Sunshine Award

Awards

Behold! The Sunshine Award! I was nominated by the wonderful and always sweet Trace in the Kitchen. Her blog is an array of awesome. Not only does she bake, she cooks, and travels! The Rules: 1. Post the Sunshine Award logo on your blog. 2.  Nominate 10 fellow bloggers and announce their nomination in their blog’s comment …

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Daily Prompt: Cupid's Arrow

Writing

It’s Valentine’s Day, so write an ode to someone or something you love. Bonus points for poetry! Vegetable or Fruit by Melisa R The words you and I Lay between shades of green refreshing, resonating, ripened Cool to the senses Round to the touch One slice of you is not enough. One, two, three, four …

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Daily Prompt: All About Me

Blogging

Explain why you chose your blog’s title and what it means to you. After reading my friend Christina’s post on her blog title definition, I thought to myself: “Why did I pick my blog title?!”. I just sat here pondering my blog’s existence and how it somehow reflected my entity. My blog’s title was not …

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Liebster Award

Awards Culinary

I’ve been nominated for another WordPress type of award. In this case, it’s the Liebster Award and the lovely lady behind the nomination is Lovely Buns. Thanks, Candy for the nomination! I’m so flattered. I’ve been working very hard on my blog and will continue to do so in the following year. These are the …

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Super Sweet Blogging Award

Awards Baking Blogging

Teresa from Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen nominated me for the Super Sweet Blogging Award and how convenient! Since I absolutely love sweets! Thank you, Teresa. Your nomination made my day! The Super Sweet Blogging Award requires that I answer some questions, among other things. So here I go! The Rules: 1. Give credit to the …

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Polvorones

Baking

Today is the day when I get in touch with my Puerto Rican roots. This cookie, this breathtaking, delicious, mouthwatering cookie is called Mantecaditos or Polvorones in Spanish. Polvorones are my favorite cookies, no question about it, and I’ll tell you why. This cookie tastes like friggin’ ice cream. It practically melts in your mouth …

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