Adventures of a well-rounded geek
Sometimes, you gotta eat dessert first. And when those days come (or when you're hankering for something sweet at any time), Denver and Aurora have you covered. Sugar Bakeshop: Bakery off of Broadway near downtown. They have the best smore's cookie I have ever tasted. It's one of my all time favorite cookies and I…
Yesterday I met up with Brittany again to watch a vegan cooking class and wander around Tagawa Gardens for a bit. The cooking class was actually just a chance to try some food and get some new recipes. The host didn't show us how to cook anything because all her recipes were either for the…
Friday was a fun and sad day. I said goodbye to a coworker that I really like as she's moving on to a better paying job (can’t blame her). Thankfully I do have her number and email address so I plan on convincing her to hang out with me outside of work. Game night perhaps?…
Yesterday after work I went to my first work happy hour. It was for one of my managers who has a birthday on Monday. It was very thoughtful of him to invite me, I was one of three people from our department he invited, so after debating it I decided to go. Thankfully there ended…
Yesterday afternoon Sidney and I went to Nick's Garden Center, our local plant nursery, and bought some flowers for the yard! We got a variety of flowers including violas (pansies), marigolds, and a bit more moss. We'll probably go back to get more flowers as well as a bush for the front side yard. I am hoping…
The mixed berry tart was a success. With a shortbread-like crust, cream, and a variety of berries to top it off, it was light and only slightly sweet. It was also quite pretty. I am now in the process of ordering a different pie from The Long I Pie, another shop I wanted to try…
I made strawberry shortcake yesterday and it looked too good not to take a picture. I guess I'm becoming one of those people that always takes pictures of her food. I promise to try not to post food pics all day. It is SUCH a lovely day outside (at least in Colorado) that I hope…
My work is going to have a dessert competition on Halloween so yesterday, Lydia, Gene, and I made the treats I plan on making as a test round. They turned out both cute and delicious! First we made pumpkin rice krispie treats. I found the recipe here. Follow the regular rice krispie treat recipe but…
So my family and I call these treats "Chinese noodles" because we use chow mien noodles. Gene thinks that's a bit racist so we're going to be calling them "hay stacks" from now on. 😀 This recipe is very basic and yet churns out very delicious morsels. Doesn't take long to make at all either…
I know the holidays are over but I did not have enough time to make all the cookies on my Holiday Cookie List, so I'm just continuing on and enjoying the sweets! Last weekend I made scones. I got this recipe from Martha (Gene's sister) who found it on allrecipes. I have mentioned these scones…
