We didn't mean to be gone for so long! Things got crazy around here (surprise) and there's been days we've been catching ourselves coming and going....
Have any of you ever had pasta from TJMaxx? We know that made sound strange (it kinda did to us when a friend recommended it), but it really is our favorite place to buy pasta now. They have brands straight of Italy, so you know it's extra yummy. Now whenever we have a spare moment when out running errands we run in to TJMaxx to check their pasta selection. On Thursday when we went we got a little carried away with the other foodie things they have. Some truffles for Dad, chocolate covered pretzels with sprinkles, and Belgian chocolate covered Oreos (the boys ate most of those). And, last but not least, we found two mixes for Red Velvet Cupcakes. They were on the $2/apiece sale rack, and since we've never had them we opted to give them a go. Especially since Dad has fond memories of growing up with red cake, and we've eaten cupcakes our entire lives (they are always a good, cute party choice).
On Monday we made them up. Monday night after supper Dad ate three in one sitting. Need I say more? They seem to have gone over big. The red makes them taste better too, right? The only thing we did differently is the mix box gave you a recipe for cream cheese frosting, and since we aren't cream cheese frosting eaters we chose a tried-and-true Taste of Home Vanilla Buttercream Frosting recipe. Alls well that ends well! Now that everyone seems taken with them, I went searching for my own from scratch recipe to use next time. I think I'll try this one.... minus the cream cheese frosting of course.
Happy Wednesday... back to work....
xoxo the Long ladies
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