• Dessert,  Food,  Fruit,  Fun

    Nectarine & Blueberry Cobbler

    Thank you again for the Top 9 on my Wedding Cake Cookies!! Wow guys, thank you! That just makes my day to come into work and have a notification from Foodbuzz. You foodies are the best ever! 😀 I am very much so looking forward to the weekend. This has been a very difficult and hectic week for me so to have a few days off is going to be JUST what I need. I am sure as always the weekend will fly by, but at least it is at the beginning of it right now. I am also looking forward to spending some quality time with Patrick because he…

  • Cookies,  Dessert,  Food,  Fun

    Wedding Cake Cookies

    I literally mean Wedding Cake shaped cookies 🙂 One of the girls that I work with, Kristin, is getting married on Oct 14th so the women at the office decided to throw her a small bridal shower. I  made the cookies for the shingdig and my mother made the cake. I don’t have any pictures of the cake, but I assure you it was absolutely gorgeous. She is so talented. Someday I hope I am as good as she is at decorating things; at least I have her as my teacher! Kristin’s colors are purple and cream so my Mom and I wanted to make sure that the cookies and…

  • Cake,  Dessert,  Food,  Fun,  Vegetables

    Carrot Cake Cupcakes

    Weekends go by too fast. It is just a fact of life. Every time the weekend comes I am so ecstatic and then it seems in the blink of an eye it is gone and I am stuck behind my desk at work again. This weekend WAS a lot of fun though which I am sure is why it seemed to go even faster than I wanted it to. I was able to meet up with one of my old friends John in Mystic CT. Not only did I get to see a lot of history at the Mystic Seaport but I also got to catch up with one of…

  • Dessert,  Food,  Fruit,  Fun

    Traditional Fall Treat

    I don’t know about you but when I was little one of the things that I REALLY looked forward to during the Fall was caramel apples. I remember coming home from school when my mom had made them fresh and it was like the best surprise in the world. Grabbing one of those gooey treats and biting into was just Fall to me. The real trick was trying not to get it all over myself. Somehow I always managed to get caramel in my hair…haha, sorry Mom. Although, I have to admit that kids with sticky fingers is one of the cutest things ever. They have no idea what to…

  • Dessert,  Food,  Fun

    Salted Caramel Brownies

    Thank you SO much everyone for the Top 9 on my Pan-Fried Tilapia with Tomato and Basil Sauté today! What an awesome notification to get in the morning when you don’t want to get up because you are comfy and warm in your bed haha. 🙂 Thank you! You guys are awesome! I have to admit that I am really excited because tomorrow… Why do you ask? Well, I am going to a dinner at Rosedale Farms with Patrick. It is a dinner that one of the restaurant groups in Hartford is sponsoring. There is tons of things that go on at these events including farm tours, wine tastings, and…

  • Cookies,  Dessert,  Food

    Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

    What a week!! I just got back from traveling for work last night and I am SO exhausted. I went to West Virginia and Virginia to see some customers and try and tell them about my company’s new products. Let me tell you…I will NEVER go to West Virginia again unless I am forced. You need a passport to go down there! No lie, I thought I was stepping into the movie Deliverance. You know with the creepy kid playing the bango?? GAH! So weird haha. Sorry for anyone who lives in West Virigina, but man the place I was in I will never go back to haha. Good news…

  • Cookies,  Dessert,  Food

    Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

    Another weekend has come and gone…the golf tournament last week went really well. My team and I had a fabulous time golfing. We certainly aren’t what you would call “golfers” but we definitely had fun and played some decent golf. Since I was the captain of the golf team I wanted to make sure that my team was equip with all the essentials. Music, booze, and cookies…hehe 😉 Personally, I was not a fan of how these cookies came out but everyone seemed to really enjoy them. I didn’t have any butter so I had to substitute Crisco in, which we all know changes the texture and flavor of the…

  • Bread,  Cake,  Cookies,  Dessert,  Dining out,  Fish,  Food,  Fun

    NYC – The NomNoms Tour

    I am FINALLY posting the NYC trip photos and food my friends… **Warning** This post is going to be dangerously full of pictures…proceed with caution. ::says over loud speaker:: this has been a message from your local NomNoms warning service, please stay tuned for other announcements. (yup, that happened haha) I had the best weekend ever! I went to NYC and visited with not 1, not 2, but 4! of my friends from college and high school. I most definitely needed this weekend…it was so nice to visit and see the girls and get to visit and catch up. It is always nice so catch up. Everyone is so spread…

  • Dessert,  Food,  Fruit,  Healthy

    Fresh Blueberry Lemon Pops

    What a crazy couple weeks! Things have been turned a bit upside down for me in the past month, which has made it a little difficult to keep up my blogging routine. I know my friend Jonny has been bugging me about it haha. I posted something last week and he immediately sends me a text, “holy crap, your blog made me soo f*ing hungry”. 😉 gotta love it! I feel like you have to embrace the cards that life deals for you though. Things have definitely not been turning out how I thought they would, but I am slowly learning that I just need follow my heart and I…

  • Cookies,  Dessert,  Food

    Snickerdoodles

    In 2 days I will be walking 60 miles for breast cancer in Boston…AH!!! I cannot believe it is already here! Amazing to me how fast time flies. I seriously feel like I was just telling you all about the great event and how I need to raise money and now it is less than a week until I actually do it! Mind boggling people… I am so very excited for the walk though! It is such a great cause and I am so glad that I decided to take on this challenge. 60 miles in 3 days…whew! Going to be a challenge indeed! Not to mention the weather in…

  • Cookies,  Dessert,  Food

    M&M Cookies

    I was thinking the other day…wow, how long has it been since I have been writing on my blog? I started looking through all my old posts and pictures and noticed that it has been a year since I started RavieNomNoms. WHA?!? A year?!!! Holy frekkin’ moly right? As I was looking through my older posts I saw how much over the year that I have grown as a blogger and a cook. It is amazing! I am sure a lot of you have looked back on some of your old posts (and pictures) and thought how on earth would anyone ever want to look at this let alone read…

  • Dessert,  Food,  Fruit

    Raspberry Cheesecake Bars

    I started writing this post in Texas and then never ever posted it so I am just going to post it as is, even though it says I am in Texas (which I am not anymore) I am back in CT now after a long time of being away from home… Hellllo!!! I have been so MIA lately! I am actually in Tyler, Texas right now on business. It has been a really crazy past few weeks and I don’t seem to be able to catch a breath. Let me tell you how hot Texas is right now! Holy moly, the heat index has been about 105-120º the entire time…