Are you ready for Thanksgiving in EIGHT days?! I have my recipes planned out and a few special ingredients ordered (these are impossible to find anywhere in Alaska) but that is the extent to my preparedness. Although I am a bonafide pumpkin pie lover, we may switch it out this year in favor of these ...
banana cupcakes stuffed with peanut butter cups
I really must apologize in advance for this decadent recipe of love and happiness. You see, it all started last month when Nate and I filled up a cart to the brim at Trader Joe's while we were in Oregon. There is no Trader Joe's in Alaska and it breaks out heart daily, therefore we buy everything ...
nutella stuffed peanut butter cookies
Last week I was pretty deep in despair due to the passing of my sweet Charlie Boy and felt the need to bake. It was a rainy summer day, naturally, so I craved something sweet, delicious, and comforting. Isn't baking and cooking so cathartic? And eating? I had these Nutella stuffed peanut butter ...
chocolate biscotti with mint chocolate drizzle
I may need a biscotti intervention because I can't seem to stop making it. Why are these little sticks of crunchy, subtly sweet goodness so addicting? The flavor combinations seem endless and I could experiment for months, eating the scraps as I go. This batch of dark chocolate (with a hint of ...
lime mousse tarts
We are so fortunate to have great friends wherever we live who watch Charlie for us. I don't know how we manage, but it seems in every city we are blessed with amazing dog sitters. We typically try to thank people for watching him with a gift certificate or a token from wherever we'd just visited. ...
