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Monthly archive December, 2011

New Year’s Eve Champagne Cocktail!

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! Hope everyone is going to ring in the new year with lots of fun, food, friends, and family-the best way to spend any holiday in my book! As for me, it is my last day at home with the parents in the great state of Washington. Tomorrow my husband and...

Oven roasted tomato bruschetta

If you are looking for the prefect appetizer for your New Years Eve party, here it is! This is a quick, easy, and delicious app that you can make in minutes but is still special enough for even the glitziest NYE bash. What turns this bruschetta from ho hum to WOW! is taking the extra...

Iced Almonds

The Christmas Season isn’t over in my house yet! I love the time between Christmas and New Years because the family is still together but a lot of the hustle and bustle has died down so there is more time to play games, cook, eat, and drink! My 4 favorite things to do! Yesterday, my...

Persimmon Bread

This time of year it seems like Persimmons are all over the place. Grocery stores, farmers markets, even my parents’ fridge! Yesterday when I was looking for a snack, I found 4 beautiful persimmons just begging to be cooked. As I was pondering them on the counter, my husband and brother said almost in unison, “Ew, aren’t...
Whole Wheat Honey Vanilla Pancakes

Whole Wheat Honey Vanilla Pancakes

Happy day after Christmas! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday – I sure did! Today as members of my family lazily wandered out of bed at what can only be considered as early afternoon we decided to have some day-after-christmas brunch. My dad was in charge of eggs, and by that I mean he walked...

Peppermint Meringues

These little gems are like Christmas in one bite! From the cookie baking extravaganza that brought about these bites of heaven also came these delicious (and low calorie!) peppermint meringues. I’ve heard people say meringues seem intimidating, but they are so easy to make! AND you just need a few ingredients : Egg whites, sugar, powdered...

Merry Christmas!! (Part 1!)

Butterscotch Blondies with Peanut Pretzel Carmel

Seriously? Just the name of these babies makes my sweet tooth perk up and believe me, the cookies don’t disappoint! While down at my in-law’s for the holidays I was struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Being a Northwestern girl from Washington State, Christmas time = snow and cold weather. Even though I’ve been...

Hello world!

Welcome to Sugar, Spice, & Bacon!  Thanks for visiting:) My name is Tara and I love to cook, bake, and just generally spend time in the kitchen. I decided to start a blog to share my cooking adventures with friends, family, and anyone else that is interested. I love trying new recipes and putting my...

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