I met an adorable fellow food blogger, Daniela, in the food bloggers group on Facebook, and immediately fell in love with her work because….. well, because the very first post I read of hers had the F word in it, and I knew she was my kind of girl! Ok, ok, ok… also, because, sheRead more

//Pinch of Yum// is one of my biggest food blog inspirations.  Sometimes I feel like Lindsay has my voice, like she writes in the exact way I think and talk (but have yet to figured out how to get into printed word).  The very first recipe I posted on this blog was a nachos recipeRead more

So I have two projects going on this year – #52NewEats which is where I make a new recipe every week, and #12NewTreats which is where my daughter and I bake a new dessert recipe each month. If she had it her way, we’d make a new dessert each week, but I managed to convinceRead more

Brownies are probably my most favorite dessert of all time.  I love chocolate, and I love a good, soft, gooey brownie.  I also like cheesecake, but I can’t eat a lot of it – it’s too rich for me. That’s why these //brownie cheesecake bars// worked so well, at least in my eyes!  I feelRead more

If you’ve ever done any kind of shopping for Valentine’s day, then surely you’ve come across how much chocolate covered strawberries cost. Seriously though, like $5 a berry?  It’s kind of ridic. I’m in the wrong business. Making chocolate covered strawberries at home is SO EASY.  There is really no need to buy them asRead more

So.  Here’s what I have to say about the Pioneer Woman’s recipe for Chocolate Pie. It was really friggin’ easy. It was really friggin’ amazingly delicious. I am already salivating at the thought of making it again. I might just turn it into pudding next time and skip the pie shell. I might just makeRead more

In case you haven’t been able to tell as of yet, my daughter is a bit of a chocoholic.  What kid isn’t though, right?  So when we started searching for the next recipe we were going to make for our 12 New Treats project, it didn’t surprise me one bit that she pointed her fingerRead more

Have you guys ever had cinnamon chips? They are pretty amazing.  Every Christmas I make oatmeal cinnamon chip cookies and they are so delicious.  They’re my favorite cookie.  But I always buy too many bags of cinnamon chips.  I’m overly ambitious at Christmas-cookie-baking time.  At first I’m always like I AM NOT MAKING ALL THOSERead more

In true SFB fashion, I realize I am posting this way late, but it’s mostly because I made this poke cake over my Christmas break and then conveniently decided to try and be very lazy during my time off.  Of course, I wasn’t really very lazy at all, I was pretty busy, so I endedRead more

One of my favorite restaurants in the area, Cantina Feliz, has this ridiculous brownie sundae on their dessert menu.  I took my best stab at it here, and it should be pretty easy to throw together if you’ve got the right components!

Now that March is almost over, I figured it was the perfect time to post about our February #12NewTreats recipe!  ? My daughter picked this recipe because she is obsessed with rainbows and ice cream, so it was perfect for her. The recipe itself was very easy to make – I would not have doneRead more

WHO IS READY FOR CHRISTMAS. I guess I am.  I’m as ready as I’ll be.  About 90% of my shopping is done and about 0% of my wrapping is done.  That will probably happen on Christmas Eve. Also only slightly more than 0% done?  My Christmas baking. Every year I turn into my mom andRead more

In case you were unaware, March is my birthday month! I normally like to celebrate as many times as possible, going to as many restaurants as people feel like taking me to, eating as much as people feel like feeding me. This year was no bueno. I woke up on my birthday with a soreRead more

I could eat cashews all day long.  I love them so much, but sometimes you want them to have some flavor, right?  So twice in the past 6 months I have attempted to make ______ Roasted Cashews, and I will now say, NEVER AGAIN.  Leave the flavored roasted cashews up to the experts, and justRead more

So I am always down to try Paleo recipes because they are grain-free and sugar-free, which I realize sounds icky, but can sometimes be really good!  I also love the flavor of coconut oil so when I saw this recipe for //coconut oil fudge//, I was all about it. This recipe literally could NOT haveRead more

Honestly I have no idea what these things are actually called.  I just made that title up.  Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups… seems legit  But for every Christmas for as long as I can remember, my mom has made these.  And they are SO SIMPLE. In fact I’m kicking myself now for spending $30Read more

//Pinch of Yum// does it again, folks. It’s no secret she’s one of my favorite bloggers, and when I saw this recipe I knew I had to make it. Guess what?  These are highly addictive.  So, don’t allow yourself to be in a room alone with them.  They would also be great as a substituteRead more

My daughter is a sucker for anything s’mores, and for this month’s treat we wanted something simple and tasty.  She picked //this s’mores snack mix// pretty quickly and so off we went to the store to get the ingredients! This is a fairly straightforward snack mix recipe, but next time I would do something different. Read more

I had a massive craving for chocolate chip cookies recently, and went off to my Pinterest to see if I could find a recipe for one that wouldn’t necessarily require me to go out and buy anything special.  With chocolate chip cookies, I am partial to soft cookies – I am not much a fanRead more

So we are a little late on posting about our May recipe for #12NewTreats… oops!  We totally made this at the end of May and then I blinked and the month of June was gone and July was upon us… So anyway.  My daughter is all pink and purple and rainbows and unicorns and mermaidsRead more

Guysssssss.  Who knew vegan desserts could be SO delicious? This is another recipe from my friend Daniela over at //dulce y natural// blog.  The //original recipe// was for chocolate chip cookies, but for whatever reason, the dough did not really come together enough for me to be able to roll into a ball, so IRead more