Birthday Brownie Sundae

Photo by Katie Sechrist

Happy 5th Birthday to my sweet, lovable, kissable, soft little boy!  Soon he'll be skinny, stinky and squirmy and won't want anything to do with me.  For now, he still loves his morning hugs (I never let go first) and his zerberts.
He hates cupcakes--but he doesn't know it.  He licks the frosting off and throws away the cake part.  Still, I couldn't talk him out of cupcakes for his birthday party last Saturday.  So for his actual birthday today, I made him a Brownie Sundae.  He LOVED it!  He said it was better than cupcakes.  Son, this won't be the last time mommy knows best...

Crawfish Stuffed Avocado

Horrible photo by Katie Kay's phone because she made this at work for a friend's birthday

Paula Deen emailed this recipe to me.  We're tight like that.  Also, I might be on a mass distribution list.  Or maybe she reads my blog and wanted me to have it.  Either way, it looked fantastic and I sent it to all my co-workers to salivate over.  They were appropriately impressed, so I made it and brought it to work for my friend's birthday.  Hence the hideous camera phone picture above.

Muscato Sangria

Photo by Katie Kay

White wine sangria seemed like a perfect summertime addition to our Cinco de Mayo afternoon.  Being the huge red wine fan that I am, I have to say I prefer traditional sangria.  But this was definitely a fun, sweet, and tasty change from my usual!  The lychees were a unique addition.  In the picture above, it's the round pinkish-white fruit on the bottom left of the glass.  I found them in the International aisle of the grocery store next to the Asian foods.  They came in a can, but I read online you can get them fresh.  Definitely not in my grocery stores, though!

Tres Leches Cupcakes, baby!

Photo by Katie Kay

I can't even think of words to describe how much I love these cupcakes.  The English language has failed me completely.  Maybe in another language I've never heard of they can describe the utter perfection that is these cupcakes.  You might think I'm exaggerating, but that's only if you're totally un-American and you hate Tres Leches.  That's like hating Apple Pie.  Who are you?

Yellow Buttermilk Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting

Photo by Katie Kay

I'm not going to lie, I've had better.  But I've also had worse.  These were actually okay if you LIKE vanilla cupcakes.  Which I don't.  Booorrrring.  I put some pink dye in the frosting because all this white was making my eyes bleed.