Camping

Yanni and I went on our first camping trip together to celebrate our two year anniversary last weekend. We went to Baker Park in Maple Plain. 

All this for two nights!

It was a nice weekend..we spent a lot of time relaxing by the campfire.Yanni taught me a new Greek card game called Kseri-it's a fun game. 

Liz

Graduated!

I graduated on Saturday! We took a quick trip down to Chicago to attend the commencement and celebrate. This was our first trip back to the windy city since we moved and it was exciting to be back.  After the ceremony we went to  Sun-Wah BBQ and enjoyed a duck dinner-yum! 

The weekend flew by and I am sad it's over : ( 

Liz

Strawberry Rhubarb Jam

I finally got around to checking something off my bucket list: making strawberry jam ( and since the rhubarb is tasting amazing I decided to use that too). I've wanted to try canning since last summer..and especially after I started following this blog. I enjoyed the process and shout out to Mom for the help!

<3 love these little jars <3

The sous chef

Boiled the pectin, lemon juice, strawberries, rhubarb and {LOTS} of sugar. Then ladled the jam into the jars.

Cans processed for 11 minutes

ta-dah

Tried the new jam on a piece of buttered bread...yum!

Now onto canning tomato sauce, apple sauce, apple butter and maybe a few other recipes :)

Rhubarb Crisp

I made rhubarb crisp yesterday. We have been using the recipe for years and it never gets old.   I love making this dessert.

Grab enough rhubarb to have about 4 cups once sliced. Cut off each end, wash and dice. 

Mix rhubarb with tapioca, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg

make the "crisp"(butter, flour and brown sugar)

Spinkle the crisp over the rhubarb and let bake for about 30 minutes

And Voila! You get a very yummy dessert.It also goes nice with a scoop of ice cream :) Tastes like summer. 

Have a good weekend

Liz

Greening

I went out after dinner and snapped a few pics. The yard is really greening up.

Happy Weekend!

Liz

And the Winner is...

Stephanie!

A big thanks to Ross Sveback and Wilton for their participation in this contest. Thank you to everyone who got their bake on! Here is a look at all the amazing cakes entered:

Hope everyone has a great week :)

Liz

Shades of Love Cake Contest

Photo from Star Tribune

I saw this {awesome} cake featured in the Star Tribune a few weeks ago. I am going to make it next week.  Should be fun. You can find the recipe here: Shades of Love Cake

Anyone else want to join The Cake Challenge? Prizes for the best cake :)

Here are the official guidelines:

Feel free to use any color you like. Your cake photo must have a cut out piece like the picture above!

Email your picture anytime between March 7th-17th to lifeonsheridan@gmail.com

I will post your pictures to my Pinterest Board "Shades of Love Cake Contest"

Ross Sveback (The creator of this wonderful cake) will select the winning cake.

 The Winner will receive: 

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wilton.com

    Courtesy of Wilton:

(1) Wilton Master Tip Set

(1) Wilton 50 count Disposable Decorating Bags

(1) Wilton Icing Color Set

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(6) LUX Soaps courtesy of Ross Sveback

and..

(2) mugs adorned with crochet cozies handmade by me :)

The winner will be announced March 18th. 

We are excited to see your version of this wonderful cake. Have fun baking :)