I think the only dessert we ever ate in the summer as children was fruit crisp, and for good reason. Occasionally we had a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, that melted into a swirling pool between chunks of fruit and oatmeal topping. Today’s recipes is a delicious fruit crisp, for two! I hope…
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Cucumber Mint Green Smoothie
These days, I’m drinking a smoothie almost every dang day. There’s something about summer that makes me crave something cold and green. Yum. I’ve been mixing things up with spinach and different herbs, but this cucumber mint smoothie is definitely one of my new favorites. The combination of cucumber, with subtle hints of pineapple and coconut…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
It’s about damn time I finally figured out a decent chocolate chip cookie recipe. I swear this is like my 14th time making chocolate chip cookies. I decided to just stick with the basics. “Butter” and sugar are both in this recipe and I’m not even sorry about it. Speaking of being sorry, I’m mega…
Healthy (ish) Rhubarb Coffee Cake
It’s finally farmer’s market season here in Minneapolis and that means all the veggies on Sundays. The farmer’s market is my favorite summer activity (besides biking) for a few reasons. My love of farmer’s markets started my freshman year of college where I was fortunate enough to frequent the Dane County Farmer’s Market on Saturdays…
cardamom cupcakes with chocolate frosting
I’m turning 25 this week. I haven’t really decided what my quarter life crisis is going to be about yet, but I’ll be sure to let you know when it happens. Last week I baked three batches of chocolate chunk ginger cookies and they didn’t turn out but I’m not sure that’s dramatic enough. Don’t…
triple chocolate stout brownies
Well folks, I know I’m really late to the party where people add booze to baked goods in time for Saint Patrick’s Day but you don’t need a holiday as an excuse to make these brownies. If you’re wondering why you don’t need an excuse it’s because these brownies have 1) beer and 2) three…
mocha oreos
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…
chocolate chia energy balls
Real talk right now. I was supposed to make a vegan pancake recipe for today but we’ve just been re-making this Minimalist Baker recipe every single weekend because why ruin a good thing? No, a great thing. If you haven’t had these pancakes then you need to get your sweet self over to Dana’s…
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…
classic gingerbread
Well, it’s effing freezing outside. Apparently the polar vortex is back, just hoping it doesn’t stay all winter like .. 2013? I’m trying to remember what year every conversation with my dad was about how many days they had below “XX degree” weather. I can’t handle another winter where all we talk about is how cold…
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, traveling, and anything outdoors.