I was looking for a pumpkin mochi recipe for Thanksgiving. I’ve been hooked ever since and I check out your blogs nearly everyday. I tried several recipes and loved each one. You must have some Hawaii ties as I see a lot of local things. thank you!
love your site, getting ready to make your mini burgers tonight and next weekend the elmo cupcakes! Loved the oven bbq ribs the most 🙂
I don’t know how long I’ve been reading your blog, but I don’t remember not reading your blog and laughing at your stories about GrrBaby and OG. My husband Jim and I have tried and love your recipes for Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding, Mochi Brownies, Mochi Custard, Mochi Cupcakes, Brown Sugar Cookies, the list goes on!
I just recently found your websitbe and have only made one recipe…Nilla Wafter cupcakes! I am cupcake OBSESSED and could definitely find many ways to use your lovely sprinkles 🙂
Thanks for sharing all your ideas and recipes! I’ve tried your Pink Lemon Cupcakes and they were YUMZ!
thank you for sharing all your recipes. my most favorite to make is the spam musubi! i even bought the musubi maker from ebay straight from hawaii. 😀
I love your recipes and I’ve made several.. brown sugar meatballs, sugar cookies, the twisty bacon method, greek salad, to name a few. I know I’ve made others too. Thanks so much!
I’m new to your blog so I haven’t made any of your recipes YET. 🙂 I love to bake dessert type food the most. I also like making roast with carrots and potatoes in my crock pot. So yummy and SO easy!
I think one of my favorites are the pumpkin cupcakes w/ the cinnamon frosting. My son LOVES coffee mochi — I use espresso instead of brewed for stronger coffee flavor 🙂 Oh the honey chicken the kids like too – sort of like teriyaki to them!
Congrats on 3 yrs! Those bunny cupcakes were so cute!
Loree
I’ve made your Burger Bites and Brown Sugar Meatballs. Yummy!
I think my favorite recipe of yours will always be the pecan praline cookies. YUM. I still wanna try the colored cookie dough too.
I love the lemon sugar because it’s easy to make and once you do you have it on hand to top a lot of things – homemade muffins, cereals, fruit, etc.
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