No recipe post today, just some comments and various things that are too small to make their own post.  2 site updates, plants, and brownies.

First off, I know fans of mandoline’s slice are probably pretty disappointed one hasn’t come out in awhile.  Well not to worry, there will be a few coming around soon.  Mandi was in LA for a week and then we had friends visiting so she hasn’t been able to get one finished.  There will be a post with wallpapers, and a mandoline slice, definitely coming next week and the week after.

Second.  I know we have been doing a ton of fatty, cheesy, fried deliciousness lately.  I’m sure people are looking for more of a light summery meal or salads because it is that time of year.  Well again – never fear cause TFIMB is here to help! Tomorrow I have a nice Caesar salad, and next week I will have a few healthy things up as well.

Next I have an update on my plants.  I am having mixed results with my herbs and tomato plants.  The herbs are doing great and we have already begun using them in meals!  More on the plants, and the brownie pics, after the jump.

The Guest Blogger is back again today.  It's Mandi, and her comments are in red.

This year for Dan’s big day I decided to get him the camera he’s been wanting.  He’s usually annoyingly good at guessing my presents but with this one I don’t think he expected it at all which is fun.  Probably because it’s way more than we usually spend on each other for birthdays… but I knew he really wanted it and truthfully I’m just sick of hearing him moan about his crappy quality pictures for the blog!  Anyway, so once I sorted out the actual camera it was time to conquer the cake…

Last year for my birthday Mandi made me this burger cake.  She gave me a grill and when I opened it, this crazy cake was sitting there.  I was pretty impressed.  The onions and cheese are made out of that magical friend of Duff Goldman known as fondant.  Fondant is an interesting thing because it does taste pretty good but you can’t eat much of it cause it is gummy and too sweet.  We had both wanted to try it because he uses it so much we wanted to see what it was all about.

If you want to try something like this, you can check out this site.  This is where she looked to get the ideas of people who had done it before.  I think she is one of the best of those pictures.  Some are pretty awful but some are great.  A few are bigger then the birthday girl haha.

I wonder if she has something up her sleeve for my coming birthday this Thursday…..

These pictures are really bad quality, sorry!!

On Sunday afternoon I was making some Chile-Chocolate Ice Cream. Rich emailed me saying that he and Kim were making Chili with vanilla in it. I really thought it was weird that we were making exact opposite foods. Click below for the story...