The combination might sound a little odd, but the result is surprisingly yummy! It’s creamy yet refreshing, slightly earthy and not too sweet. The color is lovely. Plus it’s kinda healthy! Avocados have omega-3s, so you can justify the indulgence (sort of).
Our dear friend Jennifer made a special request for my coconut cream pie recipe, so here it is! This pie was surprisingly easy to make and pretty darn delicious. I do have to say, though, that it’s even better after being refrigerated overnight. Enjoy!
So these are the cookies I tweeted about yesterday. Dark Chocolate + Caramel + Sea Salt. For the love of all things good and holy you must make them. But don’t say I didn’t warn you about the inevitable gut bomb you will experience after you indulge. You have no power against it.
Every month I look forward to getting my Real Simple magazine. Yeah, I know it’s meant for 40-year-old ladies with kids. Call me an old soul. I don’t care. I love me some Real Simple. Remember that episode episode of Parks and Rec where the whole office goes hunting and Ann just goes so she can “get her Real Simple magazine on”? She went up like 10 points in my book, right there.
What, you guys don’t watch Parks and Rec? …You’re missing out on life.
Aaaaanyway, there’s a really yummy easy recipe in the June issue and I thought I’d share it with you…
Ok, well I don’t think she actually eats bears (at least I hope not)… but she does cook and bake and eat such lovely, yummy-looking dishes. “She” is Marysol, and I just got lost in her sweet little food blog for an hour. Marysol tries to make each and every meal from scratch, then she photographs them beautifully and puts the recipes on her blog, which you can also read en francais! If I had the ingredients on hand, I’d definitely be making that Raspberry Rhubarb tart for breakfast tomorrow. Or maybe the lemon scones with maple sugar. Oh, food blogs… how you tease me.
Make sure you go spend a little time over at She Eats Bears. Many thanks to Corrie for sharing this with us!
- Jessica
I say that because there was definitely way more cheese than mac in this creamy, gooey, artery-clogging monstrosity.
I used this recipe and while we found it quite delicious, we admittedly have unreasonably high standards for mac n’ cheese (see here and here). I think using shells instead of elbows was a good choice (cuz they make little cheese pockets), and the panko crumbs definitely added a nice crunch, but we need to play around with the cheese varieties.
Have you ever made a fancy version of mac n’ cheese? What recipe did you use? Do tell.
- Jessica
Ok, I know you’re probably thinking:
1. Lettuce wraps? On a weeknight? No way. Too many ingredients and too much work.
2. They can’t possibly be as tasty as the ones at P.F. Chang’s or [insert your fave Chinese restaurant here].
But let me tell ya, these are deceptively easy. And once you have a few Asian staples on hand, you can throw them together in about 20 minutes. And YES, they are just as delicious as the ones you’d find in a restaurant. Maybe even more so!
Keep reading for the recipe…
That is one sexy muffin, no?
I used a hybrid of a couple different recipes so here it is if you’d like to try making your own:
My husband has an extraordinary love for sandwiches. In fact, after pizza and certain varieties of sweet treats, sandwiches might just be next on his list of food obsessions. So last week we snatched up Tom Colicchio’s ‘wichcraft cookbook, which includes recipes made famous at his NYC eateries. How good does this sound: beer-braised beef short ribs with pickled vegetables, aged cheddar, and horseradish?!?! And maybe a chocolate cream’wich for dessert? Well, since we’ve semi-unintentionally eaten sandwiches every weekend in a binge-eating-fest we’ve dubbed “Sandwich Saturdays”… maybe this weekend is the perfect time to crack into this drool-inducing cookbook.
- Jessica
I’m making Smitten Kitchen’s lemon bars tomorrow. My mother-in-law gave me a big bag of insanely gorgeous lemons from her mom’s tree and I think this is just about the only way to do them justice. I’m drooling on my keyboard just looking at that picture! Mmmmm can’t wait….
- Jessica
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