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hands</category><category>outlet</category><category>parenting</category><category>pasta</category><category>peach</category><category>peaches</category><category>pioneer woman</category><category>pizza rolls</category><category>pumpkins</category><category>reinventing</category><category>scentsy</category><category>seasonal foods</category><category>skippy</category><category>sopapilla cheesecake</category><category>stand mixer</category><category>strawberry</category><category>taco soup</category><category>tips</category><category>tomatoes</category><category>vanilla</category><category>vodka</category><category>zippy dip</category><title>Baking Up Chaos - a blog about baking, wine, photography, motherhood and many of our crazy moments!</title><description>&lt;center&gt;Journey with me as I try to keep my life in order and my sanity in this crazy life that I baked up!&lt;/center&gt;</description><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>144</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-1802696525955669016</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-10-29T08:06:00.204-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Botticelli</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pasta</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reviews</category><title>Product Review: Botticelli Foods</title><atom:summary type="text">Just a couple of months ago my family was approached to try some products from Botticelli Foods and provide an honest review. I&#39;m severely behind in getting this on the blog because life has been crazy the past few weeks, I&#39;m just now getting around to it. But I didn&#39;t want to miss sharing the comments my family made. I thought you might find them worth hearing. :)




First, lets talk about the </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2015/10/product-review-botticelli-foods.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigC5OIGvUIJ-aKWOVSsoBjdw9PGEpNHmZKEmVw4nR2O4aP9A4WRjbhZ3-444gIXQceGJs5QKKTMNvNOy40FmWrhKliilOB4JgJH4sD4vXTgp1vgnnvD6etBHmzxDZHW1maUp_m-Fzc3osq/s72-c/IMG_0020.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-1041750094640554122</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 21:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-08-31T16:55:08.452-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cleaning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cooking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tips</category><title>Cooking splatter and spot free?</title><atom:summary type="text">
If you want to
have a clean kitchen and cooking in it doesn&#39;t become an experience in ending
in splatters and spots everywhere, here is how to achieve this. You should
learn to clean as you go, develop other useful cooking habits and prepare the
kitchen for cooking. Use these tips, and your kitchen will be in the
same condition in which it was before you started to cook. 









Make sure you
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Important ingredients every baker needs to survive
We recently moved and had the joy of packing and unpacking our stuff. And like me, you get everything unpacked and put away in the first week of living in the house, right? Who am I kidding?!? I&#39;m still leaving in a sea of boxes, but at least the important items are unpacked!


What I did find though was that some of my &quot;staples&quot; were missing </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2015/08/important-ingredients-every-baker-needs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTC_7sP2yBc7p-SBXSgvMO9r3Mr1l6emeEDWPUuHMy6JKKM66L2nd-hCrAEyxbdZssFl9uMNniSgIqSdTmnBtQSrklVs7Lv5nOqKIFdsm9nB4FM0XKqKRCx0E16cHxVJy0x-7zmG3kAbm/s72-c/3353833064_069e35c3d2_o.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-4635567730237186383</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-08-12T08:11:46.728-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peach</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Peach &#39;N Cream Cakes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peaches</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Summer</category><title>12 Awesome Peach Recipes Plus a Bonus Recipe!!</title><atom:summary type="text">
12 Awesome Peach Recipes, Plus a BONUS Recipe!!!



&amp;nbsp;

&amp;nbsp;photo courtesy of Brent Hoard

Summer peaches are at there sweetest in the south right now.

With summer peaches finally reaching their peak in sweetness, this is the perfect time to break out the ice cream maker, fire up the grill and bring out the pie pans. This stone-fruit is such a versatile fruit, your only limitation is your</atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2014/09/12-awesome-peach-recipes-plus-bonus.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMvd1_pWevV4XldSRUfaWw6eyQ5HlGJWMOf9h5j_nrgovwapqdi6IaEISVdgRv1s1zaEm4zsWuRq-ae33GBfUR1G6KxIxH9RhnA2QnyT4dXCTpaPQU01ePkaxC34Rl0I5zTgCQWfAl1oz/s72-c/peach+-+tree.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-2399202225458409069</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-09-09T13:53:28.498-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cherry Limeade Cupcakes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kitchenaid</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">outlet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stand mixer</category><title>All Time Favorite Gadget in my Kitchen</title><atom:summary type="text">
What is my All Time Favorite Gadget in my Kitchen?



My Professional 600 Series mixer in Onyx Black!

Hands down!! That isn&#39;t even a hard question in my household. And no one, I mean NO ONE, is allowed to use it but me! It was a mother&#39;s day gift about seven years and two kids ago from my sweet husband. I hardly ask for gifts but this was one I wanted.

AND, he got a great deal! He bought it </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2014/09/all-time-favorite-gadget-in-my-kitchen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-1300436256489947345</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-02-12T06:57:46.338-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Classroom Mailboxes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">For the Boys</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mailbox</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Monster Mailboxes</category><title>Valentine Monsters : Class Party Mailboxes for Boys</title><atom:summary type="text">
Valentine Monsters make great Class Party Mailboxes for Boys
I play clarinet. I sing, but don&#39;t ask me to solo. It just isn&#39;t happening. (Mom rocks!) I paint. I draw. I&#39;m pretty artsy if you get right down to it. And what did God bless me with? Boys. (Mom Rocks) Not that boys can&#39;t paint, draw, play clarinet, etc. But most of the time they just want to wrestle or throw a ball around. Thankfully,</atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2014/02/valentine-monsters-class-party.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDqgiwk6JRB3M6N-10CKFrGorQmkhYaNt78n9WKedaJdB0JyKFsrQJh8YUtGoRh9h6HeGVkwxv9eak992BlJBCjCkWKU1HvKaShyphenhyphenPl93S4tUAl3KjwnOEqOnY5t8AzxbF6KwJh3zign3Z/s72-c/ClassMailboxesforboys.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-4798878885287425742</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-02-11T12:45:24.656-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">David&#39;s Cookies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pinterest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Treats</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Valentines</category><title>5 Amazing Valentine Treat Ideas, plus a bonus!!</title><atom:summary type="text">

5 Amazing Valentine Treat Ideas, plus an Added BONUS!



You can certainly tell with the blow up on Pinterest lately that Valentine Treats are of major interest this week! So I decided to share with you some of my FAVORITE treat ideas straight from Pinterest.



1. Oreo Pops with Velata Chocolate&amp;nbsp;





Food Exclusive shares this visual step by step on how to make these gems! You can get </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2014/02/5-amazing-valentine-treat-ideas-plus.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVClaCAdAjT4QA7WBH6AspCZZF0YS3C6xdDaPhZ2FRAVRzGyW9pRWRHON8WXlXe_-YysY22wTG7SyMSdWoUzc2j6q92wkYnvHRH9T7PSGGavdEdjh0D4uY6bSpOIGsjtmQHQtMGMSH8_av/s72-c/TreatIdeas.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-6842921434361189344</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-02-11T09:42:10.416-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pineapple Muffins</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reviews</category><title>Product Review: Baking Buddies Silicone Baking Cups</title><atom:summary type="text">



It isn&#39;t every day that I get a chance to do a product review. But this weekend was one of those lucky times. I was given a set of Baking Buddies Silicone Baking Cups and asked to share my honest opinion about them by Rizzi from The New York Baking Company. What better way to determine my feelings than by comparing them to other similar silicone baking cups, right?

So here is the Battle of </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2014/01/product-review-baking-buddies-silicone.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEnE2jSwqRqra1sfkOJLNa76vMcqDHipKwKDvACTgCYIgyVpOM6Lalp7q_Q89UACyiFuZrFdC3NyOzKtxShnkKg2JjUfDMJpHQcJgcEoAh0Z5LyuqnhdvzB3l_VTU-EIW5AMph_G9vV-O/s72-c/bakingcupchallenge.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-7920463952194877546</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-02-11T09:42:40.149-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dating divas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title>101 Reasons Why I love my Husband</title><atom:summary type="text">The Dating Divas emailed an awesome printable for all of us to use that helps us develop our 101 reasons why we love our husbands. As much as i like print, I think a public forum would be best. My husband doesn&#39;t usually get the recognition he deserves for all he does. Nor, do I praise him enough in public.

My husband, is a great man! There are so many amazing qualities about him; many that </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/11/101-reasons-why-i-love-my-husband.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-1925631376303982319</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-02-11T09:43:36.851-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Prepared Pantry</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reviews</category><title>Art &amp; Science of Baking: Free e-book</title><atom:summary type="text">
You know, as well as I do that there is a science to baking. It isn&#39;t one of those &quot;toss this ingredient in&quot; or &quot;add a pinch more of that&quot; situations. It truly requires a balance, sometimes down to the hundredth of an ounce to nail the right combination to produce something truly amazing.



I personally struggle with this. I&#39;m the &quot;follow a recipe two a T&quot; person and my husband is not. He just </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/10/art-science-of-baking-free-e-book.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-3917640899255169947</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-02-11T09:44:42.221-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">easy bake oven</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reviews</category><title>Happy 50th Birthday Easy Bake Oven!!!</title><atom:summary type="text">
What little girl in the last 50 years doesn&#39;t have a distinct memory involving the Easy Bake Oven? I do. I remember very clearly making brownies in my Easy Bake Oven with my older sister. It consumed our afternoon, which I&#39;m sure mom loved. And it made us smile to know we had created something so yummy with just a few steps. We were bakers!&amp;nbsp;



I recalled this memory very fondly when my </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/10/happy-50th-birthday-easy-bake-oven.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-7778384352323834311</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-02-11T09:44:52.842-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Casting Call</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Network</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Next Food Network Star</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reviews</category><title>Next Food Network Star Auditions: Calling all Cooks</title><atom:summary type="text">
Imagine my surprise when I opened an email and it was directly from the casting company for The Next Food Network Star Season 10. I just about dropped my jaw. How cool was it that &quot;I&quot; was privy to such a cool email and even better, that I would get to share it with you!!




They are looking for individuals with captivating personalities and strong culinary expertise. If you believe you are The </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/10/next-food-network-star-auditions.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ol6j9lzkJOkUd-ENRYa_r4aXdZbFbZcGvXe5PBa51rYh9YZtAS7xGv8reVg_oTt6vB4Z4n-0Avk21snNPaNY0EfaLZ7_n6A5MawJxorgDAm1OQ0lX2VTTjPPTjLaUWv1kaW44Ps19pLA/s72-c/NFNStar.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-7258582942692317408</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-02-11T09:45:45.623-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chocolate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Give-a-way</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">king cake</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">macarons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sucre</category><title>Give-A-Way: Sucré 15pc Signature Chocolate Collection</title><atom:summary type="text">Nothing makes me happier than seeing my sons smile, hearing their laughter and outwitting my husband when he least expects it. BUT! Chocolate sure does come in close! And many times, might even take the cake.



So I super excited when&amp;nbsp;Sucré contacted me about giving one of my lucky readers a very special gift. Imagine a box filled with some of the finest artisan chocolates in the US. </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/09/give-way-sucre-15pc-signature-chocolate.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZUWz4YQtsmrJ4Oi9rVDnJZd5k_x42Pw6TXKI05X0hLwtW15QsRRrGFu5BTu7oGFiLRADhMvJodHIt4niKTKf1PnaSgG3ljxBUTf97oTm6g_Y-LJocJuywDxLaPaGbVD4UvsfZiRquAc1/s72-c/logo.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-2884073918274257901</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-02-11T09:45:52.806-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">#12WksXmasTreats</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ice Cream</category><title>Ice Cream Bread - 12 Weeks Of Christmas Treats</title><atom:summary type="text">I can hardly believe it myself, but Christmas is just around the corner. Its exciting, yet scary. In-laws, fancy meals, excessive family time, buy gifts, spreading the finances evenly, wondering when my boys will be enlightened abut Santa Claus, will it be this year? and of course juggling the craziness that comes with all this prep. I always default to baking to calm my nerves.




Not only is </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/09/ice-cream-bread-12-weeks-of-christmas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZtxufdp1hNBqZIDIWhFjX4tlYRerw5YgRE-tl0scf46gNlvp91kQwKd-FikIBmEZGpTPOz9wRmzBgzG72ufbQqvKAsyJt5VnLF-YDbe-WBF_ZHaCOMRj9WluEFYwB5OU0qkcJ5kdQ-XR/s72-c/gingerbreadcookies-for-badge-with-text-badge-2013.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-7555952031748024599</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-09-10T09:14:32.279-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Books</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Freebies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kindle</category><title>Free Kindle eBooks 09-10-2013</title><atom:summary type="text">



I picked up a few books with exceptional reviews today from Amazon for my Kindle Fire. And, I thought you might want to score the same awesome deal! So here are a few personal picks of what sound like great books, FREE from Amazon today!



 

  






Piece of Cake Paleo - The Effortless...

by Jack Roberts

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The week the Pilot and I have spent a lot of time researching our ancestors. With this research, a lot of stories have surfaced. Some are relevant and some are not. Some have been entertaining, some empowering and some quite deflating. And it got me to thinking. Blogging is our platform now. Will the words we right and send into virtual space still be here in 100 years or 200 years when my five </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/09/friday-day-for-free-printables.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGFCbiqcnaBHflFsPPJssTaDPeajldWAlHIjPdwFwJSB5BOdi0bumS8f9_ilUSu9x60xNi3NQ0dMIiwZxyknbEkkAQdz3afW_JyT4V_3o1oZQS274QRVgs-qXudfLtYN0cUuYmBssphC5/s72-c/Hearts+Longing-minipng.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-6108535701953182796</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-09-03T08:32:39.073-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">About</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Media Kit</category><title>Baking Up Chaos: Media Kit</title><atom:summary type="text">







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</atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/09/baking-up-chaos-media-kit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqX6CH9wPeRPHyla6a7R9IvDMEj5oK0ayCR1GJ0GGDmn2MiEyiJxtHsflFeUXh1mdKJaT01pEIInIhEBjNluyCd82twN606WDNQg_XCncgz7iCyzW0ZSp_nOOmMqjDve06CmKFiSaCxg5/s72-c/Media+Kit+2+compressed.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-449169468589221370</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-27T14:43:48.491-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Subsitutions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vanilla</category><title>Top 10 Baking Substitutions</title><atom:summary type="text">It never fails that the urge to bake an amazing dessert or afternoon snack always comes when I don&#39;t have all the ingredients on hand. So what do I do? Well, like any good baker, I cry. No. Really, I start googling my options. Then i pick the most credible source and hope for the best. Many times the substitutions are spot on, but because baking is a science, sometimes they end up in the &quot;fail </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/08/top-10-baking-substitutions.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-4692318458174259442</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-20T10:59:00.444-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Foodie</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Guest Blogger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ice Cream</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine</category><title>Food Can&#39;t Make Me Happy, or Can It?</title><atom:summary type="text">
Our guest blogger is&amp;nbsp;Lisa Francombe. Please welcome her as she shares the about two of my favorite subjects, food and happiness!



Can Food Make You Happy?



The obvious answer to the question ‘can food make you happy?’ is, of course, &#39;yes&#39;! Surely there’s not a single person out there who doesn’t experience some form of overwhelming euphoria when they sit down in front of a&amp;nbsp;gooey </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/08/food-cant-make-me-happy-or-can-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-6093889677940953847</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-15T10:11:30.264-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">#texaswomenbloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Iron Cupcake: Earth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Texas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Texas Women Bloggers</category><title>Texas Women Bloggers : The Women Behind the Keys</title><atom:summary type="text">I have joined the wonderful group of women blogging in Texas at TexasWomenBloggers to create comradery and connection with my fellow Sweet Tea Sipping Sisters! As a newer member, I&#39;d like to share a little bit about myself.






1. What part of Texas do you call home?
I currently live in the NE side of Houston, so i guess you could say that I am currently a Houstonian. But, lets make something </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/08/texas-women-bloggers-women-behind-keys.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-1314578892665061050</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-12T12:59:12.120-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Foodie</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Guest Blogger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine</category><title>The Truth about the Power of Food</title><atom:summary type="text">
Our guest blogger is&amp;nbsp;Lisa Francombe. Please welcome her as she shares the Truth about the Power of Food.



The True Power of Good Food



Everyone knows the overwhelming power food can have - it can have such power that you do nothing but think about those meatballs slowly cooking away in the&amp;nbsp;crock pot&amp;nbsp;all day long, it can have such power that your mouth becomes moist and you </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-truth-about-power-of-food.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-7539021623898947864</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-13T05:52:27.702-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">#texaswomenbloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Link Party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sweet Tea Social</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Texas Women Bloggers</category><title>Sweet Tea Social Monday</title><atom:summary type="text">In the hustle and bustle of Monday morning traffic all I could think about today was to work, settling in and grabbing a giant glass of Sweet Tea. Yummy!!






Join me as I sip Sweet Tea with other women around the great state of Texas and find out what is happening in their lives. Please visit these lovely southern belles and comment on a post&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;really catches your eye.&amp;nbsp;Make </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/08/sweet-tea-social-monday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-7265629982294617517</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-12T09:10:25.921-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Boys</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">formula</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parenting</category><title>YOU are exactly what God had in mind.</title><atom:summary type="text">I woke up this morning with something heavy on my heart. I&#39;m not even sure why. Have you ever felt urged to do something so strongly that you almost can&#39;t control it? And no, I&#39;m talking about that chocolate cake in the fridge whispering to you to eat it. That is pretty much how it this morning. So, I&#39;m going to give in and share with you.

We read a lot about the benefits of breast feeding. In </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/08/you-are-exactly-what-god-had-in-mind.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QuACCQnjp3tJz2hk8_1D2Uq14shj7jCmoHxZ_FqfDbHldvdncTP3sdOJ9-2l7c0wmAABbTBaukEsVX3ZyoP_v5PtRDBN6mYLNJHTXDVA19_X73mzGH7taNjVwh9C24AmRgaZosi6eJe_/s72-c/Boys.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-6251987032592592851</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-01T07:52:59.092-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bake at 350*</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cookies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Give-a-way</category><title>Bake @ 350 is having a Celebratory Give-a-way!!!!</title><atom:summary type="text">If you think you don&#39;t know Bridget over at Bake@350, then think again. Or better yet, look. Do you recognize these photos from Pinterest?




Or these?




all images belong to Bake@350*

Yep! That&#39;s my Texas Gal, Bridget and those are her handy work. She is one of the BEST cookie artists I know. In fact, she might even be THE BEST Cookie Artist I know. One this is for sure though, her book </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/07/bake-350-is-having-celebratory-give-way.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/bridget350/700%20width/th_compositionnotebooklength.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481720885780174563.post-2751409199896106632</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-07-29T10:38:32.521-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">#12WksXmasTreats</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><title>12 Weeks of Christmas Treats</title><atom:summary type="text">I know, it can&#39;t be that time already. Right? Not really, but I like to start planning now. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;ve started buying a few gifts. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m thinking about making a few more and the sweets treats are just par for the course.




Image from Meal Planning Magic. Thanks!

I tried, yet horribly failed to participate in the 12 Weeks of Christmas Treats Blog Hop last year. &amp;nbsp;But, things are a </atom:summary><link>http://bakingupchaos.blogspot.com/2013/07/12-weeks-of-christmas-treats.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>