The Sugar Pixie

How to Grill Pineapple and Grilled Pineapple Smoothie

thesugarpixie — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:27:30 +0000

It’s almost summer and that means grilling! We are trying different recipes on the grill rather than using the oven and the stove this season. We turned to an old favorite – grilled pineapple for dinner one evening and we ended up with leftovers. I got to thinking how a grilled fruit smoothie would be? [...]

Happy National Peanut Butter Cookie Day!

thesugarpixie — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:10:10 +0000

June 12 is National Peanut Butter Cookie Day and I read this interesting fact from the National Peanut Board: “peanut butter cookies became a popular treat sometime in the early 1900s. The first recipe is actually found in George Washington Carver’s cookbook. His cookie recipe calls for cutting peanuts into chunks and placing them in [...]

National Doughnut Day: Jelly Donut Pancakes at IHOP

thesugarpixie — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:25:01 +0000

We had a gift card to IHOP we wanted to use and it just happened we picked to go on National Doughnut Day. We haven’t been out for pancakes in a while and these pancakes looked too good to pass up. They have a light layer of glaze, powdered sugar and raspberry filling. They were [...]

Chain-Mail in the Kitchen: Cleaning Cast Iron and more

thesugarpixie — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:40:17 +0000

Yes, you read the title correctly. I got chain mail in my kitchen and it is awesome! I really try to avoid uni-taskers in the kitchen, but this gadget won me over with its first use. It was a combination of this “Soap on cast iron, are you serious???” secret on PostSecret.com and a post [...]

Giveaway from EasyCanvasPrints.com: Free 8×10 Canvas

thesugarpixie — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:28:11 +0000

Disclosure: This giveaway is hosted by EasyCanvasPrints.com. Welcome to June everyone! This is the best month of the year because it’s my birthday month and it’s been about four years since I wrote my first blog post! I have a fun giveaway for you all from Easy Canvas Prints, (Approximately $45 value). It’s been about [...]

First Harvest of 2013

thesugarpixie — Fri, 31 May 2013 19:18:46 +0000

Its been 25 days since we planted, now we begin feasting on spinach and mixed salad greens! From garden to table to tummy. It’s awesome! Pin It

Dirt Cake

thesugarpixie — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:31:39 +0000

Hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend! My brother, nephew and sister-in-law (Werling Around) were in town from Florida and we had tons of fun showing them around Pittsburgh! I have been looking for an excuse to make Dirt Cake/Dirt Dessert so when we decided to throw a family picnic I knew I [...]

French Martini

thesugarpixie — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:05:45 +0000

I fell in love with the French Martini after trying a spin on it called a French Poodle at Yellow Dog Restaurant in Melbourne, Florida. It combines raspberry liqueur, pineapple juice and vodka into a fruity, frothy drink. The only thing that’s martini about it, is the glass. It is great anytime of year and [...]

Everybody Freeze: Protecting Your Plants with a Sand Bucket

thesugarpixie — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:03:31 +0000

Okay Mother Nature, stop being funny! Another freeze warning, no – not like the Cha-Cha Slide song. It’s one thing to cover up flower beds, but now I needed to devise a plan to cover up the seedlings in the garden and the tomato plants. The later took a bit of MacGyvering using materials on [...]

Limequat for Mother’s Day

thesugarpixie — Sun, 12 May 2013 12:19:48 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day! This year for Mother’s Day, Dave and the kids got me (us) a Limequat tree! Limequat is a Key Lime grated onto a Kumquat. It’s been a whole two years, which feels like eternity to not have a fresh citrus growing at your house. The Key Lime tree was easily in the [...]