Kitchen Love an affair to enjoy!

I love gadgets of any type.  If they make cooking easier I want it!  For many years I only use a hand held electric beater. 

I desired a stand mixer.  I left little hints.  Well okay HUGE hints I wanted a stand mixer.  My eyes desired a Kitchen Aide Stand Mixer.  They looked like they could handle anything I desired to mix up.

I heard they are work horses of the mixers.  I grew jealous of those who own a stand mixer.

It seemed my guy's ears where full of wax when my hints became a daily adventure into the virtues of stand mixers.

My birthday came and went.  Christmas came and went.  Still no Kitchen Aide Mixer. 

Then one day out of the blue my mother called.  Now Mom retired at 65...but did not like being a home body so went back to work in the retail field for the last 15 years.  She loves working - what can I say.  

Anyhow the retail store that is a national chain was closing the store that she had worked part time at for the last 15 years.  All stock had to go.  The prices where unbelievable on many items.

My mother  bless her heart got me my dream machine!  Thank you so very much MOM!!  It arrived in June.  Carried by hand from St. Louis to Alaska by my younger sister on her first visit to Alaska.

OMG I now understand why they are the best!

My little beauty:

I have been enjoying my baking all the more!  Whip cream is a breeze!  My cake batters are amazing.  And I have joy in my heart!

Chocolate the new Frankenstein of Peanut Butter and Jelly

Since summer is closing to an end here in Alaska, I can once again write, bake, eat, and dream about Gourmet Desserts!

Has been a whirlwind of a summer. Now its time to get ready for the new season!

Lots of  flavors will be added this fall with several old favorites!  Frankenstein comes alive in the new mouth watering delights such as Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites or Super Chunk Chocolate & Peanut Butter Bites:  These two will electric-fry your taste buds!

Grand Re-opening of Covered in Chocolate Bakery at 1000markets will be in one week!  New weekly contests & drawings for gifts. 

PLUS ~~~ drum roll please...

CIC newsletter (totally new & it is filled with fun too!) ~  Just leave a comment with your email addy for the monthly news and tips on recipes, desserts, sales, and % off coupons!

Demon Slayer in Training

I've always heard God never gives you more than you can handle.  Sometimes I think God likes to mess with folks in ways that boggles one's mind.  God  gives them a bucketful of things to handle and then sits back & laughs as we juggle it all.

Not that I'm complaining  ~ I learned to juggle very young.

Right now life is a mixture of fun and tragedy.  So to overcome tragedy I have decided life needed cheering.  The best way to cheer life up is "fresh paint and make over one's humble nest".

We have a small cottage style home.  Tiny and just perfect for two old folks.  Ha Ha he is old - I'm still a Spring Chicken!

Any how I decided since God is being a bit of a jouster at this time we needed color. Bright Colors!

I've always wanted a red kitchen.  Well actually any room could be red in my humble opinion but never was brave enough.  As a recent demon slayer in training ~ I marched down to Lowe's Home Improvement Center returning home with cans of Red, Yellow, Blue and Ultra Bright White paint to redo the two main rooms in our tiny cottage.

On Wednesday I started my quest.  White first for ceiling, pantry hallway, and one wall in kitchen.  Then I did the Red wall.  Thursday I did the Yellow wall.  The kitchen is Finally my dream come true.  Even with cabinets that are the original ones from when the house was built in 1959 I must brag it looks FANTASTIC!

Now I have no excuse not to be inspired to cook awesome Delicious meals, plus wonderful Gourmet desserts!

Now on to the living room that will be Navy Blue and White.  Stay tuned for the adventure of Living In Color with  the Demon Slayer in Training of Boring beige walls.

Unsprung by the Snow Gods

This morning Anchorage awoke to a fresh blanket of snow.  Wow the weather station was actually correct in the forecast!  Thanks Jackie ~ please bring back the SUN!

Many of you outside Alaska may be thinking...Hey it's Alaska It Snows...wrong by mid April it should be melting not snowing LOL!  We Alaskan's want to see green by April and May have our tree's starting to bud. 

So for the record an official photo of the day "April 14, 2010 Six inches of snow at 9am"

As I mentioned yesterday my adventure of Pantry organizing ~ a glance onto a shelf of things we use.  My guy loves corn nuts...I personally can't stand them terribly salty and rock hard!  If I'm going to be bad and eat lots of salt Give me Potato Chips.  As I look at my photo I'm so glad everything is not in alphabetical order ~ at least it shows a am a tad relaxed when organizing.

P.S. another note: when I use a can good for cooking, I do rinse the veggies in fresh running cold water before use to rid them from most of the salt.  Although many company's are now selling low salt or no salt canned goods ~ so I do purchase those when available! 

Team EEAT Holiday Bake Sale

Alright foodies 

~The Reason For Giving ~ !FOOD!

 No pushing no shoving of each other

The annual Holiday TEAM EEAT bake sale Announcement!

Mark your calendars now

DECEMBER 4, 2009

8pm EST

The place to be:

                                         ETSY VIRTUAL LAB

  Tis plenty of sweet treats for everyone.

Lots of sales, lots of prizes and most of all

Lots of beautiful treats to make selections from!

Yours Truly ME 

will be offering 20% off select items

AND many of my items NOW have FREE SHIPPING. 

I kid you not!  

Plus I'll do the shipping for you 
if you wish to give as a gift 
to a friend, love one or surprise yourself 

 (esp useful when hubby forgets to get you a present or

lol

is one of those who gives his wife

 appliances he thinks you want

NOT FOR CHRISMAS HONEY!!!)