Mandi Whiting Photography

I’ve been begged to make a Lemon Meringue Pie for about 2 months now. I made a compromise and made this Lemon Tart. It turned out pretty tasty, but it turned out rather thin. In my opinion it could have been a little thicker. If I were to do over again I would make it [...]

I rarely ever make casseroles, but I’ve been on the hunt for something yummy for quite some time now. A gal on one of my message boards gave me a recipe that she always makes and claims to be delicious. I’m not one who doesn’t follow a recipe to a “T” the first time I make [...]

Quinoa and Black Beans is one of my favorites dishes!! It’s best served chilled. It’s great served as a meal, side dish, or it’s great to take to a BBQ.

This recipe was adapted from allrecipes.com
XOXO Mandi!!

Red Velvet Cake Balls are my most requested dessert. Given that these little balls involve A LOT of time (about 3-4 hours) and patience, I only make them for special occasions. This time around I made them for Christmas.

The concept of these cake balls was adapted from Bakerella:
I follow the concept of the above recipe, [...]

This past Sunday (December 21th, 2008) I had the opportunity to shoot an engagement session with Melissa McClure. Melissa invited me along so I could get more experience behind the lens. Melissa is great!!! She not only helped my buy my first DSLR, but she has been great in answering the millions of questions I [...]

I came across this wonderful recipe in one of my Paula Deen cookbooks “The Lady and Sons Just Desserts”. These little guys were *SO* delicious. I took them to a BBQ and was requested to leave the left overs behind. They were a HUGE hit, especially among the kids. 

Here are some of the many different [...]

Here we have  “The Chew” Chocolate Chip Cookies, by Alton Brown. These chocolate chip cookies are pretty darn good. They were so wonderful in flavor and texture. Nothing beats chewy chocolate chip cookies!! If only we had some vanilla ice cream on hand we could have made ice cream sandwiches, YUM!!!

The Chewy
by: Alton Brown
Ingredients:
2 sticks unsalted [...]

I absolutely *LOVE* the flavor of rose, yes rose like rose petals!! A lot of people call me crazy, but I actually crave rose flavored things. Whenever I want something rose flavored my quick fix is usually steamed skim milk with a splash of rose extract and some Splenda; however, tonight the urge hit and [...]