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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
blablabla...and an EASTER MENU!
hello everyone. i use the term "everyone" loosely. for all i know there are only 3 of you who read this...but i love you three.
anywho, i've been running around like a crazy person not actually doing anything these last couple of weeks with a sick little girl. nothing big, just enough to make her super cranky and not sleep and feel pretty miserable. poor thing. we went to the doctors yesterday (which was very fortunate because i met my future husband who is a student following the nurse practitioner there....ahhh...i felt like i was in grey's anatomy.....only better.), and got some antibiotics for an ear infection and she seems to be in much better spirits today. we went out for the first time in a couple weeks...thank goodness.
SO. i tell you all of this to let you know that i did plan on doing an easter menu that was up to par with the valentines day menu as far as pictures and whatnot go, but due to the craziness of everything, that did not happen. thats the bad news. the good news is that i do HAVE an easter menu...just not one with pictures of everything.
here it is!
PEAR BLUEBERRY GALLET
A pie made without a pan! The delicious crust is folded around pears, blueberries, and a smidge of cranberries. Very rustic looking, and guess what…there’s pound cake on the bottom. Oh yeah. $17 each
LAVENDER FLOWER COOKIES
These are a sophisticated, light, and crisp sugar cookie cut into the shape of a spring flowers. They are subtly sweet and slightly savory. Little lavender flowers give these cookies a unique and truly lovely flavor. $10 per dozen
LEMON RICOTTA COOKIES
Cakey and soft, these zesty little mounds are like several bites of spring sunshine. They are fresh and lemony, topped with a glaze that will leave you with no choice but to eat another one. $12 per dozen
EASTER SHORTBREAD COOKIES
Everyone's favorite classic and chocolate shortbread cut into the shapes of bunnies, chicks, crosses, and eggs, and decorated with spring colored white chocolate. This is an array that may look like its for the kids, but adults...I'd suggest you eat as many of these as you can while the children are on their Easter egg hunt. $15 for two large egg cookies, two large bunny cookies, four chicks, six flowers, and one cross.
CARROT RAISIN WALNUT BREAD
Every Easter dinner should include a fresh loaf of bread (and I do not mean something that comes frozen and is shaped like a mini croissant.). This carrot raisin walnut bread is a rustic 8 inch loaf that is wonderfully crusty and full of flavor and texture. Made with pure carrot juice and speckled with raisins and walnuts. This is one of my personal favorites. $6 per loaf
Please order with at least three days notice. Place your orders with me (Courtney) at piperlove@ymail.com or (603) 998-0439. Small fee for delivery. Thank you so much!
Easter Shortbread Cookies
anywho, i've been running around like a crazy person not actually doing anything these last couple of weeks with a sick little girl. nothing big, just enough to make her super cranky and not sleep and feel pretty miserable. poor thing. we went to the doctors yesterday (which was very fortunate because i met my future husband who is a student following the nurse practitioner there....ahhh...i felt like i was in grey's anatomy.....only better.), and got some antibiotics for an ear infection and she seems to be in much better spirits today. we went out for the first time in a couple weeks...thank goodness.
SO. i tell you all of this to let you know that i did plan on doing an easter menu that was up to par with the valentines day menu as far as pictures and whatnot go, but due to the craziness of everything, that did not happen. thats the bad news. the good news is that i do HAVE an easter menu...just not one with pictures of everything.
here it is!
PiperBellies Easter Menu
A pie made without a pan! The delicious crust is folded around pears, blueberries, and a smidge of cranberries. Very rustic looking, and guess what…there’s pound cake on the bottom. Oh yeah. $17 each
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These are a sophisticated, light, and crisp sugar cookie cut into the shape of a spring flowers. They are subtly sweet and slightly savory. Little lavender flowers give these cookies a unique and truly lovely flavor. $10 per dozen
LEMON RICOTTA COOKIES
Cakey and soft, these zesty little mounds are like several bites of spring sunshine. They are fresh and lemony, topped with a glaze that will leave you with no choice but to eat another one. $12 per dozen
EASTER SHORTBREAD COOKIES
Everyone's favorite classic and chocolate shortbread cut into the shapes of bunnies, chicks, crosses, and eggs, and decorated with spring colored white chocolate. This is an array that may look like its for the kids, but adults...I'd suggest you eat as many of these as you can while the children are on their Easter egg hunt. $15 for two large egg cookies, two large bunny cookies, four chicks, six flowers, and one cross.
CARROT RAISIN WALNUT BREAD
Every Easter dinner should include a fresh loaf of bread (and I do not mean something that comes frozen and is shaped like a mini croissant.). This carrot raisin walnut bread is a rustic 8 inch loaf that is wonderfully crusty and full of flavor and texture. Made with pure carrot juice and speckled with raisins and walnuts. This is one of my personal favorites. $6 per loaf
Please order with at least three days notice. Place your orders with me (Courtney) at piperlove@ymail.com or (603) 998-0439. Small fee for delivery. Thank you so much!
Carrot Raisin Walnut Bread
Lavender Cookies...just in the wrong shape.
Yours will be shaped like spring flowers.
Easter Shortbread Cookies
ESunday, March 21, 2010
i'm stuck on this one.
i know that i should have something to say here. and i do. i have a lot of things to say. but do you ever feel like there are just too many words? i talk and think things TO DEATH. they just keep coming and coming and coming and they never end. and then there is this one thing. my head will explode soon if i do not work this out. i am too caught up in this, and i am the only one holding myself here. i need to let go, but i can't. i have so many other things that i am and should be doing. so many responsibilities. so many joys. so much. just so much. yet i am stuck on this one. still.
Friday, March 19, 2010
many, many birthdays.
so my brother is home for spring break...and his birthday is on april fools day, so he will not be here to celebrate his birthday with us....so we had some early birthday festivities tonight. he is a true peanut butter and chocolate lover (who isn't?) so i made him a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and chocolate ganache. rich, decadent, and delicious.
a cake like this costs 30 - 40 dollars.
a cake like this costs 30 - 40 dollars.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
birthday cake!
first 2 tiered cake!
vanilla cake with pink swiss buttercream and chocolate ganache. each tier has 3 layers, and in between each layer is a layer of ganache and buttercream. YUM!
a cake like this feeds 20-30 people and costs 50-60 dollars.
piperlove@ymail.com or 603 998 0439 for any questions or orders!
vanilla cake with pink swiss buttercream and chocolate ganache. each tier has 3 layers, and in between each layer is a layer of ganache and buttercream. YUM!
a cake like this feeds 20-30 people and costs 50-60 dollars.
piperlove@ymail.com or 603 998 0439 for any questions or orders!
kiss me...i'm a little irish.
so tracy asked me to make some sort of st. patrick's day dessert for her big annual st. patty's family celebration, and this is what i came up with! classic shortbread with shamrocks on top! not real shamrocks of course...shortbread shamrocks with heart shaped leaves....which i believe to be even more lucky than the average shamrock. more delicious for sure.
Monday, March 15, 2010
such is life.
i have so much to say but it will not come out. its like i go over and over this thing in my head and its just stuck there. i feel like my brain is a broken record. it could work, it can't work, its not going to work, give it a chance. back and forth and over and over. its exhausting. i don't know the right answers and i can't see the future. i don't know what will happen either way. and its terrifying. but deep down, i don't want to know. i want to find out by living it.
people say to live life to its fullest. well there are about a billion different ways that this could be done. each decision leads to a different path. each choice is one that kills a part of what your life could have been. weather you are decided to have a chocolate chip or a molasses cookie, or deciding to say yes or no when that person has asked you THE question.
life is fragile. life is a roller coaster. life is an adventure. life is joyful. life is full of pain and tears, and laughter and happiness. life is full of unanswered questions and irrevocable truths. everything happens the way it does for a reason. it is what forms that thing we call our life. i thank God for the truths, and even for the tears, because they have made me who i am. they have made this life what it is today, and they will make it what it is going to be.
i am unsure and i am hurt and i am confused and i am lonely and
i am positive and i am healing and i am enlightened and i am loved.
people say to live life to its fullest. well there are about a billion different ways that this could be done. each decision leads to a different path. each choice is one that kills a part of what your life could have been. weather you are decided to have a chocolate chip or a molasses cookie, or deciding to say yes or no when that person has asked you THE question.
life is fragile. life is a roller coaster. life is an adventure. life is joyful. life is full of pain and tears, and laughter and happiness. life is full of unanswered questions and irrevocable truths. everything happens the way it does for a reason. it is what forms that thing we call our life. i thank God for the truths, and even for the tears, because they have made me who i am. they have made this life what it is today, and they will make it what it is going to be.
i am unsure and i am hurt and i am confused and i am lonely and
i am positive and i am healing and i am enlightened and i am loved.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
one year ago today...
my heart was let outside of my body.
she came as a tiny little baby.
she was hot pink and beautiful.
everything was a blur.
i didn't know what had hit me.
what my life had just become.
but i know now.
she is my life.
she is in every song.
in every laugh.
in every happiness.
everything innocent.
she is everything that is beautiful.
she came to me as a surprise.
and now i can picture my life in no other way.
she had changed me.
she is the gift that saved me.
without her, i would still be floating.
she gives me purpose and reason.
she gives me joy that i have never felt before.
she is the reason i get out of bed in the morning.
i cannot wait to see her smiling face
waiting for me to come and get her.
she is as excited to see me as i am to see her.
like the night was just too long for us to be apart.
i love her more than i will ever be able to describe.
she came as a tiny little baby.
she was hot pink and beautiful.
everything was a blur.
i didn't know what had hit me.
what my life had just become.
but i know now.
she is my life.
she is in every song.
in every laugh.
in every happiness.
everything innocent.
she is everything that is beautiful.
she came to me as a surprise.
and now i can picture my life in no other way.
she had changed me.
she is the gift that saved me.
without her, i would still be floating.
she gives me purpose and reason.
she gives me joy that i have never felt before.
she is the reason i get out of bed in the morning.
i cannot wait to see her smiling face
waiting for me to come and get her.
she is as excited to see me as i am to see her.
like the night was just too long for us to be apart.
i love her more than i will ever be able to describe.
happy birthday, piper ann! i love you.
Monday, March 8, 2010
party favors!
hello! sorry about my recent absence. this is not really a full return. i just wanted to post some pictures of party favors i am now doing while i have a few seconds. i was asked to do favors for a baby shower which had a brown and pink theme, and the invitations had a butterfly theme. SO. i decided to make large round chocolate shortbread cookies and make little butterflies out of classic shortbread dyed pink...and of course embellish with some chocolate!
these are deliciously buttery and very cute, yet still classy. i can do anything you'd like with this sort of favor. i can do chocolate shortbread or classic shortbread for the big cookie...the classic can be whatever color you'd like. the butterfly can be whatever shape you'd like...the round cookie can be a different shape, and dipped in white or dark chocolate...or both! it all depends on what you are looking for. these are perfect for baby or wedding showers, birthday parties, or tea parties...or just because! individually wrapped in a clear bag, wrapped with an accent ribbon. the favors cost 1.75 each. please contact me at piperlove@ymail.com or 998 0439 with any questions!
these are deliciously buttery and very cute, yet still classy. i can do anything you'd like with this sort of favor. i can do chocolate shortbread or classic shortbread for the big cookie...the classic can be whatever color you'd like. the butterfly can be whatever shape you'd like...the round cookie can be a different shape, and dipped in white or dark chocolate...or both! it all depends on what you are looking for. these are perfect for baby or wedding showers, birthday parties, or tea parties...or just because! individually wrapped in a clear bag, wrapped with an accent ribbon. the favors cost 1.75 each. please contact me at piperlove@ymail.com or 998 0439 with any questions!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
sometimes its better not to think about how much sleep you have not gotten.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
warm, fresh bread, bright and early.
so this morning piper decided that 5:30 was wake up time. ugh. much to my chagrin i couldn't convince her to sleep for a second longer, so we begrudgingly made our way downstairs, then i suddenly remembered that i had made bread dough last night! i got the dough all ready, gave it its second rise for what felt like the longest hour of my life, popped it in the oven for 25 minutes, and voila! warm, crusty, carrot raisin walnut bread for breakfast, smothered in melty "buttery" spread. not that it needed the "butter"...i just like when it melts.
YUM.
YUM.
jealous? you don't have to be! PiperBellies is now selling this very bread for $5.50 a loaf. aprox. 8 inch round, and it will be the best bread you have ever eaten.
Monday, March 1, 2010
sample BOX
so...here it is. all ready for the gourmet food barn tomorrow morning/afternoon.
pretty self explanatory. what do you think? is it missing anything? should i eliminate something? presentation okay? would you be excited if you received such a box? i need input people.
pretty self explanatory. what do you think? is it missing anything? should i eliminate something? presentation okay? would you be excited if you received such a box? i need input people.
this is how i package all of my things...in case you were wondering
everything all together...yum!
pound cake cupcakes dusted with powdered sugar
vegan chocolaty chocolate and coconut chocolate chip cookies. these are the two that i sell to burrito me.
lavender heart cookies...i don't know how to rotate this picture...sorry.
chocolate whoopie pies with cream cheese filling...and i still don't know how to rotate this.
chocolate shortbread dipped in white chocolate and classic shortbread dipped in milk chocolate
SO that is everything. i hope they like them and order something! also...i think this might be something i'll put on the PiperBellies menu. it would make a nice gift, i think. okay, goodnight!
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