Yay!!! It’s strawberry season! Strawberry season is the local kick off to a summer of great produce. Not much beats ripe, freshly picked strawberries. Everyone gets excited and a bit crazy during the first few days of the season. Demand is high and the berries are moving. In order to keep up with the craze,…
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Chocolate Avocado Cake With Chocolate Avocado Buttercream Frosting
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…
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….
Ocean Spray Cranberry Bread
This post may contain affiliate links & Amazon affiliate links. As always, all opinions are my own. Thank you for reading and thank you for your support ♥ The recipe for Ocean Spray Cranberry Bread is perfectly moist & delicious! It’s a moist cranberry, orange & nut bread full of tangy tart sweetness. A must…
Peanut Butter Dip
I love peanut butter. Smear a spoonful on a sliced apple or a piece of celery and it’s snack perfection. Throwing peanut butter on an apple for you and your kiddos is clearly no big deal. So why mess with perfection and what is this Peanut Butter Dip all about…? Here’s the deal. Peanut butter…
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…
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…
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…