Snacks keep me going during the day, especially on busy days at work. I received samples of Wonderful Pistachios mentioned in this post. I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by Wonderful Pistachios and am eligible to win prizes associated with the contest. I was not compensated for my time. My go-to snack is a handful of nuts.…
Thumbprint cookies are one of my favorites. Growing up we always ate buttery cookies rolled in walnuts, with strawberry jam filling the thumbprint. If you’re not familiar thumbprint cookies are quite literally what they sound like. Soft butter cookies, that are baked briefly then you stick your (hopefully clean!) thumb right in the middle to…
Chocolate Olive Oil Cake with Coconut Caramel Today is my youngest sister’s birthday! Sadly she lives almost 1000 miles away and we can’t spend her special day together. So I made her this virtual birthday cake. Making birthday cakes is one of my fondest childhood memories, it’s one of the first types of cooking that…
Chocolate Carrot Cake Cupcakes When friends have birthdays one of my favorite things to do is make a batch of cupcakes to celebrate and share. Sometimes it’s hard to decide between trying a new recipe that I’ve wanted an excuse to try (rarely do I need 2 dozen cupcakes in the house!) and making something…