carissa... brown eyed fox - i love you so!

jimaiemarie - hahah!! you are too funny, this looks SO GOOD!!!!!

Molly Green - Ooooohhhh…yummy!

Diana - ROTFL! you go girl!
great job! proud of you!
♥

Craig's Mom - Unlike the rest of you who just get to drool over the pie, I actually got a piece and it might have been the best piece of coconut cream pie I’ve ever had and it’s my favorite! Great job, Meg….the whole meal was delicious.

Christina - I’m all about sticking to the story…but somehow they always stick to me. Hmmm.
About PW’s pie crust…I bet it’s awesome, but if you like to substitute something for shortening then just use butter. Shortening is just wrong. 🙂

Elizabeth - Great story!!!
Too Funny!!! Love it :]
Elizabeth

chasity - that’s great news since i’m starting my diet today!

tam - oh it looks delicious! Coconut cream is my favorite!

patti - meringue is mostly air anyways…right? RIGHT?? 😉

Anna - Same for double layer strawberry cake with cream cheese icing!!!!
At 7.5 months preggo, you are hotter than hot!!!
So Bad!

Amy - looks divine! wish I had some!

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Does this work for store bought apple pie, strawberry shortcake and peanut butter cups?? I know…I know;) It doesn’t hurt to ask. Looks so yummy:)

Staci - Oh man 🙂 I am not a huge coconut pie fan…but you make me want to make this RIGHT NOW!!!!!! I ate sugar yesterday for the first time in over 40 days….I waaay overdid it and felt YUCK-EEE last night 🙁 Uggh 🙁 So today, it’s back to protein shakes and I’m just going to go through my life pretending it’s Lent all the time 🙂 Happy Day to you!!!!!

jack - Now that is great news indeed!

morningt - Looks scrumptuous and I don’t even like coconut!

Holly - I’m stealing your story and sticking to it as well 🙂

Vera - Something that gorgeous can’t possibly have any calories!

Julie - I don’t know about your story (haha!), but your pie looks DELICIOUS! Yum!!!

Susan - I like that story!

Jennifer - My family love this recipe and we make it on a regular basis!

melissa mae - nothing like homemade lasagna! I’m making my moms recipe on Sunday. YUM! As for sugar…oh my, you and I are in the same boat. Oh, how I love sugar. I am also on a “no sugar” kick and I lost 5 pounds. Totally worth it.

Meg - I have never heard of making lasagna with Cottage Cheese. Around these parts we make it with Ricotta Cheese. I’ll have to try it with the Cottage Cheese.

Nikki - This looks yummy. And to offer you some encouragement, I gave up all refined sugar several months ago. I lost 45 pounds and feel better than I ever have. Eventually my taste buds did adjust and sugar really doesn’t taste that good any more (and I LOVED sugar!) and other flavors suddenly taste amazing. Keep at it!

Ashley Crenshaw - I made your lasagna last night and my husband LOVED it! Finally, I can get him off of the frozen kind. (Blah at frozen lasagna.) Thanks Meg!

wakana - i’ve never tried cottage cheese so i will try yours next time i make “ba-zanya” (my little daughter calls that way!)

Traci - looks yummy. i just made my first homemade lasagna last year. found a recipe to make the day before and you don’t even have to cook the noodles. it is so good and my family asks for it all the time now. what took me so long?

Janine - Easy sugar free recipe…
My grandmother used to make these and I will admit they do satisfy a sweet tooth. Core & peel a whole apple and put it in a deep baking pan. Pour diet black cherry soda (random generic is fine.)on the apple and inside the core to coat them. Let the apple sit in about an inch or so of the soda and bake till the apple is soft and the soda syrupy. It’s sweet and the only sugar in it is the natural sugar from the apple.
I have also made pumpkin pie using splenda and it came out great. (used the recipe off of the Libby can and followed the splenda subtituting rules)
Splenda brown sugar does have some sugar in it but it does make a great low sugar apple crisp.
Don’t forget about sugar free jello.
I need to give up sugar too. It’s so hard. Good luck.

Christina - Don’t boil the noodles, and that’s one less pot to clean! 🙂 I add a little extra sauce and 15-20 minutes to the cooking time, and it’s so good.

Beth - Ummm, I can’t see my first comment, which I really left. Anyway, my second comment, minus my first comment, sounds a bit schizophrenic. My first comment (which I can’t find) said you should watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpunQZ4cUyI on youtube. I might have posted it in your comments section before, but I do think you’ll love it (it’s about ART, not sugar).

DreamGirlLisa - Love you Megan, but not sure about the jarred sauce and cottage cheese(I love it, but not in lasagna, I use ricotta). I do love to cook though, so making the sauce from scratch is all part of it for me, but also why I don’t make lasagna too often. I loved Julie & Julia too, definitely one of my new favorites too.

courtney - can not wait for lasagne…I am nine months pregnant and the idea of that much acid in my tummy makes me green, but oh my once my little is here; bring it on! Your blog is awesome! Congrats on the HOMIE too!

christi - you are always SO practical. so practical. and i watched the movie twice last weekend … LOVE IT!!!

feather - i am such a lover of lasagne. however, my kids don’t eat mixed foot. mixed food…you know, chili, soups, casseroles, lasagne. i will never understand them.

Janine - ok, so I have to admit I am a little grossed out by the cottage cheese thing. I have never heard of using cottage cheese, and I never liked it. I always use Ricotta cheese and I spice the cheese up with herbs. I guess all that matters is that your family loves it. And you can easily make a small tray (use a mini loaf pan) for Lauren without meat.

megan - hilarious my easy lasagna recipe is almost identical! i always use cottage cheese in place of ricotta and i always use prego sauce with mine too. i usually double and freeze one.

Renee - Are you trying to make me fat, Meg? Cause all of your recipes make me eat like I haven’t had a meal in a week! This from the woman who has given up sugar! LOL For me, lasagna will always be one of those meals that tastes better when somebody else makes it, know what I mean? But I’m still going to try your recipe (cause I always do). xoxoxoxo

Dianne Avery - Tell Lauren to make a separate batch with Morningstar Crumbles. I’m a lifelong veggie and I love the stuff. I’ve made lasagna with it for friends and they didn’t even realize that they weren’t eating meat. It works great for Tacos too.

carissa... brown eyed fox - i’ll take it… a bite… BIG one… that is! 🙂
yum!
and i love how salad just melds right in as the perfect side… with ranch of course! 🙂
now if i could just try making it! 🙂

Shelly Reil - Please, PLEase, PLEASE!!! Don’t even boil the noodles!! Layer everything with noodles uncooked, Bake at 350 covered with foil for 30 minutes, and uncover and bake another 15 – 25 minutes. That simple!! Don’t need special pasta either, it all works! Saved you some water, and the hassle of ripping and tearing the cooked noodles

Courtney Walsh - I actually make lasagna as one of my “easy” dinners. Sometimes I prepare it ahead in the morning and then bake it closer to dinner time. I use ricotta instead of cottage cheese too and LOTS of garlic (in my beef too!! yum) and we all absolutely love it!
Oh, I have to tell you I’ve more or less given up sugar too and I feel your pain. It’s really, really hard!!

amanda - I’ve gotten quite a response asking me about my crock pot lasagna, so here’s the recipe!
Ingredients:
1lb ground beef
1 box lasagna noodles
2 jars spaghetti sauce
1 large tub ricotta cheese
1 large bag mozzarella or italian blend shredded cheese
Parmesan cheese
Whatever spices your heart desires
1. Season, cook, and drain ground beef
2. Add sauce to beef
3. Mix parmesan cheese and salt and pepper into ricotta cheese
Layer into the crock pot however you want. I do it like this:
Noodles, ricotta, sauce, grated cheese, repeat until full.
It’s so quick and easy and you don’t have to cook the noodles! Also, sometimes I skip the beef and just use the sauce and cheese and it’s still super yummy and even quicker!

Val - When my son was little he pronounced it “jon-g”.
And I use the no-boil, ready to use lasagna noodles… you can’t tell the difference!

Janet Biernacki - It is a great movie..I’ve seen it twice.
I’m a big fan of Prego as well…plus no boil noodles. And..I use ground turkey sometimes. Or when I want to make my hubby swoon will use ground turkey, plus ground beef , plus sausage.
Kudos to u and the no sugar! You can do it.

Kim - Thanks for posting! I’m even making lasagna without cooking the noodles first! It is so nice to get rid of one step in the process!

Immyyas - I’ve never made lasagna before either. My sisters always tell me how easy & quick it is but never have said “Hey, here is the recipe give it a try!” I enjoy cooking & make tons of things way more complicated than this… I do believe I will have to give this a try. Looks Yummy!!!

Amy - My kids love Lasagna! I have to laugh at your prep pictures. My girls got in this huge discussion how annoying it is that there parents only buy the white stuff (Great Value)So when they get home I will show them this picture.
We decided to a cook book in a year but NOT Julia Childs I am not sure butter for every meal is such a great idea.

Janelle - I love making a lasagna – mainly because my husband is under the impression that it is super hard to make and I must be a goddess for knowing how to do it. So stop going around telling everyone it is easy!!!

Rachel / cREaTe - LOVE lasagna … it IS easy & yet looks fancy. 🙂 my recipe has you lay thin tomato slices across the very top, sprinkled with some parmesan … nice fresh touch. another little tip my recipe came with: alternate your layers of the lasagna noodles to go lengthwise on one layer, then lay across the width [or on a diagonal] on the next layer & keep alternating to make it easier to cut & hold its shape instead of all sliding out. a little cutting is involved on the width layer… but i think it does help.
might have to make ma-zan-ya mañana! 🙂 ha ha [that’s what you should call it when you make it the night before … the mañana mazanya.]

Tracy - mmmmm! My mouth is watering – what a perfectly easy and great short cut recipe!
I think i need breakfast now….mmmmm!
xoxo

Christy - Yum! I am the designated lasagna maker in my family (took the title from my sister). I use ricotta cheese & Barilla (plus one can tomato sauce & one can diced tomatoes for my marinara). I also like to add some shredded zuchini to get some veggies in & no one is the wiser. 🙂
There is also a great recipe for skillet lasagna from Country Home or Country Living mag a few years ago. It’s a great week night dinner as it only takes 10 minutes to cook!

Hattie - I make my lasagna the exact same way! I’ve been bugging my hubby to order Julie & Julia from netflix for me, I can’t wait to watch it.

The Lady of the House - Man! I love your Annie – she’s a doll! What she calls lasagna is hilarious! Looks really good and thanks for sharing your way of doing it! Always fun to see how other people do things… Julie & Julia was totally marvelous!

Beth - This made me laugh out loud! I just made out my menu for the week and I’m making your crescent chicken, baked french toast (for breakfast for dinner), my own ‘no boil noodles’ lasagna, AND cream puff dessert. Ahhhhhh, do you hate me? I will take extra bites for you, my dear. 😉

Trasie Bressler - Ok so that looks too good to eat. Love that stuff but I use the no cook noodles because I can never get the one that you have to cook right.
I want to know what the side of your 9 x 13 pan says……LOL!!!

linda@LimeintheCoconut - I make it all the time…but still even LOVE seeing it be made! Yum! Now I wanna make it for dinner!

Cori - I think i’ll pick up some stuff to make lasagna today. This week is a quiet week kid activity wise but next week looks a bit crazy on the old calender. Wouldn’t it be great to pop this into the oven one night. You are an inspiration to me Meg with your Sugar thing. I need to kick my habit and soon!

Ivy Bettinger Smith - Sometimes I use spiral noodles if I dont have any lasagna noodles. Also I like to add in cream cheese and sour cream in between my layers. I just get a spoonful and use my finger to kinda plop in down in between the layers…yum!

Karen Gerstenberger - Yes, I just saw it 2x last weekend: once with friends at a Julie & Julia party at my house (it’s on my blog, but beware – there was sugar & chocolate involved), and once with my husband, because the friends were chatting through the movie. It’s a great one. If you haven’t read Julia Child’s book, “My Life in France,” it’s wonderful, too.
We love homemade lasagne, and one interesting difference in ours is that I use the pasta sheets that my fabulous grocery store makes fresh, & then freezes. They don’t require pre-cooking; you can just lay a full sheet in the pan, and then add your other ingredients, lay another sheet down, etc., and bake.
I love your blog!

Staci - YUMM-MEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! I agree, it really isn’t that terribly hard to make 🙂 Your’s looks super yummy! (I will have to say…I’m with Lauren, I don’t LOVE beef so much…but I will eat it in ma-zan-ya!) Oh Annie…how I love ya 🙂

Diane - I love lasagne. It’s not hard to make but I do make a huge mess in the kitchen when I make it. The great thing about it is that you can make it and freeze it for another day. I can make one pan for my carnivores and one for the veggievores.

Amy - Mmmm. That looks delicious!!

Holly - Oh Yum! I am so making that this weekend!

amanda - I make lasagna in the crock pot. SO easy and the house smells like heaven all day!

Nancy - Ok. I’ll add the lasagne to my list. I won’t tell you what i have made… but I always love it and it is multicolored and has a few layers.

kat - We love lasagna at our house too! Homemade is way better than frozen any day!!! My daughters call it “De-san-ya” which makes me laugh and think of designer lasagna.

Christy - sounds easy., I have been contemplating about trying Pioneer Womans Recipe. Thanks!!

Dana Banana - That is my exact recipe for lasagna! Way too easy, don’t know why people think it is so hard to make. I am doing without most sugar here, so I feel your pain. Jonathan watched Julie and Julia with me the other day, even he liked it. Take care!

Hogfarmerwife - My boys love this! I usually throw in a bag of frozen peas & carrots and just use whichever cream of soup I have on hand! Their friends have started requesting it now when they come over! Thanks for sharing!

Laura Mann - I made this tonight and my husband said, “This is ridiculous,” (as in, ridiculously delcious why haven’t you fixed this before)! LOL. Thanks for the recipe(s). I’m making the lasagna later this week. I love the pictures…makes easier to know exactly what to purchase. Thanks again…(and keep em coming…I am new stay at home mom to a 2 and 4 year old who needs recipes!)

Jessica/littlepumpkingrace - Stumbled upon your blog from Ashley Ann’s Under the Sycamore. LOVE all your craftiness and fun posts!!! On my last minute pre-Christmas grocery run I grabbed some extra crescent rolls so I could make this for dinner tonight. Oh, my it was DELICIOUS!!! Thanks so much for sharing. Can’t wait to try something else 😉 Merry Christmas!

Morgan - Yum! I think I may try this tonight! I already have cut-up cooked chicken defrosting. The recipe looks delicious! Thank you!

Lisa - Finally fixed this last night… Delish! Thank you so much for the recipe. Even my 3 year old like it and she doesn’t like anything that’s not nuggets or a hotdog. So really, THANK YOU!!

tami reed - Meg that looks awesome thanks so much!

Miss Em - Made this and blogged about it in my first real blog post!
In the post, I linked back here a bunch of times. The boyfriend said it was too much. Who writes the rules on these things, anyway?
Thanks for sharing!

Lisa - I made this last night for the troops from memory after seeing it on your blog – obviously my memory isn’t great because I used twice as much cheese as I was supposed to and didn’t mix my soup with any milk. They scarfed it down none the less – will be making again! 🙂 Thanks, Meg!

rebecca - Meg- I made this for Sunday big lunch today and it was a BIG hit!!! Thanks for sharing!

Carolyn - My mom used to make (and still does) chicken crescent squares…for all 7 of us kids! It was something we ALWAYS asked for. IT’s a little bit different as I think you use cream cheese instead of cream of soup. Ummm..yum!

Karen - we made it–vegetarian–and it was delicious! i used carrots, corn, peas, and green beans! and we used cream of celery!
we will make this again! thanks!

adrienneK - had this last night!!! I added broccoli it’s all gone!!yummy!!!

Timalee - I made this for dinner Tues night, and we finished it up for lunch yesterday. Last night my DH came home and was actually upset that it was all gone and he would have to have something else for dinner instead! Thanks alot, it is definitely a keeper at my house!!

Cat - I made this today! Great recipe!! I got your blog from
http://brinoahslittleworld.blogspot.com/
Check out my post!
http://nowoodenspoons.blogspot.com/2009/12/blizzard-cookies-recipe-and-four.html
Thanks for the yummy recipe! My family approves! 🙂

Meredith Salmon - Loved it. We added chopped spinach and stove top to our mix and it was delicious.
thanks

sherry - making it right now:). Thanks for always supplying me with good ideas:)…You are so GREAT!

ashley chandler - I made this last night and my hubs and I loved it; 3 year old daughter not so much. Oh, well. And since it’s just the 3 of us, I ate leftovers tonight and I just may have liked it even more! I made one slight change we are basically on a spending freeze until payday (which is Christmas Eve- ugh!), so I used canned chicken. I had all the ingredients- yea! It was great even with the sub-par chicken.
Your blog is one of my favorite. I follow you and when I click onto my Google Reader I always scroll down to see if you’ve got a new post. I’m filled with joy if you do!

jennykate - My friend Carrie posted this on her blog…sounds so YUMMMM!!
Thanks for the recipe!

Sara - I made this last night- but I mixed the soup in with the chicken and cheese and stuffed it into the rolls…YUM. I ate three! They were delicious!! Thanks for the EASY recipe!

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=501264116 - ohhh i made this and we had it last night and it was SO DELICIOUS!!!

Michelle - Thanks for the recipe! Just made it tonight and everyone loved it!

pam - That looks YUMMO! 🙂

CK - Made this tonight… Everyone LOVED it! Thanks for something new to add to our rotation:)

Jennifer - I love your recipes! I’m going to make this tomorrow night and I do have all the ingredients. Perfect! Meg, your house/family/life looks so fun!

jennifer - You could spice it up a bit by adding a little drained Rotel to the chicken mixture. Sounds Yummo!

Sarah @ Clover Lane - Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

julia - aaaugh, I only bought one can of crescent rolls….it’s really bad to start a new recipe when you feel like you’ve already messed up…..there are 5 of us…riddled with self doubt but going for it anyway…

Staci - We are SOOOOO having this for dinner tomorrow night….tonight is a free night for me…hubby has a meeting and my kids will be hot-doggin it…me, I might just have cereal 🙂 THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kirbey Broome - I just bought the ingredients at the store, thanks for sharing! You made my dinner easier tonight!!

purejoy - this looks delicious. i think it’s amazing what you can make with a can of cream of chicken/mushroom soup. i could probably serve up a chicken and dirt casserole and my family would think i’m a rock star (might be an indication of how much i actually cook. . . sad, i know)
this looks/looked deee lish. trying very, very soon!!

Jenn Thomas - These are great to make and freeze – easy to pull out and add the cream of chicken soup.

No.17CherryTreeLane - Right up my alley–yummy, gooey and fattening! Love it!

Candy - I always love your recipes!!! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂

A pocket full of posies... - Goodness in a pan!!!- dough, cheese, sauce and a little chicken…yummm! have everything! making tonight!- darn on the “no leftovers!”- then again, we never have leftovers anymore…
Blessings!
Jill

Toni :O) - Awesome recipe and I can’t wait to make it cause I’ve been looking for a quick and easy chicken recipe…thank you! :O)

Renee - I LOVE it when you post recipes. Your chicken enchilada recipe is to-die-for. I’m making this tonight. My kids may not be interested, but fast and easy looks delicious to me! xoxo

Anna Marie - Thanks! Making this tonight 😉

Blanca - Wow, this looks so easy and yummy. I’m gonna have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing.

Jainatina - This looks fantastic. I will probably make it for my roommates next year when we are trying to find something good to eat.
I love that you show that generic items, not name brands, are what’s for dinner. That’s how Martha Stewart would do it if she was cooking normally with an average household budget and a lot of mouths to feed.

paige - yummy
gonna have to try this tonight!

Lisa K in FL - Yummy – it’s only 7 am and I want this NOW for breakfast! Will definitely try them for dinner tonight – creamy, chickeny, crescenty, my faves. Thanks for real life stuff. {we’re feeding 7, too!)

Heather - This looks SO good! I love quick and easy and I do NOT like leftovers. PERFECT!!! Thank You!

dawn - I love easy and good. We’ll be trying it this week! And I only noticed because I was making a grocery list — but isn’t there only 4 ingredients?!? Its easier than you thought! 🙂

Tonya McDaniel - those look yum-o!!! looks like i’ll be picking up some cresent rolls this week.
ok, i’ve gotta know where you got your glass canister that holds your apples? i’m looking for a LARGE glass canister for flour.

lora - thanks! and keep them coming. menu planning is so hard!!

sandy toe - I wrote this one down…it is right up my “alley”!
sandy toe

eds - Whoa, this looks so delicious! Have you ever made pig-in-a-blankets with crescent rolls? Sooo much better than with biscuits or regular pig-in-a-blanket dough.
P.S. I know it was way past when it was written, but I left you a confession comment on your last “q&a answered” post. Since it was originally posted so long ago, I don’t know if you would have seen the comment.

layla bb solms - great minds think alike 🙂
i cooked up some chicken earlier today, shredded it, then wrapped it along with shredded cheese–in: wait for it….. crescent rolls!
i like your idea with the creamed soup and baking in a 9×13
i just rolled mine up on a baking stone and sprinkled the tops with more cheese
but our favorite around here is nutella baked in a crescent roll or pb, banana, and 2 segments of a hershey bar rolled and baked
yummy for your tummy!

Nancy - Done. I am making this. Anything doughy and soupy and I am in love.

julie - trying this.
you had me at crescent rolls.
perhaps halley won’t act like I am trying to poison her when I serve it.
wish I hated food as much as she did….
thanks for always having the best recipes.
the best.
ever.

Beth - making this tomorrow for sure! great dinner for sports nights.

carol - love the picture proof that your kids ate them. To bad I didn’t see this before I started dinner

meaghan - this looks awesome and EASY!!!! thanks for sharing! i can’t wait to try!

Deputy's Wife - This looks YUMMY!!!

Alyssa - holy yum! cant wait to try it!

Lenna - I want to make this recipe too!! Do I recognize the cookbook in the picture as Feast of Goodness from the The Hillsboro Mennonite Brethern Church? I use that cookbook all of the time. P.S. love your site- so inspirational to me!!!

Katie - These are the most beautiful and fun cupcakes I have ever seen! I can’t wait to make them sometime. Thank you for the recipe 🙂

marli - those are freaking awesome. i starred the recipe some time ago on my reader and have been meaning to make them. thanks for the tips and pics.
i heart your blog.

Lucy Buller - how do you make them????????
Love You Lucy 🙂

Liz - LOL I made rainbow cupcakes for my birthday on the 2nd (but doubt I’m the one you saw.lol…)! 😀 http://iamyouneek.blogspot.com

Kristy - A.W.S.O.M.E.
that are so cool!
the cake. now cupcakes……..love em’

Kacey - Ooh, the rainbow cupcakes are awesome! Now I have to decide which to make for my son’s birthday at the end of the month: rainbow cake (my original plan, thanks to you!) or rainbow cupcakes.

Lacy Brauner - …and my 4 yr old saw the cupcakes and asked if I was making them for MY birthday because today is my birthday..and I told her, I just might have too;]

amy wade - you do such special things for your children. they are going to have such wonderful memories of you as they get older. 🙂
PS~Maybe Santa will bring you some of those polka dot cupcake liners. 🙂

Kathy - Thanks for sharing ! They look almost to nice to eat!

Ashley Ann - Saw you added the My Life Rocks shirt on your sidebar. I bought it a couple of months ago! Every time I wear it someone gives me a dirty look as if to say, “Who is she to wear a shirt claiming her life rocks?” I have gotten the strangest responses from people in public for it…odd. I love it though. I have a pic of me in it with all the kids, I should post that sometime!

dawn - I love your blog. Really, I do. You’re real. I feel overwhelmed often — and I only have one kid (but two high maintenance dogs, if that counts!)

meaghan - yippee! i KNEW you would post how you did those!!! thanks!

Michelle - We made those for my nephew’s birthday last March. He loved them! They’re such a fun surprise. We even gave one to the waitress and the manager of the restaurant asked if he could have one also because they were so cool looking.
http://www.sowonderfulsomarvelous.com/2009/04/what-nine-looks-like.html

tami reed - I am soo making this yum! Too fun!

adrienneK - GUSH!!! i sooooo wanna make some!!!

No.17CherryTreeLane - these are freakin’ awesome. I can’t get over it.

Julia - oh no you didn’t. WHY are you doing this to me??? I just got rid of the Halloween candy! 🙂

kathryn - love the cupcakes! i’m saving the idea for st. patricks day. 🙂 and the polk-a-dot wrappers are way cute – have you seen these kinds of wrappers?? so cool!!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31881220&ref=sr_gallery_5&&ga_search_query=cupcake+wrappers&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=7&order=date_desc&includes%5B%5D=tags&includes%5B%5D=title
happy sunday 🙂

Kelly - It didn’t sound like complaining at all. Just a day in the life of. I know how it goes. 🙂
I’ve made the rainbow cake a couple times and always get big “ooohs & aahhs”! I did a post on it a week or two ago and linked back to you. Hope that’s okay. Although I suppose it’s too late if it’s not. 🙂

Kyleigh - Meg – 1 question, isn’t it just as easy to make the cake mix from scratch? …not being cheeky, it just surprised me is all. I love them still though.. Also… what lens do you use? Ooop! that’s 2 questions isn’t it? I’m really craving a 50mm f1.8 (or something) and wondered what was your favourite lens.

Kristine - i think they turned out pretty perfect. wish i could eat one. they look so yummy and i love frosting with sprinkles!

heather - you are just SO COOL. just so you know. we all think it. i’ve been thinking it for a while. it was time i told you! 🙂

Dana M. - Made this tonight and it’s half gone in just a few short hours! LOVE, LOVE IT!! As Allie would say ” Mom, put that one on the favorite list!”

angi - Hi Meg!
I can’t remember where I first found your blog but I’m HOOKED! Your photos are simply amazing and I can’t get enough!! Everything is just lovely…your house and family and outstanding photography.
Just wanted to say a little hello from a new reader fan in Ohio 🙂
Happy Summering to you!

Lisa - Okay…I’ve been baking this exact recipe for years (though we just use a 9″ square pan) and got it from my mom, who’s been baking it for years. We lived outside of Chicago in the 70’s and early 80’s…do you know which paper it was published in? Love your blog…

adrienneK - oh yummy!!!

Laura Phelps - setting the butter out now…
of course, we never made that rainbow cake…but I think I just can’t bare to make a cake unless I am getting paid to do it! But this looks really good…I will have to make it…and eat it…I follow direction so well, don’t I?

Dawn - My mom used to make this all of the time when I was growing up! I think I need to introduce this family favorite to my family! Thanks for the reminder of a forgotten recipe! 🙂

jennifer - I know what I’m doing tomorrow! Thanks for the yummy idea.
On a totally unrelated note, you mentioned several months ago a photo site that you were having fun messing around with and then posting the “collaged” pictures here. What was the name of it again?
Thanks!!!

alyssa - yum. blueberry buckle is a family favorite!

Kelly - Okay.
We actually have a favorite family recipe similar to this that I concocted by blending two other favorites. We call it muffin cake. Blueberry buckle sounds healthier.

PaiselyJade - mmmm… similar to what I made yesterday! Looks lovely.

a thorn among roses - make it easy for me…just send it to me!

Jen - I love this rainbow cake! Awesome and perfect for the kids! I really like the ingredients used and how the color appears. We did a Raibow Cake just like this. You should check it out! 🙂
EarlyLearning.Momtrusted.com: Rainbow Cake

Tayza - Happy birthday!In lieu of cake I was thinikng of getting you something else. But your blog will probably filter out comments with links in them. So do a YouTube search of walrus and fellatio. (Although I’d be shocked if you haven’t already seen this one.) You know, maybe cake would have been a better idea

Tum - i think that one of the smath guys was going to put his seatbelt on and tha suns rays hit the meteal making the rainbow aperre on the car.did you know that the suns rays are white its just that the rainbow colors alltogether makes a white color

Sutisno - I completely share your extenimect! I love these stands. I actually saw something similar at an Anthropologie and have been admiring it every time I visit the store. I particularly like these — they look like they’ve made from plates and cups that have been found and pieced together. Actually, that’s not such a bad idea for a project…

Darnell - The colorful cake with rainbow color, that’s great! Teaching our children to make this kind of cake is really happiness. I am sure that our children will be pleasurable making this rainbow cake.

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - I made this cake a couple of years ago for my DD’s 3rd birthday. I agree with you that its not hard to make. But the directions I was given to make it were totally backwards which was such a pain in the rear!(For instance, they had us making the layers in the wrong order so we had to wait until all were done to be able to move on…grrrr)Anyways, it took us forever and I was really crazy about getting “vibrant, real colors” for each layer. My sister in law was teasing me about it but its true…Ive seen others do this cake and the colors are just blah. I didnt want that.
It was a huge hit and Im already wanting to make it again. Do I need a special occasion to make it? Or do you think I can get away with a “just because” rainbow cake?:)
XO,
Sarah

Anne - I love Rainbow cake. this is great recipe. I tried it on Monday evening. I hope my daughter will enjoy this recipe. thank you so much.

The Zhush - woe…you just blew me away….those lucky lucky children!

Tali - My almost two year old is obsesses – OBSESSED – with the Muppet Movie, and Kermit’s Rainbow song. So this is the PERFECT cake for him – thank you!! I promise to send pics whn it’s done (if i can do a not-completely-embarassing job). Would this cake freeze well, or do I haev to make it the day before? (Can you tell I’ve never – ever – baked?)

Kipperstein.wordpress.com - this is so awesome! I’m going to try and make one this weekend!! 🙂 thanks!

ellen - heheh so I tried baking this cake.
and it wasn’t you. or the cake. It was definitely (and honestly!) me! 😉 lol…you can read all about it at the link below!
but I will try again for my son’s 1st birthday party! 🙂
thanks for the great tutorial!
http://shimmerandtulle.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-oops-cake.html

camille - thanks so much for this! i made it for my 18th birthday and it was a hit among my friends.
i frosted the outside white and they were all surprised to see all of the colors on the inside :]
http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/camrae324/rainbow%20cake/

Shini - 5 months later and you have comments, I LOVE THIS. You’re some sort of genius or whatnot, what an idea.

Rachel - this is so beautiful! this cake looks excellent and i could imagine it was a great time making and eating.

Muffin - this is the most awesome cake ive seen! what a wonderful and fun thing to do for the kids. 🙂 I want to try this now.

Holly - yummy! I am definately gonna try and make this today!

Melinda W. - Just saw this linked and linked again from a friend’s blog. I made it today for my family- thanks for the inspiration!!!

Colleen - Haven’t made this cake yet, and already I feel happier! Thanks for sharing!

Tiffany - I can’t thank you enough for posting this cake. I saw it in May & have saved it for this Saturday (7/11). My little man is turning 2 & we’re having his party at Gymboree. The bright colors in this cake match the brightly colored Gymboree location. I also took the cake idea & made invitations with color strips. Because of this one post a party was planned.
THANK YOU

LisaC - I love this cake. I need to find a reason to make it.

Frugal Carol - What an awesome cake!!!!

naomi - I have a few major events coming up. 3 birthdays, an Anniversary and a Baby Shower. I’m making this cake for all of them!

Shannon - I made it…with the kids help…GREAT SUCCESS!!! 😉

Shari - You TRULY inspire me!! This is my first comment ever but this cake is totally comment worthy. You inspired me to make this for my girls last day of school,which was today. I have NEVER made a cake before but thought this would be fun. MY GIRLS WERE IN HEAVEN and it looked good too! I feel so domesticated today and the thanks goes to you. Thanks for the step by step directions and hints and pics!!! I also used your icing and everyone LOVVVVVEEDD it! You are awesome!!

pam - was there rainbow poo too the next day? 🙂
(that’s the nicest way i could think of putting it.)

Mrs. - Okay, you convinced me, I will make this cake for the neighborhood kids and have it waiting on a card tale on the last day of school (June 3). I will be a big hit, and I will give all the kudos to you. When you are mentioning with distain that you are “that kind of mom”, try to take a minute to remember that you are also “this kind of mom”.

Kate - I didn’t know that trick! Keep it coming 🙂

Kelli - Love the cake…it makes you SMILE! I talked to you at church today and we would love for you to take pics of our family. Just let me know works best…Thanks!

jimaiemarie - i have seen this cake all over the blogsphere and i so desperately want to make it! My son gets out of school/graduates kindergarten on the 5th so I think i’ll make it for him then, soo fun!!!

lilyhaven - That cake is fantastic!!! I LOVE IT!

Elisa - Good Lord Meg! Mother of the Year award!

Jennifer - This is great! I JUST made a rainbow/tie-dye cake for my mom’s birthday last night! Mine turned out fabulous, and I love how you layered yours!
I read your blog all the time, but don’t always leave comments, but I felt this was comment worthy!
Good luck having the kids home all summer!

TJ Kuehn - My friend sent me a link to your page. I’m so impressed with the cake! My sister wants me to make her one for her birthday!

tonya - you are amazing!

Aby - You just ROCK. I never knew what a bad Mom I was until I started following your blog. Thanks! LOL!

Dawn - That cake is AWESOME! My daughter’s birthday party is next weekend, and I am soooo making that cake for her! You are such an inspiration!

Joanie @ The Bright Side - What a cool idea! Such a nice mom! We’ll have to try this for our last day of school. Thanks for the inspiration!

Christina - I have never in my life seen that, or seen such a fun cake. It totally kicks the confetti cake’s, um, bum. You are one rockin’ mom.

amy - color me impressed!
(ba, dum, dum!)
scrumdimliumptious!

Sara - Wow, that looks ssssooooo yummy and fun for summer! You have me wanting cake now!

paula - the name of the movie is A Christmas Story….you’ll shoot your eye out 🙂 love the cake..i am soo doing that soon…the girls will love it…

Courtney - I’ve been meaning to make one of these FOREVER, but haven’t found a good excuse to yet. I’m making a promise to myself here and now, the next baby shower cake I have to make (shouldn’t be too long, our Sunday School class has been having baby’s like rabbits for the past two years, and I think I’ve made at least half the cakes for the showers).

Dawn W. - Love the cake. You are a great mom. I’m jealous we still have another we and I teach so everyone is looking forward to the end of the year. Hope you have a great summer!!!
Dawn

Lee Ann - You’re such a good mommy to celebrate the last day…even when that’s not really what you were doing inside 🙂 I can’t get over how early you get out of school! Most kids here aren’t out until almost the end of June. But that gives me time to get ideas from the rest of you as to how to “celebrate” the day!
Fabulous cake!

Hannah - I love the Rainbow Cake! I bake it all the time, and you’re right, it eases the worries of the day. I’ll be making Rainbow cupcakes this weekend! We’ll see how it goes.
Love the blog, Meg! It looks like you had a great time baking with your family. I’m sure they’ll enjoy eating it!

Trish - Ummm… It’s only from my all time favorite movie A Christmas Story 🙂
LOVE that cake! I’m going to have to try that this summer. Such a fun idea!

Anna@Boogers,Bibs,Books&Bubbles - Aaahh…love it! You know why didn’t I think of that? I made it last month but I only used 2 pans and just layered the colors in there. It came out all hippie-looking and my husband made fun of me. (But later he told me it was cool!) I will have to try it this way next time.

Kelly - I saw someone called you Supermom… I made rainbow/tie-dyed/playdough/whatever you call them cookies for the end of school last year to celebrate my son’s summer birthday and a mom – to my face – snidely called me an overachiever. I didn’t take it as a compliment at first but it makes me laugh now so seeing that Supermom comment made me laugh too. 🙂 My kids would love the rainbow cake. We go to year-round school so they’re only home for 3 weeks at a time instead of 3 months. Is that reason enough for a cake? 🙂
Oh and A Christmas Story is the movie.

Donna - Love it. I love the whimsical ways that you live your life – thanks for being so generous and sharing your ideas with all of us. I think I will make that cake the night my daughter has her graduation ceremony – I will do blue and gold – her school colors. thanks for the idea.

Kathy - Awesome you are the nicest mom, I bet their tongues looked pretty scary!

Wendy - Do you have a cape and tights, SuperMom? That really is a cool cake… I think I might just have to try that one. And not getting worms is an added benefit.

carissa... brown eyed fox - you are so cool… my girlies weren’t so lucky!
such a pretty cake & way fun to boot!
impressed once again!
the first day of summer… i still haven’t wrapped my brain around that doozy!
wishing you lots of sane days! 🙂

Christel - That is an awesome cake. You rock.

pve - eat cake first! 🙂
you are the best MOM!

Julie K. - holy cow. that is awesome. not only does cake solve the worlds problems, but it makes you look like the worlds most awesomest mom! yeah! whatever it takes right? it’s so totally awesome.

Jeana - i was going to do this next week (end of school for us…i know) with cupcakes. like someone has alreagy mentioned the cake looks a little ambitious for me, but one day! happy summertime=]

Kelly O. - I’ve done this for cupcakes but hadn’t tried my hand at a cake. I like that you made individual coloured cake layers as opposed to layering it all in one or 2 cake pans.Gives a cleaner look and more frosting in between each layer.
Looks amazing!
Cake does make everything better. Especially rainbow cake.

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Oh I wish you were my mom!! I’m gonna have to give that a try someday.

Rach - Despite the fact that if I actually make this cake I need not eat it but simply apply it directly to my thighs, I think I might still try it!! Brilliant idea!!!!

Keri - This cake has been on my “need to make” list for awhile, too! I think the end of school may just be the *perfect* reason to make it.
You know you’ve just created a tradition at your house, right?? =)

shb - Years from now, your children will still be saying, “Mom, remember that rainbow cake you made for us on the last day of school? That was awesome!” What a great memory.
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

kristin - you. know. i. am. going. to. make. this.
oh my my my my my

Katie Gonzalez - this is so beautiful. i love it. i want to make one with just shades of orange and pink and yellow. thanks for sharing! your kids are lucky 🙂

Casey - What a GREAT idea! I love it!! You are such a thoughtful mommy.

Crystal - Love it. Knew that movie quote. You are fabulous. 🙂

LeAnne - Hey! I found your site by accident and then noticed you were a photographer. I enjoy checking in from time to time to see what images you have taken. I am a sucker for good photos and hopefully will be purchasing a new camera soon so I can experiment with the whole blurred background thing – which I love! 🙂 I have found your honesty so refreshing! The rainbow cake looks fun – I’ll have to try it. Anyways…enjoying your blog from Andalusia, Alabama…
LeAnne

Lori - We quote from A Christmas Story all year long. A classic! Love the rainbow cake, but way more than I would attempt. I’ll take your word for it that it was easy-but-time-consuming. My kids are teenagers and I still have some dread of the summer break (our last day of school isn’t until June 12th, but then we don’t go back to school until after Labor Day). I don’t have to entertain my kids much anymore, BUT the summer means too little alone time for me.(And isn’t it all about me?..kidding!)

Charee - Ya… a Christmas story but I see that just about everyone knew that 😉 A classic for sure.
Sweet cake, I would have to do a pink layer for my daughter!

Amanda - This is beautiful Meg!! i LOVE it! And am defiantely going to try it out asap!!
God bless-
Amanda

pam - fun, fun, fun!!! i’ll have to do the same in a couple of weeks!!!

Sarah - That looks so good!!! Unfortunately, I wouldn’t be able to control myself and I’d eat the whole thing before the kids got home…wait, what a good idea! I’ll make one for ME…a stress-reducing, end-of-school, summer vacation, (sniff, sniff…will I make it?) rainbow of emotions CAKE!

Allison - I Looove “A Christmas Story!” “Fra-gee-lay…must be Italian.” By the way, I think it’s perfectly okay to be sad that the school year is over…

Starnes Fam - I was going to guess Christmas Story or Home For The Holidays. Two of my favorites.
Great cake. Don’t you love to overhear them bragging or announcing something cool you did? All the validation I need.
Happy Memorial Day and good luck this summer! (ours started a month early due to the move…..Colorado schools let my son pass the 2nd grade and be done rather than starting in Kansas for just a few weeks). So, it could be worse!