Shortbread cut-outs - Baby Hands w/ Pink and White Sugar Crystals

My Future Sister-in-law is going to have a baby in August, so earlier this month there was a baby shower in her honour. I made a few things, one being these Shortbread cut-outs - Baby Hands w/ Pink and White Sugar Crystals. I found the recipe on Martha Stewart website and the recipe was great. You can find the recipe to these shortbread cookies here!

Cheers,
-Naho

Treats @ The Baby Shower
Originally uploaded by Nahren

So Behind...

I always think of my blog and feel sad that I don't blog as regularly as I would prefer. With the wedding, the baby showers, the summer and its festivities, grad and work, there is just so many things to do.

I have promised recipes and I am going to be honest, they are in scraps or floating around in my head and in need of typing out. What I can do though is bring you some more images. I'd like to really post twice this week that would be great :)!

The following posts are the latest in cooking creations from recent events or endeavours, if I can post a recipe to a recipe that I have used it will be done accordingly. With the exception of the ones I have created and I still need to write those up.

Cheers,
Naho @ Scrumptious Foods

Oh my...

It's been three weeks since my last blog post, how embarrassing. I do apologize, as mentioned before, the shower/wedding season has begun and it's been keeping me very busy! I've been baking and taking photos, but sadly I haven't gotten around to writing up final drafts of my recipes.

Here are a few photos of the past recipes I have made and I have full intentions of posting the recipes as soon as I can.

The first two photos are the Sucre à la crème coffee cakes I had made a few weeks back and we had an early birthday for my Fiancé this past weekend and his request was a Black Forest Cake, which you can see in the second two photos:

Tonight, I'd like to try something healthier and bake come Applesauce Spice Muffins, I found a wonderful recipe on Epicurious and I'll be sure to take some pics!

Cheers,
Naho @ Scrumptious Foods

Original Recipes

I must apologize for being two weeks late on my blog posts. It's been rather hectic the last little bit and there is more to come. With it being wedding and shower season, not to mention upcoming birthdays and the end of the school year, it’s been crazy.

Recently I've wanted to create my own recipes. Many of the things I bake and cook are from various recipes I come across or sometimes just trying it out as a go. I've never really sat down and wrote out a recipe, so a few weeks ago I did.

I created a recipe for Sucre a la Crème Coffee Cake with a Maple Glaze; mind you I created them like cupcakes to have an individual feel. It's not bad, but it could use some tweaking, I will post the pics and the recipe when I get a chance this evening. Next I'm thinking I'd like to make a cookie recipe!

Last night I decided to bake some Chocolate Chip Banana Bread from the Magnolia Bakery cookbook. I adore this series of cookbooks; they have such wonderful recipes that never fail. I will have to go home and take photos of the banana bread and post them on our Scrumptious Foods flickr group as well as the next blog entry. The banana bread was moist, delicious and the chocolate chips gave little bit of decadence!

Do you have any original recipes of your own or any you are hoping to create? Let us know and don't forget to post photos @ our flickr group, we'd love to see them!

Cheers,
Naho @ Scrumptious Foods

Stir Fry

The other night, my Fiancé and I decided to make shrimp stir fry for dinner. It came out really good, full of flavour, colour and was a lot of fun to cook together. Funny thing, just as we're about to eat, he asks me "I thought you were going to take pictures?” of course I was having so much fun I forgot to take out the camera and shoot a few shots. Oh well, I guess I’ll get to take more photos the next time around. Do you enjoy cooking or eating stir fry and if so what kind?

Cheers,
Naho @ Scrumptious Foods

Scrumptious Foods @ Flickr

If you haven't checked out our Flickr group, now is the time. We've had lots of new members and photo additions to the group. You can find us at http://www.flickr.com/groups/scrumptious/ or if you are a flickr member, you can log in and use the group search bar and type in "scrumptious". Don't forget to check out our flickr flash badge on the right hand side of our blog page, with all the wonderful photos located in our Scrumptious Foods Group. Hope you give our flickr group a visit and feel free to join as well, the more the merrier!

Cheers,
Naho @ Scrumptious Foods

Feelin' a little French...

Reading the usual blogs and cookbooks as well as looking through the market these days, I've been put into a French (food) mood. I would like to make macaroons and crepes, now I'm thinking of French style breads. Hopefully will get to make a few of these items this week and post up the photos and recipes, which is rather fitting as it's National Bake Week (April 14-21). Speaking of French I really need to brush up on my language skills lol.

Cheers,
Naho @ Scrumptious Foods