Funfetti cupcakes are the perfect celebratory dessert for a birthday, or a great treat to insert a little happiness and color into a plain ol' weekday. I made these cupcakes for the second reason, and am posting for the first reason because today is the blog's 2nd birthday! I can't believe it's been two years since that pizza night, only a...

I am officially a baking supply packrat. During my last winter baking spree, I bought a bag of seasonal dark chocolate and mint chips and never used them. In fact I completely forgot about them. When cleaning out the cabinets for the move I stumbled upon the bag and knew I had to do something with them. I couldn't let a whole bag of special...

It's been awhile since I've brought out the Cookie Dough Lover's Cookbook, so I figured it was about time to try another recipe. The easy fudge recipe seemed promising; however, I definitely wanted to spruce it up a bit— with M\&Ms and white chocolate chips in addition to regular ol' chocolate chips called for in the recipe. This is an easy...

Happy Labor Day! We're slowly, but surely getting settled into our new place in Los Angeles. However now it is time to reminisce about our time in Seattle again... I previously referenced that we hosted a big party with our Seattle friends before we left. We kept calling it a fish bake (thinking along the lines of a New England clambake), but...

When looking up how to preserve lemons for the most delicious pizza ever, I learned they are a staple in Middle Eastern and Moroccan cooking. We still had quite a few leftover after making our pizza, so I went looking for an easy and healthy dinner in which I could incorporate the preserved lemons. I found this recipe for chicken with lemons and...

When I got back from my travels earlier this year, Dustin made me a sweet breakfast. I wanted to return the favor when he got back from his mini trip to San Antonio, so I made him this chocolate turtle bread. Dustin and I are both crazy about turtles the animals and turtles the treats. Chocolate, caramel, and pecans— you can't go wrong! This...

When I read about these honey roasted peanut and butterscotch cookies from Averie Cooks I couldn't get that flavor combination (or those pictures) out of my head. So I decided to recreate them in my own kitchen and add a little of my own flair to them— oatmeal and white chocolate chips. There's not really enough oatmeal to qualify them as a...

I needed something to serve with a bag of cinnamon sugar pita chips I had lying around, but I didn't want this something to venture too far over into dessert territory because I wanted to serve it as an appetizer. The first thing that kept popping in my head was a cheesecake dip, but that definitely skewed towards dessert and seemed a little too...

The latest version of my healthy milkshake that I've been making involves all the flavors of s'mores. I figured I might as well use up all of the graham crackers I have in the kitchen as well as those delicious smoked chocolate chips I've gushed about on here for so long. Not the most exciting of posts, but overall a pretty healthy treat when...

We really like truffle oil. Like a lot. Unfortunately, truffle oil is crazy expensive. We spent $14 on a tiny bottle according to the price sticker remaining on the bottle. We still had half a bottle to use up before the move, so on a whim I added it to the crab macaroni and cheese I was making. We were already going fancy using Dungeness crab,...