Tis the Season!!

Hi Everyone!

Here it is, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and like most of you, I am feeling the excitement of the Holidays! Family, Friends, Celebrations, Decorations, and FOOD! Have a look at some of the goodies I am making and if you see something that makes your mouth water, please get in touch and let me know! I can have your sweet temptations made fresh and packaged in special Holiday boxes and bags ready for gift giving or a treat for yourself! Thanks Everyone!! Love to you all and may your Thanksgiving be filled with Love, Gratitude, and Tasty Food!

Holiday Treats From Muffin’s Kitchen

(a sampling)

All Goodies are packaged in Holiday bags and boxes and ready for Gift Giving!

Toffee

Toffee - Buttery and crunchy handmade toffee, covered with a layer of semi-sweet chocolate and chopped almonds.   

$18.00 per pound

 

Chocolate Barks

$16.00 per pound

Peppermint Bark - Christmas Favorite. Layered and swirled peppermint infused dark

and white chocolate, sprinkled with crushed peppermint candies.

Espresso Bark - Milk Chocolate Bark with roasted Espresso beans and Turbinado Sugar.

Cappucino Bark - Swirled Milk and White Chocolate with Roasted Espresso Beans and Turbinado Sugar.

Peppery Nutty Bark - Pepper infused and spiced dark chocolate with dark cherries, pistachios, and cashews.

   Special Hot Mustard

  $8.00 per jar

                     Hot and Rich Mustard Perfect for Turkey, Ham, and Cheese Platters

     Cakes, Pies, and Cupcakes

            Midnight Chocolate, Red Velvet, Sweet Potato, Pumpkin, Pecan, Pecan Chocolate, Pumpkin-Pecan, Chocolate-Pistachio, Coffee Cakes, Linzer Cookies, Lemon Drop Cookies, Almond Cookies

 

Tell me What you Want!

I am also available to make side dishes for your holiday celebrations!

 

                                                                       

                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                       

Long journey to now...

It has been a long time since Muffin and I have posted updates to the blog. I wish I could pinpoint what has kept me from posting, because I have surely been cooking up a storm, but I cannot find one single reason out of all of the lessons, experiences, and weeks, that would explain my neglect to the blogging I so enjoy. So let's just say, Good to be back!

Over the past few months, I have gotten into and out of a relationship, fallen in love with Peppers and Adobo sauce, and have gone back to school. After many years of yearning to learn how to cook like a professional, I have finally enrolled in Culinary School. Before going to get my BSW many years ago, I wanted to pursue this degree after I got my AA, rather than going the traditional route of a four year degree. But with someone else holding the purse strings and making some decisions for me, that was not to be. When I found myself laid off, laid up, and cooking and baking for extra money, I began searching for my path. One day, I found myself applying for financial aid and enrolling in Nashville State Community College and going after my dream. It all fell into place before I knew what happened! I have finished my third week and 3 tests so far, and it is just getting started! I wish it was all cooking, baking, stocks, and garde manger, but it also requires "Book Learning". Getting back into studying and cramming for tests is going to take some getting used to, but I am So Ready!

The first week of classes, my back went out. The second week of classes, 2 of my ceilings fell in due to a leaky roof. The third week, I fell and hurt my back again. But "what does not kill us, makes us stronger", they say, so soon, and after the past year of challenges, I fully expect you to see me leaping small buildings in a single bound, because I Ain't Dead Yet!!! If I can get back in the groove of studying again and balancing life, this will be an amazing journey!

My plans for the weekend? Cutting potatoes and carrots into little, uniform pieces and shapes, all with fancy, French names. I cannot wait!!! I will keep you all posted!!