From pancakes to pie, I've been a little obsessed with peanut butter lately, and I hadn't made banana bread in forever, so I figured it was time to make peanut butter banana bread. But this couldn't be just any peanut butter banana bread. It had to be moist and dense, (sort-of) healthy (i.e. using whole wheat flour and no oil or butter), and...

Surprisingly, one of the things we miss most about Texas is breakfast tacos. Amazingly enough, nobody seems to serve them out here. Apparently they are a Texas phenomenon. These breakfast tacos definitely aren't the kind you'd get late night at Taco C or Dustin's personal favorite place, Taco Palenque—no chorizo and egg or bean and cheese here....

So we had another pasta fail. This time it wasn't gnocchi, but ravioli rather. I'm not even quite sure where to start with what we did wrong, but we did learn a lot about ravioli making from this experience. First, I don't think our dough recipe was right, so we'll have to definitely experiment with that next time. Second, the pictures you see...

I first saw this skinny peanut butter pie on Skinny Taste awhile back, filed a mental note that I should try it sometime, and proceeded to forget about it as peanut butter pie was replaced with some other equally delicious recipe I wanted to try. It wasn't until I saw this amped-up version on Sally's Baking Addiction that I remembered that pie...

I think this is probably the best idea ever. Take eggless cookie dough and combine it with yogurt, freeze it, and you have cookie dough frozen yogurt. It's quite brilliant for a cookie dough lover like me, and while not exactly healthy, if you use Greek vanilla yogurt, you do get a lot of protein and calcium. Always looking for excuses to eat...

The Nutella flavor is subtle, but definitely present in these ultra chewy, soft and fudgy brownies with perfect crunchy tops. I did some searching for a Nutella brownie recipe that was more than just mixing Nutella, eggs, and flour, although I'm sure that would make a delicious treat. I, however, wanted something a little more substantial than...

I have to admit that towards the end of summer we got a little lazy going to the grocery every week. We took several weekend trips (Vancouver & Olympic National Park) and have been planning lots of nights (like weekly pub trivia) with our friends where we end up eating out. I don't plan too many of my lunches during the day. I usually end up...

So this might not be the prettiest dish in the world, but it pretty accurately captures the flavors of the tamale, at least well enough until I find some corn husks and bust out the masa harina. Basically you begin by cooking up a delicious filling. Below is ground turkey spiced with Mexican seasoning, corn, red onion, and jalapeño cooked in...

I've been dreaming of corn chowder, oh for-about-ever now, but I never found a recipe I was completely happy with until I saw this one for corn chowder with a Mexican flair. I loved the idea of using chili powder and cotija cheese paired with the corn to give the chowder the flavor of grilled Mexican street corn liked you'd get at a fair. The...

In a last ditch effort to keep my mind off fall's arrival today, I have a couple more summer-y things to eat and share, including this peach and brie quesadilla I made for lunch one day. Just don't tell Dustin since I didn't share. I'm loving the mild flavor of brie combined with fruits right now, and peach and brie might just be my favorite...