Christmas Eve Lasagna

 Hadn’t made lasagna in eons….so decided to make it as a family activity on Christmas Eve. As usual, I messed up some steps, but it still turned out delicious!

Look at those layers! Even better on Christmas Day!

December 2003

 Damn. I finally made a Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Cake Bon Appetit recipe I clipped back in 2003. This recipe is almost 20 years old. How insane is that??

A couple of things: 1. I’m amazing at creating a gorgeous cheesecake type crust. Thanks to the small measuring cup hack  2. Making this cake during winter time in Minnesota is ideal. I didn’t need to clear a space in the freezer, just tossed the work in progress out in the deck (12F) throughout each step. 

Here it is:

How did I do? It was tasty, but definitely not worth the effort!  Better off grabbing a cake from Dairy Queen.  

Team building

Just participated in a super fun work team building event! We grabbed a bunch of products from our natural and organic brands and put together an amazing dish. Everyone was a winner, but behold, fried chicken marinated in Annie’s BBQ sauce served with Annie’s Homestyle waffles with strawberry coulis flavored with Annie’s summer strawberry fruit snacks, topped with Cascadian Farms strawberries.  Sooo delicious!!  

Boba Problems

Addicted to Boba tea lately. 

Boba at work, boba in MN, boba at MOA, 2nd boba at MOA, boba in chi town, boba in bean town. 

So many more bobas that didn’t get photographed. 🙃 

Happy Chinese New Year!

 Our neighbors invited us over for some yummy hot pot to celebrate Chinese New Year.