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Hey guys! I am currently in Orlando, FL at Disney World enjoying my pants off (only because I have a dress on!) at Food Blog Forum 2013. I am having more fun than I can even handle, so I thought I would provide you with a treat of someone else blogging for you rather than being silent today. I asked my friend Erin of Texanerin Baking if she would post for me today, and luckily, she didn't run
Are you confused at my last two posts yet? Seeing a savory post with the word truffle in it and then my post from Friday that was sweet with the same word?Yeah I like to keep everyone on their toes. It's my only mission in life.No but really, let's get down to business here.I am not sure how many of you know this, but there is a type of mushroom that is super rare (all I can think about is
I have recently discovered that I have a thing for s'mores.I am not sure what it is, but I absolutely love coming up with new ways to incorporate s'mores into desserts.Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I don't have a fire to carry around with me so I can't toast marshmallows at any given time.And possibly that s'mores might just be the best summer treat of all tim
Despite what you might think, we do eat real meals, and those that might suggest we are trying to stay healthy.Among the Biscoff Rice Krispies, Chocolate Ganache Doughnuts and the Chicken-Marinated-in-Bacon-Fat-BBQ-Pizza, that is.It's all about balance in life.I believe that you need to enjoy life, and that life is WAYYY to short to not enjoy your food.That is why even when I make things that
Well, here comes the crazy.The month of May that is. And you can call these Rice Krispies crazy GOOD too, but we'll get there in a bit.First, I need to tell you about this month.And how it is going to be over in a flash because it is the cuh-raziest month ever for me.First, I am getting a visit from my most favoritest niece ever! (Also my only niece, but that isn't the point).My bro, sis-i
This may not be a "traditional" spritzer, per se, but that is the name I am sticking with because it makes a lovely alliteration, and I am one of those crazy ladies who likes to sit and think about alliterations.Yep I'm one of thooooooose people...You should run while you can.But WAIT!Before you go, let me tell you about my spritzer.And maybe I'll give you a reason to stay.Or a t
I am going to make a bold statement right now. Be warned.This is the best pizza in the world.The only pizza recipe you'll ever need.Oops, that was two bold statements. #sorryI'mnotsorryThis pizza shows up on our dinner table at least once a week. I have made it 1.8 billion times, so it was high time I let you in on the goods.I fully blame Rachel for my obsession with this pizza. And I know
The strawberry muffins that almost weren't.It happened over the span of two days.Six recipes, and only one that was blog worthy. One.Or so I thought.I made these strawberry muffins in hopes to use up some almost-going-bad strawberries- I cut them up, had high hopes, only to be disappointed when I took my first bite.The crazy thing - do you want to know what the crazy thing is? - they tasted go
I was walking into the kitchen on Monday afternoon, when I overheard the radio station I listen to praying. Not that this is an uncommon occurrence on this station, but for some reason it really caught my attention.When I heard them praying for the victims in Boston, I turned to Facebook, where naturally people were posting left and right about the tragedy of the Boston Marathon.I am so saddened t
I like food.Just in case you didn't know that, I wanted to make sure we were all on the same page.I really like to eat. And I've done a really good job of it all my life, but especially this last week.We have had some visitors (otherwise known as my in-laws, Matt's parents (and sister), or the people I stole my last name from).Since they have been here, we have been mostly eating out,
I think every Friday should be declared as "Doughnut Friday"!Wait. It's Tuesday, not Friday.But these doughnuts were made on Friday, and I devoured enjoyed them on Friday, and therefore, dub Friday's to be Doughnut Fridays.My father-in-law actually does have Doughnut Friday at work every. single. Friday.Why don't more work places embrace practices like this?I think all work p
I know I have gone pretty savory on you guys a lot here in the last couple weeks.Well other than my Purple Cocktail earlier this week.I promise, we will be getting back to our regularly scheduled programming next week. I will make it up to you. With donuts!I tend to steer clear of main dishes here on Carla's Confections, for the mere fact that I don't plan far enough in advance to take pic
Do you all know Julie of Table for Two blog?If you don't, you really should get to know her. She's, well, fabulous.And she's getting married at the end of the month (really, no joke), and a few of us bloggers are throwing her a virtual bridal shower today.So... surprise Julie!!! Happy virtual bridal shower!!!!Click Here to Read More of this Yummy Post >>
Happy Good Friday!What do you all have planned for Easter weekend? Mr. Carla's Confections has today off of work, so we are already starting our three day weekend.We don't have a big meal planned for Sunday, but we do have a weekend full of Skyping with family and friends, as well as celebrating what this weekend is all about. We (READ = Carla) will also be stuffing our faces full with this ranch
I'm going savory on you this week.Sometimes it's nice to veer from the norm.Like this weekend. We did something we wouldn't normally do. We actually went outside and enjoyed the sunshine.That sounds sad. What I mean is that there has actually been sunshine in Vancouver, so we have been able to go out and enjoy it. We went to a regional park and to a suspension bridge that goes over waterfalls. It
I've done it again!I made yet another cookie bar recipe. Have you seen my other Cookie Bar Recipes yet? I have a thing for cookie bars. We are really good friends, cookie bars and me.I just cant get over how easy they are to make. And I'm not going to get over it. I'll never stop making cookie bars.I know you don't want me to stop either. Because here's the thing. They are fabulous. And these cook
I am back from my week long trip to my hometown of Reno, and it feels so nice to be back in my routine, and back in my husband's arms!We planned the trip on a quick whim to see about getting my vertigo fixed. I am sure some of you are wondering what happened with that, so here goes...I still have vertigo.Yep. After a week at home and seeing four different docs, I still have it.But it's ok. Really.
Well, to be perfectly honest, this is closer to a smoothie texture than an ice cream texture, but I really like to look at it as ice cream, that way you can feel better about yourself when you eat it after dinner :) You are eating healthy ice cream, and I love the thought of that!!!Let me back up a little bit here.When I first started the blog, I got a suggestion from a friend to do healthy banana
Are we seriously over half way through the week already?! And this is the first post of the week for me. Phew. That's pretty bad haha!To say these last few weeks have taken a toll on me is a huge understatement.If you don't follow me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook, then you probably don't know that I have been having pretty bad vertigo these last three weeks. I have kept it quiet from the blog
Well it happened. My Spinach Quiche recipe feature made me crave some quiche. I told you if you made quiche this week I would do the same. I held up my end of the bargain. Did you hold up yours???If you didn't, no fret! You can make this one! And some might argue that this one is better for you than my other recipe. Others would argue the opposite.Me, I just ask people to stop arguing. Arguing doe
Did anyone watch the Oscars this Sunday? I am sure there are very few not raising their hands right now. There was one reason we did watch it (and had to stream it since we don't have cable right now), but sadly we were disappointed in the outcome.I am going to (try to) keep this part of my post brief, because I don't want to bore anyone, and I am sure there are plenty of people annoyed with my tw
I have some WONDERFUL news to share with you!One of my recipes has been featured in an e-Cookbook, and is available for FREE download!This is *technically* my second recipe being featured in a cookbook, including Heidi's Bakes and Treats Recipe Book, not that I'm counting or anything ;)I just wanted to share the good news, and tell you to go download the book for FREE! You can always carry a piece
Have you seen the new look of the site yet? I assume you have if you've clicked over from the email :) What do you think of it? I for one, am loving it! I am so smitten with the cleaner and more "grown-up" look, but still with the touch of pink that I love.My ever-amazing friend Heidi of Bits of Sunshine designed it for me. She is so incredibly talented with all that stuff. I wouldn't even know wh
Something one I haven't talked about on the blog is my sweet and beautiful niece! I can hardly even believe it, but she is over 2 1/2 months old now. Where has that time gone?!I haven't seen her in about a month, and I am missing her chubby little self so much! I hope we can see that baby girl soon, but in the meantime, my SIL has been sending me pictures of her, and I just cannot even begin to de
I'll be back tomorrow with a new recipe, but I wanted to take a break from that for today to share some pictures with you. You may remember a few weeks back when I had a near breakdown over having bad food photos. After talking with my ever-amazing husband and family, and getting tons of support from readers and fellow bloggers (not to mention friends), I made the decision to do something about my
Don't you just love the contrast of my week? Super healthy Kale and Broccoli Quinoa early in the week, and then these AHHH-mazing Double Biscoff Cookie Cups at the end of the week.Its to bring sunshine and Biscoff to your Friday.I know, it's so so bad!But oh so good! Sometimes you just need a little bit of bad! These little sinful treats are the perfect indulgence for a Friday after Valentines Day
Heya! I hope you guys all had a wonderful weekend :) Matt and I had an extended weekend because of a Canadian holiday. Its called family day... is it just me or does family day make you think of the day after Christmas? I don't know, maybe it is just me, but either way, Ill take the extra day off!!The hubs and I were talking this weekend about how when you are in school, all you want to do i
I know everyone keeps saying this, but man I just cannot believe its less than a week away from Valentine's Day! Seriously though, where did the time go? I feel like it was just yesterday that we were counting down to Christmas. Goodness time flies!Since it is so close to the holiday of love, I wanted to give you plenty of time to make these cute little things for your loved one, or for your kid's
I told you you'd be seeing more of these babies!You may remember a certain post about Biscoff No-Bake Energy Balls... well I am telling you... if you don't go make a version of these something bad is going to happen to you.Alright, I'm not a mind reader, and I'm not someone who foretells the future (what are those even called???) So I cant reaaaaaaally tell you something bad will happen to you.I'm
Before I tell you about this delicious fella here, I just wanted to say a quick thank-you to all of your guys' support on my last post. The beginning of this week was not a great one for me, and you all helped a lot. I really appreciate the support and love I have from all my readers, especially some of you bigger bloggers! You all melt my heart :)Now lets talk about this guy, and make sure you ha
I made this dip yesterday, in hopes to get the pictures taken, edited and get the recipe up last night to go live on the blog this morning like I try to do with most of my posts. Instead, I made the dip, attempted to take pictures, couldn't get any that I liked, threw a temper tantrum (luckily this didn't include throwing my camera), and decided to walk away from my photo shoot and anything to do
Since I am so honest with you guys all the time, I'm going to ask you a serious question and you have to be honest with me ok? Ok.Do you find that you pin things to your Pinterest boards a lot and then never seem to go back to them and use the great ideas? Especially when it comes to food?Its ok. This is the no-judgement zone. I'm opening you up to be honest with me here. So go ahead... tell me th
I am now back from my week-long trip to Portland. It was so much fun having a "girl's" week (except for my brother, who hardly counts since, well he's my brother, and he was at work during the day), but I sure did miss being by my husbands side all week. I don't sleep very well without him by my side. Am I the only one like that?My mom was up there the same week visiting her grand baby, and on Thu
I do have to be completely honest here. That's the rule of a blog right? Honesty? I like to think so.So here we go. This is going to be hard. But I'm going to say it anyway.ThisrecipewassupposetobepostedbeforeChristmas.Phew! I'm glad I got that off my chest. Now lets move on.What? You want an explanation? Ooooooooooooohkay, Ill tell you.I made this recipe in hopes of it making it on the blog befor
The hubs has really been loving grilled cheese sandwiches lately. I have to admit that they are not always my favorite sandwich to eat, but when you combine the right ingredients, it is very hard to turn one of these fellas down.Remember Friday's post? I shared Arugula & Walnut Pesto with ya. Remember that one? Yeah I thought you had.I told you you were gonna want to check back to see what I m
Is anyone else ready for warm weather to be here or is that just me? I realize that is basically the beginning of winter and that we have a long way to go before warm weather arrives, but a girl can dream anyway. It seems like it has just been an extremely long time since its been warm (or since Ive seen the sun for that matter).I cant seem to live in places where it doesn't rain 364 days of the y
Happy New Year to you all! I realize that it is already a week past New Years, but since this is the first we've talked since then, why not wish you a belated one? So Happy New Year! Those holidays went really fast didn't they? I'm not sure how that happened! Actually, I do. I stayed quite busy during that time.New Years always seems to come with resolutions don't they? Did you guys make any resol
If you follow me on Instagram (if you don't, you should really start... just sayin ;) ), you've probably seen me doing a lot of posts about cookies, and cookie swaps.In case you haven't understood what I have been talking about, well this is it. Julie and Lindsay of The Little Kitchen and Love and Olive Oil put together this awesome Food Blogger's Cookie Swap, and even made all of the profits of i
Well I think I can finally share some news with you. We have been sitting on it for a while now, just in case things didn't work out. But I think its finalized and we can share it with everyone.No, I'm not pregnant... that I know of anyway.We are moving again.In a few weeks.And its to another country again.Were moving to Vancouver, Canada.Yep.You see, Matt got a preeeeeeeeeeeeetty awesome job. And
Do you have those weeks, when you are planning on blogging a certain recipe or two (or if you aren't a food blogger, a recipe that you plan on taking somewhere), and not even just the one, but the recipe after that too is just a total flop?That was the beginning of my week. I had two recipes that just did not work the way I wanted them too. Granted, they still both tasted great, but all in all, th
Well this past week has been nothing short of crazy and super exciting! I had full intentions of getting tons of baking done over the weekend, but then something happened.This little girl happened.Yep! My brother and SIL had their beautiful little girl on Friday morning! Baby Avery was born on November 30th (she sure likes keeping us all on our toes wondering what month she was going to be born in
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! I am sure you are all turkey'd out, as well as full to the brim with sweets galore, all the while you still have pumpkin pie and turkey sitting in the fridge just waiting to be eaten. Am I right, or is that just our house?I have a few ideas for my leftover turkey, such as this pizza from Baked by Rachel, and I really just cant get rid of the pi
Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I hope your week leading to the big turkey day has been great! And I hope not too stressful. If you are panicking and looking for some easy recipes, here is the one stop shop. Ive got a compilation of great recipes from around the web for those last minute dishes and things you can do with the leftovers you have.This thanksgiving, make sure to remember to give thanks. That
In about two months I will be coming up to my one year blogiversary. I can hardly believe its been a year, and more than that I can hardly believe how far I have come in a year. You can take a look back at my previous posts if you would like, but Ill talk more about that around the year mark.What I want to talk about now is what our life has been like in the last year. In a matter of a year since
All of this sweet food and talk about Thanksgiving makes me want to take a step back and enjoy a heartwarming comfort food like this one.Not to say I am not excited about Thanksgiving. I am. I cant wait to have all that super yummy food, spend time with family, have left over turkey sandwiches (oh yes those are the best!), hopefully stress my SIL out so she goes into labor early, and spend black F
Since I started out this week with a sweet breakfast, I figured I may as well end the week with a savory appetizer. That makes sense right? And let's remember that I am not doing my Fresh Friday series anymore, so my savory treats aren't always going to be healthy for you. Is that ok with you? Do you mind that I don't always post healthy things? I didn't think so :)Before we talk about this dip, l
Happy Wednesday to you all! How has your week been going? I hope it has been good. Matt started back at work again on Monday, and since then I have been trying to find a routine to get into again. Being a housewife can get boring sometimes if you have nothing to fill your time, such as no internet, no cable and no car to get you out and about. Yep that’s my life right now. At least until today. T
Hello again! It seems like it has been forever since we’ve talked huh? Yeah that’s because it has been a while… sorry about that one. If you didn’t see my post last week, the reason it’s been a week since we’ve talked is because we made the big move to Portland over the weekend! We found an apartment here and moved ourselves up here for Matt’s work. We flew home to Reno last Tuesday, packed up all
Well what a hectic week this has been! I cannot believe it is Thursday, and I am just now sitting down to write a post. And while I am writing this, all I can think about is the thousand other things that I need to be doing.We have made a major decision, and we are moving up to Portland for a while. We have been staying with my brother and SIL, but we found an apartment of our own, and we are movi
Follow my blog with BloglovinOh my goodness! If you want to talk about heaven, let's stop here and talk about it now.These cupcakes.They are as close to heaven on earth as you will get. They are so perfect! And delicious. And - well - heaven.You need to make these. They are fantastic and they will disappear right in front of your eyes. So you may even want to call them magical.Heavenly magical. Ye
