My dad, Mike Perillo and peanut butter pie.

Where do I start? Well a few weeks ago I was going through foodgawker because I like to torture myself with good looking food. As I was "gawking" I noticed A LOT of recipes for peanut butter pie. I thought it was one of the challenges that random websites had. All I saw in common was #apieformikey posted in each headline. When I searched that hash tag and read Jennifer Perillo's story, a very familiar pain went through my heart.

Weekly Oasis: Fishing by the waterfalls

When I first started stumbling I came across the most amazing pictures. Photos that made me want to travel, create, laugh, think, and sometimes cry. Well I thought why not have my weekly oasis. We all need a moment to relax and decompress. Especially before a Monday. So the reason I chose this picture was I had the biggest urge to go fishing today. We went out to long beach to celebrate my uncles birthday and being by the docks made me want to get on a boat and fish. I also thought of this photo. What better way to go fishing?! The sound of the waterfall while relaxing and fishing? I'd love to spend a weekend here. So take a moment and relax before your busy week begins. Feel the cool mist on your face and let the sound of rushing water fill your head. Oh and don't forget the drink in your hand and your toes in the water ;) Hope you all have a good week!

Rainbow Cake

 

Every time I bake this cake I get the same question, "how did you do that?!" It's so Simple and SO FUN. I love this cake because even the people that say they don't eat sweets just have to  have a little slice of this colorful cake! I think its worth making a little more of a mess than usual to make this rainbow cake. Cupcakes would be even more fun! 

Lavashak (Fruit Leather or Fruit roll ups)

Every summer we would go through the same thing. My mom wanted to eat the plums green off the tree, my dad would say leave them for lavashak. Me and my brother would eat the plums juicy and ripe just because we had them, my dad would say leave them for lavashak. The plums would get heavy and fall to the ground and we would think they're no good and try to throw them away. Of course there was my dad "those are the BEST for lavashak". If I could go to that plum tree every year and take those plums off the ground I would. I've never tasted a plum like that ever again.