Lately I’ve been digging allllll sorts of healthy treats, like these chocolate chia balls I made for my last post and these peanut butter protein bites from Ambitious Kitchen. Balls/bites are the bomb and in case you didn’t notice, all of these things include chocolate. I ain’t sorry. This recipe isn’t really THAT healthy, but it does…
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peanut butter date bombs
HAPPY 2016 2017! For the record, I was definitely the kid that accidentally wrote last year’s date at the top of my papers all the way through mid February. I know I started the first post of 2016 with some memories and blah blah blah but I decided I’m not going to bore you with that…
coconut sugar cupcakes with caramel buttercream frosting
I’m not going to lie, that it feels a little silly to be posting about cupcakes and frosting in lieu of this year’s election. Today I’m sharing my post in order to #bakeamericacakeagain along with Sarah Kieffer from The Vanilla Bean Blog. Head on over to order her cookbook that comes out this week! What I…
easy caramel sauce
So, I have this weird obsession with caramel on baked things and nothing else – maybe in ice cream but that’s the only other place. Hold on, maybe I’m just obsessed with caramel. Damn it.
Chickpea Blondies (GF!)
I recently made a pan of black bean brownies that were out of this world. Aside from the part where I could have eaten the entire pan in one sitting, I felt great about the fact that I was sneaking in some extra protein and my brain didn’t even know it. Since becoming a vegetarian,…
Rhubarb Graham Cracker Ice Cream
How on earth is it already September, you guys? It seems like the summer just flew by and soon enough I’ll be scraping ice off my car every morning through the Minnesota winter. Not. Fun. We’ve been enjoying the last taste of summer with roasted veggies from the CSA, bike rides, and of course –…
Coconut Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Cookies and ice cream. Those are the only sweet things I really crave. Okay, maybe also chocolate but that’s a story for another post. Sure, I like cake and pie and all those wonderful things but it wouldn’t be the end of the world if I had to go without them. Cookies though, don’t even get…
Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Blueberry Lemon Buttercream
I know I go back and forth about cake verses pie on here, but birthdays call for cake. My cousin celebrated her birthday yesterday, so naturally I provided the dessert. I wanted something classic, but also interesting, and vanilla bean lends itself tremendously in the “classic” category. If you read the blog, you know that what…
No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
I am choosing to turn on the oven as little as possible this week. Seems like it was hot just about everywhere in the midwest this week, and we had a severe heat advisory until Friday night (hence the desire to not turn on my oven). I did cave on Friday night and made Minimalist…
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Whoever invented the peanut butter cup basically has my heart. I’m totally obsessed with the combination, and quite frankly surprised that these lasted in my freezer as long as they did. First off, I’m a sucker for dark chocolate. I have always liked it better than milk chocolate, maybe because I prefer the robust flavor…
Hi, I'm Dana! I work as a full time engineer and part time foodie in Minneapolis, MN. Outside of food blogging, I love riding my bike and being a dog mom to our black lab pup, Neko.