Ever want to take your two favorite desserts and smash them together, so you can enjoy the best of both worlds? Swoon over a hybrid that is more delicious than the sum of its parts? Or maybeeee, I am the only one who takes dessert this seriously . . . Anyway. I love ice cream and I rarely go a day without a cookie, so I dreamt up these Snickerdoodle Ice Cream Bars. I know […]

Fruity. Creamy. Nutty. Chocolate-laced. With a bit of spice. These ice cream bars give me PB & J vibes, in popsicle form! Because dessert is more fun to eat on a stick. Especially ice cream. Always ice cream. Can you sense my love affair with ice cream?  Are you counting how many times I write “ice cream?” About this recipe though. It’s my favorite version of nice cream (simple & nut butter-packed!), with some extra […]

Meat lovers, rejoice! Snack addicts, cheer! Campers and hikers, do a happy dance! Beet jerky is now a thang! Think all the salty, spiced flavor and addictive chewy texture of a Slim Jim, but NO MEAT! I repeat, this jerky is MEATLESS. Turns out that tossing slices of a hearty root veggie in a flavorful marinade and slow cooking for a few hours creates a dehydrated snack totally competes with the classic carnivorous version. And […]

Reminisce with me, will you? Even before my obsession with all sorts of cookies (I know, what was wrong with me??) I had a thing for shortbread. Like the really good, freshly homemade, vanilla bean specked, butter-heavy kind that blows your socks off. I actually remember the first time I made homemade shortbread on an August afternoon. I made strawberry jam for it to serve with it. And I nearly devoured the whole pan of […]

S’mores. Doesn’t that word evoke such nostalgia? I bet we all have at least one fond memory of a summer night that included a bon fire, citronella candles, loud music, booze lemonade, and a attempt to make the perfect, melty, chocolatey, just-burnt-enough s’more. There’s something magically about the process of cooking over an open fire surrounded by your clan. An the fact that sugar and chocolate are involved in the cherry, I mean . . […]

The recipe I am sharing today combines my love of nut butter and superfoods, and passion for baking cookies. So, where are all my Peanut Butter Lovers at? And my cookie lovers? Well, have I got the recipe for you! An indulgent perfectly textured cookie with mega PB flavor! Because with nut butter, you either go big or go home. Enter: Rich & Fluffy Peanut Butter Cookies with Maca Cacao Icing. Peanut butter cookies are […]