Meet my new best friend, Bacon Maple Cupcake.  I don’t know if it was the bacon or the maple but this is one scrumptious delight that will become a regular around this house.  Okay, okay I’ll tell you how to make your own. 

*This really doesn’t have anything to do with this cupcake but have you noticed an abundance of really great baking recipes around the web lately?  I have…I wonder if it’s just the season or if our resolutions to lose weight have us thinking about food more than usual.  Incidentally that is a idea suggested in Why Women Need Fat. 

On to the recipe!

Last night we had some friends over and in my drug-induced mania I played supreme hostess and made these apple and brie turnovers.  Isn’t it funny how it only takes adding the name of a ‘fancy’ ingredient to make something sound like it’s really special?  Anyhow, here’s the quick recipe with a note on how to make yours even better.

If you follow me on Facebook you might remember my whining like a baby complaining about a  toothache on Christmas Eve.  Well after a very intense week, a tooth extraction, and a few other dentist appointments I was still in excruciating, ‘Where am I? Who am I?’ pain.  It’s been hard for me  to get anything done and there’s just so much I’m wanting and excited about doing!