These days, both my parents and my in-laws are cutting their carb intake. While I know it’s best for their health, at first this seriously bummed me out because they are some of my best taste testers! Luckily, I’ve realized that this is actually a great opportunity to continue experimenting with low carb baking. For…
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Chipotle Guacamole
OMG you guys, have you heard the amazing news?! Chipotle released their famous guacamole recipe! This is a huge day for guac lovers (which I’m pretty sure is everyone) everywhere. What a sweet Cinco de Mayo gift from our friends at Chipotle! After looking at their recipe, I can honestly say that my go-to recipe…
Salted Chocolate Dipped Grapefruit and Mandarin Oranges
One thing I didn’t mention about our vacation is how well we ate. Holy moly, did we eat. While in Las Vegas we hit up two of our favorite buffets – Spice Market Buffet at Planet Hollywood, and Carnival World Buffet at Rio, (our other favorite is The Buffet at Wynn) plus we tried Le…
Broccamole (Mexican-style Broccoli Dip)
Now that the holidays are over, just about everyone I know is making a pledge to eat better, lose weight, or simply be smarter about their food choices. I’m not really one for resolutions, as I think that improvement can (and should) come at any time of year. However, when even Sally’s Baking Addiction is…
Salty Olive Cheese Ball
The weekends have been a bit of a blur lately, so when we were tasked with bringing an appetizer to a potluck, we needed something that didn’t take a lot of prep work. I paged through my cookbooks for options, but nothing was popping out at me. Eventually, I turned to scouring the web and…
Spicy Roasted Chickpeas
A few weeks ago we picked up a pressure cooker, and since then, life has changed! OK, that’s probably a little dramatic, but our life, as it relates to beans, has definitely changed. We’ve always used a lot of beans in our cooking, but prior to last week we were buying a lot of canned…
Vegan Wedding Cupcakes
This is a historic weekend for Minneapolis – Thursday, August 1st was the first day same sex marriage was legal in our state (and in commemoration, starting at midnight, our Mayor performed 46 wedding ceremonies in 6 hours!) It’s amazing to me that just two years ago, we were fighting tooth and nail to be…
Homemade Cheez Crackers
I spend many of my weekends working a part-time job at a public library. A few weekends ago, I was chatting with one of my colleagues about food, specifically unprocessed food, and she suggested I check out The Homemade Pantry by Alana Chernila. The cover features homemade pop-tarts, so, basically, I was sold the minute…
Copycat Recipe: Maxwell’s Beach Cafe – Italian Nachos
A couple of weekends ago I traveled down to the Iowa Great Lakes for some family time and much needed R&R. My husband’s family spent their summers at Lake Okoboji growing up, and thought it would be fun to get the entire family together to relive those fond memories. We spent most of the weekend…