Bucatini all'Amatriciana

 

For some reason lately I have been craving Italian food.  All I want is focaccia, insalata caprese, pasta and a nice glass of wine.  After procrastinating from school work during the week by making some focaccia, this weekend I decided to satisfy my craving and make some pasta.  All I have to say is this pasta definitely hit the spot!

Chocolate Raspberry Filled Cupcakes

So I finally did it, I baked for a wedding!  Back in May, I was honored when a fellow classmate asked me if I would bake cupcakes for her wedding.  I have always joked around about being up for hire for occasions like this but I never thought that I would actually ever have someone ask me to bake for them for such a special occasion.  For the wedding I made champagne cupcakes, limoncello cupcakes, and chocolate raspberry filled cupcakes.  According to some of my other classmates that attended the wedding, the cupcakes were all a hit!

Stuffed Bell Peppers

Oh how I've missed my kitchen!  After being away for nine weeks of vacation and my summer rotation, I could not wait to get back and start cooking!  Before taking on baking cupcakes for a classmates wedding, I wanted to make something I've been wanting to make for awhile, stuffed bell peppers!

Hiking/ Camping along the McKenzie River

The McKenzie River

Well so far I have survived working 40 hour work weeks in the Pharmacy!  This week is my final week here in Eugene and this past weekend a friend and I decided we wanted to go site seeing.  After asking around finding out what we absolutely had to see before leaving, we settled on taking a little hiking/ camping trip up by the McKenzie River.  If I wasn't already in love with the area, I definitely am now!  It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL and we had so much fun!  I just thought I would share a few pictures with you all for you to enjoy as well.  

Key Lime Cheesecake Bars

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!  I wanted to do a special post for the 4th but haven't had any time to make it into the kitchen!  As some of you might know, I am back in Oregon, Eugene to be exact, and am two weeks into my four week summer rotation for pharmacy school.  This is the first time in my life that I have had to work 40 hours a week and to top it off I'm not even getting paid, in fact, I actually had to pay almost $14,000 in tuition this summer just so I could work 40 hours a week.  Funny how that works but I guess it is a small price I have to pay to become a pharmacist!

Anyway, before I came back to Oregon I had a special request from my boyfriend to make him some Key Lime Cheesecake Bars.  I found this recipe last year on Sprinkle Bakes and made it a few times and everyone who tried them loved them!