Chocolate Avocado Cake and Chocolate Avocado Buttercream – delicious, moist and rich – a healthier dessert that compromises no flavor. Round 2. I recently struck gold on the avocado deal of a lifetime. With over a dozen of super ripe avocados on hand and plans for more than guacamole, I knew I had to get…
Desserts
Dark Chocolate Avocado Truffles
I stumbled upon a jackpot during a recent shopping trip at my favorite produce spot. A half peck of avocado “seconds” for $1.25. Absolutely insane. That’s over a dozen of avocados. They were all super ripe and ready to go (although a few didn’t make the cut). First I made a GIANT bowl of guacamole…
One Ingredient Banana Ice Cream
Guess what I’m having for breakfast? Leftover banana ice cream!!! This is an awesome way to start the day – I might just have to start rethinking my breakfast routine! I know you’ve probably heard about making banana ice cream using only bananas. I’m betting many of you have already made it a few times….
Chocolate Chip Banana Bars
Chocolate Chip Banana Bars! A moist layered bar booming with banana and chocolate in every bite. Chocolate chips give it an extra richness and creaminess. Super easy to make! Chocolate Banana Lovers These Chocolate Chip Banana Bars are moist, rich with flavor, delicious & super easy to mix up and made with ingredients you more…
Chocolate Cranberry Bars
Sweet, tart, delicious Chocolate Cranberry Bars made from fresh or frozen cranberries. Freeze a few bags of cranberries to enjoy this treat year round! Cranberries Have a Short Season – Stock Up While You Can! I may or may not be a hoarder of cranberries. No judging. They’re one of my favorite fruits and they’re…
“5 Banana” Banana Bread
After coming home from a weekend vacation I was greeted by a bunch of rotten bananas (in the words of Athena, my 8 year old). More commonly known by the rest of us as super ripe, at their prime, ready to bake bananas. Perhaps most normal people wouldn’t find this exciting – I was totally ecstatic. Banana bread…
Mexican Chocolate Chip Cookies
It all started with a cone of piloncillo and a craving for chocolate chip cookies. For those of you not familiar with piloncillo, also known as panela, it’s a Mexican brown sugar. It’s a pure, unrefined form of cane sugar that tastes very similar to brown sugar with a hint of molasses to it. This…
German Apple Pancakes
Sweet, simple, rustic, puffy oven baked German Apple Pancakes. Apples and a simple batter transform into a magical breakfast treat. German Apple Pancakes / Apfelpfannkuchen This really is one of my favorite breakfasts EVER. I’m so excited to share this recipe with you and hope you have apples so you don’t have to wait to…
Imperial Margarine Chocolate Chip Cookies – The BEST Bake Sale Cookies
Here’s the recipe right off the back of the good old imperial margarine box. I’ve always frowned a bit upon baking with margarine. One day I was in a pinch for cookies and out of butter. I went with what I had, gave this a try and it’s been my go to bake sale cookie since….
Apple Toffee Coffee Cake
For Liz : ) Toffee. Honestly, not an ingredient I’m too familiar with. Sure, I enjoy a bite of it here and there but I’ve never baked with it. Then I was the recipient of 6, yes – I said 6, bags of Heath Bar Toffee Bits. I had to get creative with this…chocolate chip…