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Perfect Iced Coffee

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Thursday, May 27, 2010, In : Cooking

Morning Coffee Fine Art Photograph by Kristybee

Warm summer days are just around the corner (though maybe a little further away in the Pacific NW than for the rest of you) and with them return my craving for icy cold iced coffee. Running to the nearest Starbucks every time the craving hits gets spendy, but luckily this delicious, refreshing beverage is cheap and easy to make at home.

The best way to make iced coffee is to start out with cold coffee. Not the left over coffee from the ...

Overnight Stuffed French Toast

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Monday, February 8, 2010, In : Cooking

I'm a very accident prone person, so I wasn't at all surprised that I've been in considerable pain for the past 3 days from pulling a muscle in my shoulder from simply reaching for my coffee cup on the coffee table. I haven't really been able to work the whole time, which has been driving me nuts (even typing this out now is a bit strenuous). Luckily, I had put together this simple, overnight stuffed french toast prior to my injuries. When morning came and I could barely move, all I had to do...
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Wild Mushroom Stuffed Chicken with White Wine Cream Sauce

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Thursday, February 4, 2010, In : Cooking

This is one of my favorite French recipes, perfect for a romantic dinner for two. The recipe can easily be doubled of tripled for a nice dinner party as well. This dish looks much more complicated on paper than it actually is to cook and will impress whoever you're serving it to.

Ingredients

1 oz dried wild mushrooms (morel or chanterelle work best, but you can also use more affordable oyster or porchini mushrooms, or a mixture of various mushrooms)
3/4 cup of low sodium chicken stock
2 tbsps uns...

Mexican Chocolate Truffles

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Monday, January 18, 2010, In : Cooking

I love making truffles, so much so in fact that a few years back I seriously contemplated running away to France to study under a world renowned chocolatier. Even though I never took that leap, I still enjoy creating my own chocolate creations. I really don't like flavoring my truffles with artificial flavors, extracts, and liquors like you see in most recipes, so I've had to find ways to infuse the truffles using fresh ingredients, resulting in truer flavors. One of the greatest challenges I...
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Grocery Store Beauty-Oatmeal, Milk and Honey Facial Mask

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, In : Crafting

Since I am now relying solely on my jewelry sales as a source of income (and its not exactly stable yet), I've been having to reevaluate my expenses and looking for things to cut out of the budget. I've been finding that there are lots of little luxuries that I truly can't live without, so I've been putting my crafty know-how to work to create cheaper, homemade alternatives. One of these luxuries is skin care products. Hey, what girl doesn't want to look pretty? After doing a little research...

DIY Jewelry Hang Tags

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Thursday, December 31, 2009, In : Crafting

Two of my goals for the new year is to work on my product branding and prepare for in-person sales. Today's project furthers me in both. I'm very much a DIY kinda gal, so I decided to make my own earring and necklace hang tags.

I decided to use Avery business card paper. They're the perfect size for the project, and Avery offers online templates to create your cards. They offer pre-made templates as well as blank templates, and you can upload your own graphics. I used the long blank template ...
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