Happy Birthday, Erica!

Peppermint Brownies

I get daily recipe e-mails from the magazine RealSimple.  Usually, I just delete them because I already have a ton of recipes I need to try.  However, this one sparked my interest because I love all things peppermint and it seemed ridiculously easy.

Football

To relax on Sunday before starting my new job on Monday, I whipped up some homemade Chex Mix and settled in to watch the Vikings v. Cowboys game (I try, but can't get into football like I do baseball).  The prepackaged Chex Mix is ok, but with minimal effort, you can make something even better.

Apple Crumb Bars

My last night at work is tonight!  It hasn't hit me that I am actually leaving.  I learned a lot and grew as a person and a nurse, but I'm off to the next adventure.

I decided to make something for this.  Tis the season, so I made apple crumb bars.  The kitchen smelled amazing.  Martha came through for me again!  This recipe is from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The Original Classics. 

Potluck Baking

The nurses that work my weekend are known to have frequent potlucks.  This weekend is the last weekend I am with them and we decided to have a potluck.  I didn't have much time to make anything and I considered just buying something on my way to work, but my sister woke me up when she came in to pick up some old scrubs for the zombie pub crawl (she had decided to go as a zombie nurse).  Luckily, I remembered a quick and easy recipe I had for a lemon tart.