Banana Nut Muffins and a Product Review

August 24, 2014 by Monica in Baking, Breakfast, Quick Meal, Sponsor

If you been baking for as long as I have, you have seen how throughout the years more and more improvements are being made with methods and equipments. One of those have been the slowly and steady move from the traditional baking pans to baking with silicone made pans.

I have used silicone baking pans before and have mixed feeling about them. Some worked, while others were complete flops. I do have to be honest the flops were on the cheap end of the spectrum. But, my main concern was their general flimsiness and my visions of overflowing batter as the pan/cups folding unto itself creating a giant mess. Can you imagine cleaning an oven full of spilled batter? No bueno.

Frittata and Girlfriends

April 29, 2014 by Monica in Breakfast, Chica Brunch, Entertaining, Events, Quick Meal

If you had been reading Sweetbites for a while, you know that I host a monthly brunch event with my girlfriends and I call it “Chica Brunch”. We get together one Sunday of the month, everyone brings a dish and then we sit around and play catch up with everything that is happening in our lives.

6 to 10 (depending who makes it that month) interesting, accomplished and attractive women, who are flying solo for the afternoon - We’ve left homes, children, husbands/significant others behind to share an lazy afternoon to celebrate another aspect of ourselves that I now value more deeply: our friendship.

Chica Brunch - Brown Sugar and Vanilla Lip Polish

March 12, 2013 by Monica in Breakfast, Chica Brunch, Craft, Decorating

Wedding planning is OVER. And I hate to say it, but I’m glad. Except that now I seem to be a bit lost and cannot find my mojo back to do things that are NOT wedding planning related.

I need to jump back on the bandwagon and the best avenue to do it is getting back to planning my monthly Chica Brunch. If you are new to Sweetbites - a little recap. Every month, I invite a group of girlfriends to my house and host a Sunday Brunch which I have named CHICA Brunch (chica is Spanish for girl, and I call all my girlfriends that – so I figure it would be fitting and it stuck). The way it works? I ask each of the girls to bring a brunch dish to share and I contribute with the booze – mainly mimosas and making sure my house is sparkly clean.