Easter Eve!

Today I actually did what I tried to do yesterday- homework! hahaha I cranked out a lesson plan for tutoring on monday, made a game for my lesson, and wrote a paper about things i was suppose to learn but did not learn in ethics this semester haha. This was all fuled by the wonderful brunch that my mom made this morning! She made us belgium waffles and bacon! I infused some maple syrup with orange zest and a little orange juice for my my waffles and it was delicious!!Of course I went back for seconds and topped my other piece of a waffle with some coconut and maple syrup. yummm I just wished there had been more orange infused syrup because that would have made it even better!
Then I worked on my homework for a longgg while and eventually snacked on some triscuits and roasted garlic hummus (sabra of course is the best brand). I had never had the fire roasted tomato and olive oil triscuits before but they are delicious and perfect for eating with hummus! When I finally finished my homework I started working on the deviled eggs for Easter tomorrow. I don't have a picture yet but you'll get to see them tomorrow!
For dinner my dad was grilling hamburgers which I am not really a fan of so I just ate some leftover orange beef stirfry.

But my mom also wanted to make sure I got a picture of the food they were eating.
After dinner I made some more carrot cake cookies because I had leftover filling from me and Rachel's baking extravaganza the other day!



These are seriously my new favorite cookies, even without the filling they are so delicious! I'm not even that big of a fan of carrot cake but these cookies are so good! They are super moist and really cinnamony and delicious! And of course the pineapple cream cheese filling is really good too!

I did some yoga while I waited for the cookies to cool and then I filled them up! Now I'm off to take a shower and hopefully go to bed early! Tomorrow is church, and then my grandparents are coming over for Easter "dinner" which is really lunch and to celebrate my dad's birthday which was a couple weeks ago. Then I have to head back to Richmond because unlike Prince William County- Henrico has school Monday so I have to tutor! I hope everyone has a great Easter and remember Jesus is the reason for the season! He was crucified to save all of us and then rose from the dead on Easter! So take some time out of candy and Easter dinner to thank God for sending his son to save us!

Baking Extravaganza

Oh my what a busy day!!!!!!!!!!! I was cooking almost all day! yay! First I woke up and had a little bit of Fage with some honey and granola. Then on the side I had a slice of the Pepperidge Farm Cranberry Orange Bread with some of that Barney Butter. I wasn't that impressed with the Barney Butter, I like the 365 from Whole Foods better- not only because its the chunky kind but it also has a little different taste too.
Then I started cleaning my room and putting away a lot of the stuff I brought home! For lunch I had a yummy sandwich- porccioto, munster, sprouts, tomatoes, lettuce, dill mayo, and sourdough bread!

Then Rachel came over and we had a baking extravaganza! I got the almond butter out and Rachel wanted to try a spoonfull (not the Barney butter but also not the 365 it was some other kind from Harris Teeter but it was chunky!!)
Then we baked and baked and baked! We baked Guniess Chocolate Cupcakes (that later got a Bailey's frosting)
We baked funfetti cupcakes from a box lol and then eventually decorated them all Easterly!
We baked carrot cake cookies and made a pineapple cream cheese filling.
And we baked maple almond butter cookies!
So here are the Carrot Cake Cookies with Pineapple Cream Cheese Filling from Cookie Madness


Those were for sure my favorite of everything we made! Oh my gosh they were sooooooo good!!!!

Then we decorated our easter cupcakes! They got green frosting, green cocounut, pink peeps, and jelly beans!
yay! I look ridiculous because I thought she had already taken the picture hahah!

Then we frosted our Guiness Chocolate Cupcakes with a Bailey's frosting- it was like a stick of butter, a box of powdered sugar, and a little mini Bailey's bottle. Rachel brought the recipe so I'm not sure where it came from but maybe she can comment with the link!
I just realized I don't have a picture of the Maple Almond Butter Cookies. They are pretty good the first ones I overcooked but the second batch turned out a lot better! The recipe is from Jenna's Blogger E-Cookbook, I'm sure you could still donate the $10 and get it if you wanted!

Then as soon as we finished baking I started dinner! I made Orange Beef Stirfry- I made the beef kind of from this recipe from Allrecipes. Then I also made some more of the sauce and made a lot of veggies in it too- broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, green peppers, and snow peas! Oh my gosh this was soooo good! I love the orange sauce and everything but especially the mushrooms absorbed the sauce and tasted sooooo good!

Yummm! So now I have to run so I can play Hoopla with my family!!!!