Hi! My name is Chrissi. I live in Hoboken, home of the "Cake Boss" and the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra. With my husband, infant son and extraordinary super-dog we are set to take over the world... of mommy blogging (Well, at least I'm trying...they are tagging along!) I love to bake and I share Sweet recipes I try every Sunday.
I post every night (or at least I try to post every night!) around midnight. The only time, as a new mother, that I have to myself.
What a busy weekend we had! Lots of family and lots of fun!
On Friday night after work, we headed down to the Konopka's house so we could spend all day Saturday with them. We were there to celebrate Mrs. Konopka's birthday! We went for a walk at the park, checked out the petting zoo and then headed out for a delicious dinner.
Another chill weekend for us. It was Hoboken St. Patty's Day on Saturday, which in years past would mean getting up early to get our drink on. Now it's more about avoiding the crowds and drunk, stupid people.
We spent a lot of Saturday just vegging and then later went out to grab dinner.
Today was a day of some really good Polish comfort food. It's getting colder out again so it was a perfect day for some warm, meaty goodness. It was always know as "Stuffed Cabbage" to me until I met Bartek and then it became "Gołąbki" ("golumpki") to me. I've made it a few times before and this is the first time I've written down my recipe.
It's been a pretty uneventful week for us. We tried to make the best of a gloomy, rainy day by driving around looking at houses we saw on Zillow and Trulia. We aren't quite ready to buy yet, but a girl can dream. So far it looks like we can't find anything in our price range for the specifics we are looking for. New Jersey is a tough place for real estate. It's quite depressing. There was one house we liked but the town it's in may be a little iffy.
On Sunday, I went out to brunch with some friends to catch up. Hudson Tavern in Hoboken has the best breakfast sandwich ever! Once I got home, I went into full Oscar prep mode. I made those delicious pretzels you saw yesterday. Finally when 8:30 rolled around, I plopped in front of the TV with my pretzel and a big glass of wine! Yum!
I don't have any pictures from this weekend, but I do have a video I shot tonight if Landon making the most of Laundry Day.
He loves throwing himself into the pile of laundry. It's so cute!
Happy Oscar Night! Hope you all enjoyed the theatrics of the show. I'm so glad that Argo won Best Picture and Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress. Both were well deserved! In preparation for our awards-watching, I made this delicious recipe. I saw somewhere this past week that someone was doing a "PJs and Pearls"Oscar watching party. This was our PJs and Pretzels party.
Cooking has been quite difficult lately. Long gone are the days where I could set Landon up in the bouncer or jumperoo just outside of the kitchen while I worked my magic. Instead, every night when I try to make dinner, I get accosted with whines, arms around my legs so I can't walk, and the "pick-me-up" flailing motion.
My latest solution has been to include Landon in the cooking process. He is so satisfied doing it and it helps me keep an eye on him. I've been pulling up a step stool to the counter and he climbs right on. Sometimes I just set out a handful of raisins or goldfish for him to munch on while I cook and other times, I let him get right into the action.
While I was making rice crispy treats, he helped stir and throw marshmallows in:
