• Bars,  Featured Center,  Lemon

    Easy Lemon Bars

    I wish I would have snapped a picture of the sky today so I could show you, but take my word for it – it was gray.  Not like pretty-hazy-snowy-gray, it was cold-damp-dreary-icky-gray.  I’m so over winter, guys.  I just want it to be February already, so I can say that “at least it’s February so that means it’s almost March which means it’s almost April and then things will finally warm up.”  Sigh.

  • Appetizers,  Beverages,  Breakfast,  Entertaining,  Lemon

    Champagne Brunch with KORBEL

    This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of KORBEL California Champagne for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Last week I hosted a small brunch for some friends who were passing through town for the holidays.  Nothing big, but I wanted to have a few dishes for them to nibble on and some delish champagne cocktails to go with. I kept it simple with a fruit tray, a few pastries from a local bakery and then added in a couple of my…

  • Bars,  Dessert,  Front Page,  Lemon,  Other Desserts

    Lemon Tart with Blackberry Syrup

    I just about had a breakdown yesterday.  After a stressful day, I began my nightly ritual of opening the girls backpacks, sorting their papers, reading notes from their teachers and repacking for the next morning.  It’s during this attempt at organization that I take note of important dates and update my calendar. Between field trips, field day, music programs, extra dance classes before recital, birthday parties and softball practice (because you know, we coach both girls’ teams in our “free” time) my calendar was suddenly very,…

  • Cupcakes,  Dessert,  Lemon

    Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

    This is officially my favorite cupcake ever.  If you’ve been reading Lemon Sugar for a while, you realize how strong this statement actually is…I’ve made a LOT of cupcakes in recent years.  There are a lot of contenders for the top spot, but I’m pretty sure that these just knocked the Fauxstess Cupcakes down a notch. Clearly, I love a good lemon cake, but something about this one – this combination of flavors – it’s just over the top perfection.   The cake is SO…

  • Beverages,  Lemon,  Weeknight

    Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

    So, this isn’t really a food recipe, but it’s super hot outside, and I had four pounds of lemons in a pretty bowl on my kitchen counter. (Am I the only one who decorates with lemons? They’re my favorite centerpiece and kitchen decor item.) And, since I recently discovered my Grandma’s old juicer I figured a big pitcher of fresh-squeezed lemonade was in order. It REALLY hit the spot after a few hours of working in our gardens. I’m a lemon-person anyway (obviously, hence the…