Mandi Whiting Photography

 I was in the mood to bake something, but due to sheer laziness (and my husband being out of town), I didn’t feel like making anything that was gonna take a lot of time and energy. I started looking though my stash of recipes that I’ve told myself I MUST try at some point or [...]

These sugar cookie bars are long over due for blogging. Originally, I wasn’t even going to blog them ’cause I wasn’t happy with ANY of the photos (I was in a bit of a rush that day), but then I thought…well…hmmm…that’s silly…if I do that then nobody will be able to enjoy these wonderful bars, [...]

This past Friday I got together with a group of photographers for a headshot exchange. We all met up at Balboa Trails just north of Balboa Park.  I didn’t get pictures of everyone, but there are quite a few here. I’ve also posted more on my Facebook page. For those of you that participated in [...]

Melissa McClure and I headed up to San Juan Capistrano this past weekend with Ian and Katie for their trash the dress session…. These two are *SO* cute together!! I absoultely *LOVE* how giggly and fun they are around each other. 

Such genuine smiles, love it!!

so beautiful!!

Ian and Katie, thank you for being such troopers!!

I came across this recipe on one of my cooking/baking forums and knew I HAD to try it out.  I’m not much of a chocolate-chocolate cake kind of gal, but I can say this IS pretty tasty and worth making.

Black Magic Cake
Recipe Adapted from Allrecipes.com
INGREDIENTS:
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa [...]

I’ve been craving butternut squash for quite some time now. I searched high and low for a recipe. I came across a million different variations and decided to try out this Curried Butternut Squash Soup recipe. It was SUPER fast and easy to make, and didn’t involve a ton of ingredients. Overall, the soup was [...]