{Adventures In} Baking

The kitchen is not my thing. We bought our house almost 3 years ago and since then, I'm trying to make it my thing. I figure that if you are going to be a wife and a mom, you need to learn how to cook and bake, right?!

While lurking around on Pinterest some time ago, I found a super easy cupcake recipe that requires two ingredients. No shit. Two ingredients - cake mix and club soda. Being that I can barely follow a recipe, two ingredients is right up my alley. So I gave it a go.

See, I wasn't kidding.

• Step 1: Box of cake mix (in this case, red velvet). 
• Step 2: Use 1 1/2 cup of Club soda. 
• Step 3: Combine, mix on medium speed and put batter in muffin pans. 
• Step 4: Bake at 350 degrees for roughly 18 minutes.
• Step 5: BOOM!

Best part about this recipe is that since it doesn't have as many ingredients, it doesn't have as many calories or fat. Who can use a little less of that in their lives? Ummm, me!

Survey says...

They are freaking good! Like, you can't tell they don't have eggs or oil good. And to get them ridiculously moist? Right after they cool, place them in the refrigerator for a few hours (at least) or do what I did and do it overnight. You can thank me later.

                             Decorate and you've got yourself a healthy healthier dessert option.

{Adventures In} Being a Mom

I have a daughter. I am a mom. I am a parent. Whoa.

When you are pregnant, you obviously realize that you will be a parent in 9 short months. But you cannot begin to fathom the magnitude of what that word means until the day comes and you are holding your baby in your arms. Or when you have to sign the birth certificate and designate yourself as "parent". Black and white, on paper, you are a parent.

So what does it take to be a parent let alone a "good" one? Some people take to Pinterest to figure out how to parent while others feverishly search Google to get some answers. Technology isn't your thing? Try something old school and ask the advice of parents or friends. Where do I fall? I'm guilty of doing all 3.

Not only am I learning how to be a parent, I am also learning how to be a wife, how to cook, how to sew, how to decorate a home, and how to be healthier. (All of which I have little to no experience in.) So with that said, these are my adventures in suburbia as a stay at home mom.