Little B Cooks: Chronicles from a Vermont foodie

I am slightly obsessed with salted caramel.  Homemade of course.  I can't get enough of it lately.  Last weekend I was trying to come up with something new to make for dessert when we had the grand-kids overnight.  I spotted the salted caramel sauce...

Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone!  Hope you will have nice weather and get to enjoy some good times with family and friends.  We started our weekend with two of the grandkids spending the night, which is always a delight. I just love cooking for company...

If you don't like Thai food or peanuts, this is not the salad for you!  I happen to enjoy both.
As much as I love regular salad for lunch, having it every day can get a little mundane.  So once in a while I like to switch things up a little.  This is what I came up with recently when I found myself in a lunchtime salad rut....

I will admit that I am pretty much a cake mix food snob.  I just don't use them.  I much prefer to make cakes from scratch, especially icing/frosting, because the flavor is just so much better.  The icing/frosting you buy in those containers at the store...