Browsing
TeamSugar the other day, I was absolutely taken by a Fall recipe. This apple butter was created by
Kitchen Goddess founder,
Twinkle, when she wasn't able to locate any apple butter in her adopted homeland, Finland. Since she is a domestic divinity, she took matters into her own hands and came up with an original recipe.
At a baby shower, it's incredibly important to have a nonalcholic specialty drink. That way the mother-to-be can join in the festivities. For
Denise's baby shower brunch, I'll offer guests
mimosas and spiced pomegranate sparklers.
I love these Autumn-inspired ingredients that will have you feeling all toasty inside. I've already got you covered on
apple,
cranberry, and
pumpkin, so let's move on to a crowd favorite, cinnamon.
This spicy ingredient, obtained from the bark of certain evergreen trees, helps reduce oil production in skin, and both warms and invigorates.
I swooned when I came across
Phasekitty's pictures of her mother's monkey bread. Eating this treat reminds me of hanging out with friends and family. There's nothing better than catching up on good conversation while picking apart pieces of the gooey bread.
I recently found a random madeleine pan in my cupboard. It reminded me that I promised a friend I would make her madeleines over a year ago! I was looking for a recipe when I came across this one for delicious looking
apple and cinnamon madeleines.
Welcome to my third installation of Valentine's Day beauty products. Not only is it important to have the
perfect pout and
sultry bedroom eyes on February 14th, but it's also important to smell good. According to
research, men associate the smell of vanilla and
cinnamon with love.
Earlier this week, I gave you guys a recipe for a
cookie full of Snickers candies, which is what I dreamt of every time folks would mention snickerdoodles. Well, a few of you wrote in to ask exactly what a snickerdoodle was. Simply put, a snickerdoodle is a type of soft sugar cookie, dusted with cinnamon and sugar.
This week I decided to brave it out, and put my excuses — small kitchen, no room in the freezer, no pastry blender, etc. — aside and bake a pie. My friend Becky had some ripe pears off of her tree, and I still had a few of the
apples from geeksugar.
Cinnamon may seem like the perfect spice for fall or winter, but
new research once again demonstrated the spice's healthful effects on blood sugar. Recent findings indicate adding some cinnamon to your dessert may temper the blood sugar surge that follows a sweet treat. This new evidence, supports earlier findings that cinnamon contributes to controlling blood sugar levels in healthy adults.
The new
Curb the Urges lip collection from
Joey New York Speciality has me completely floored. Kinda like the
nutritious lip glosses I told you about last week — except cooler — this line of lippies is designed to help you kiss your bad habits goodbye.
Using aromachology, which involves the effect of fragrances on the mind, each of the three lines are designed to battle a different bad habit:
- LipNIX claims to help you quit smoking.
- LipFIT is designed to curb your appetite.
- CinnaMEN is supposed to help you attract the opposite sex.
All three collections include lip gloss ($15), lipstick ($18), a lip palette ($25), and a colorless lip balm ($12).
