Sugar and Wine

Pepperoni Pizza Stuffed Homemade Soft Pretzels

March 26, 2019 By jcrain320 Leave a Comment

These Pepperoni Pizza Stuffed Homemade Soft Pretzels are actually easy to make, delicious, and stuffed with cheese and pepperoni! They are perfect for March Madness, fall football parties, a delicious snack, and even dinner!

Soft pretzels are my absolute favorite. If they are ever on the menu, I always jump at the chance to get them. Man, are they the perfect party snack. In fact, I like to take soft pretzels to any type of pot luck situation. I pop them in the oven to warm them back up just before we eat and everyone loves them.

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Easy Summer Stone Fruit Salad

July 23, 2018 By jcrain320 1 Comment

This Easy Summer Stone Fruit Salad is the perfect summer salad. It’s full of peaches, nectarines, cherries, tomatoes, blue cheese, and sunflower seeds. Plus, I used store-bought strawberry poppyseed dressing that’s full of flavor and makes this a quick, easy, summer salad.

I struggle around lunch time pretty much every day. I’m hungry midday but have little to no plan to feed myself. I work from home so I don’t have to pack a lunch or meal prep because I’m just a few feet from my kitchen. Salads are my go-to in the summertime but honestly I’ve been in a salad rut. It’s not a bad kind of rut. My go to salad is super tasty but I’ve had it a few times a week for about the last six months. With all of this fresh fruit in season right now, I needed to mix it up a bit.

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Cast Iron Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Basil Rum Glaze

July 9, 2018 By jcrain320 Leave a Comment

Traditional Pineapple Upside Down Cake gets a slight upgrade with this Cast Iron Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Basil Rum Glaze that is absolutely incredible!

I really wanted to call this blog post: brown things are hard to photograph. I actually made this cake about a month ago, photographed it, and I hate the photos even though I love the recipe. So, I sat on it. Also, it’s not that it’s just brown. I used fresh pineapple and they weren’t perfectly round and I couldn’t get too many slices in my cast iron skillet (previous one was better). I could go on and on about the imperfection of my photography on this one but I published it. Because, well, life isn’t perfect. Sometimes the photos will have to be “good enough.”

To be clear, this cake is damn delicious and in person, it was lovely. I’m a perfectionist and I’m REALLY working on my photography right now. I actually made and photographed these Open-Faced Tomato and Goat Cheese Sandwiches after I photographed this one but I held off for reasons I’ve already stated. So, I see the progress but ok.

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