I've been dreaming of these raspberry breakfast rolls ever since I saw them in Food and Wine Magazine. I wanted to take them up a notch, so I added chocolate to the mix both inside the filling and in addition to a traditional icing in the form of chocolate merlot sauce from L'Ecole, previously seen here. Get ready to hit the gym before or...

We've found this incredibly tasty chocolate almond granola at Trader Joe's, and now we constantly eat homemade yogurt parfaits for breakfast. I'm not going to lie that a large chunk of the reason I get excited about pulling out the blender every morning is the crunch of that granola. I started thinking what other flavors I'd want in my granola,...

Cheese bagels with an extra cheese flavored cream cheese. What could be better for breakfast for this cheese lover? I really enjoyed the crispy texture the asiago-parmesan cheese got when baked up in the oven. It sort of reminded me of the parmesan crisps sometimes served on tomato soup at fancier restaurants. Add creamy, salty feta spread to...

A few weeks ago we hiked up to Poo Poo Point in Issaquah and had a great time. Little did Dustin know that just a short time later his team at work would be back there hiking for a morale event. I wanted to be nice and send a special treat with the boy for himself and his co-workers to enjoy once they reached the top of the point. Granola bars...

We may have thought that watermelon, feta, mint salad was the best way to eat watermelon, but it's definitely not. Actually it's with tequila and Cointreau in the form of a margarita. We used the leftover watermelon from the salad to make margaritas the following evening. The watermelon is actually pretty subtle in this recipe and refreshing for...

Watermelon definitely isn't Dustin's thing, and it isn't really mine either. But I know watermelon, feta, and mint are a pretty popular combination, so Dustin was a good sport and tried this out with me. Neither of us loved it, but agreed it is definitely a much better way to eat watermelon than we'd ever had before. In the end we were both...

We've been on dessert overload lately, but when I saw a recipe for sangria cobbler I was dying to make it. The 4th of July dessert were already planned, so I made these into individual desserts baked in ramekins for just the two of us and froze the rest of them. Whenever I eat cobbler at places, I'm usually disappointed since they rarely are...

The last frozen treat served at our July 4th celebration was the raspberry Pinot Noir sorbet. I wanted something fruity and fat-free to accompany the vanilla bean and peanut butter fudge ice creams. I honestly don't remember what wine we bought to make this, so I can't tell you that. I'm annoyed at myself for throwing the bottle away so...

I didn't specifically make this for the party, but we had leftovers, and it was just so delicious that we wanted to share. Amazingly enough, it actually isn't made with any heavy cream. I found the base of this recipe online and figured it would be a good time to use up some cans of sweetened condensed and evaporated milk sitting in the pantry....

In addition to the cherry bars, I also baked up a lattice-top peach pie using a filling from Chukar Cherries that I spruced up with some fresh fruit and spices (however the crust was completely homemade). With both the pie and the cherry bars, I wanted a basic, but still delicious, vanilla ice cream that our guests could scoop on top. The best...