Organizing Your Food Magazines




Admit it – right now, you have piles of food magazines hanging around your place. The coffee table, the kitchen table, the desk, the floor, that one corner in the room. If you’re lucky, perhaps you put them on a book shelf. Sure, we can find pretty much any recipe online if we use our trusty search engine sites, but reading a computer screen isn’t the same as curling up on the couch with a magazine and winding down for the night. Right now, I have three subscriptions, so that means every month, I add three more magazines to my collection. As excited as I get when the new issues arrive, I also know my collection is getting out of hand. What is a foodie to do? Well I’ve found a solution that worked for me. It may not work for everyone, but perhaps my method will inspire you to maintain that always-growing pile of fun.

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Happy Birthday Cupcake Round-Up




In case you haven’t heard, right now I’m at the Grand Canyon for vacation. It also just so happens to be my birthday today. I didn’t actually plan to be gone for my birthday, but because of scheduling, this was the best week to go.*

Normally, I’d have a cake recipe for you, but you see, I didn’t have time to make a cake (yes, I make my own cake). Mother’s Day came first, so Mom got one instead. Don’t worry, I’m on a mission to hunt for some cake today, but in the meantime, here is a round-up of my 10 favorite cupcakes posted at CM.

*As long as I have service, I will be reading all messages, emails, tweets, etc. on my phone while on vacation. If you’d like to see pictures as they happen, follow me on Twitter (@chocolatemoosey) or on Instagram (chocolatemooseyblog).

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Lemon Buttermilk Mum Cupcakes



Happy Mother’s Day to those who are considered moms in someone’s life! I tried to get Murray to bring me breakfast, but he ate the bacon. Every year, I make my mom dinner and dessert rather than wasting time and money at a restaurant. Later today I will be making wonton soup and devil’s food cake with cream cheese frosting. However, on Friday I brought home some cupcake mums – Lemon Buttermilk Cupcakes filled with Lemon Marshmallow Fluff topped with cream cheese frosting and mini marshmallows dipped in sprinkles (phew!). Thanks to the Hello Cupcake app, I successfully made a bouquet of beautiful mums that any mom would be delighted to get today (or any day).

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#CookForMom #SundaySupper Pinterest Contest – Win a @KitchenAidUSA Hand Blender!



Click on the graphic to go directly to the pin on Pinterest (step 6).

edit – blender. BLENDER. You are here to win a blender, not a mixer.

If you’ve been reading my blog for the past few months, then you probably have noticed my involvement with #SundaySupper. To catch you up to speed, #SundaySupper is a Twitter movement developed by Isabel of Family Foodie. Her mission is to bring families together around the kitchen table every Sunday. To participate, you just tweet your recipe, picture, idea, whatever with the hashtag #SundaySupper every Sunday starting at 3 pm EST. You don’t have to be a blogger either to join in! If you’d like to be a part of our Facebook group, let me know and I’ll invite you! We are one big happy food-loving family :)

This Mother’s Day, #SundaySupper is teaming up with KitchenAid so you can #CookForMom for #SundaySupper. To celebrate, the #SundaySupper group is hosting a KitchenAid Hand Blender Giveaway!

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Guinness Beef Stew



It’s been pretty gloomy here the past week or so in PA. As much as I love listening to the rain, I want my sunshine back. Of course the best way to help cheer any person up is some nice, hearty comfort food. I’ve been dying to try this Guinness Beef Stew since March, but because it takes a few hours to cook, I can only make it on the weekend. Most of the cooking time is letting it sit in the oven, so it’s great to make while you are doing housework.

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