Who's in the mood for some dessert? If you have a sweet tooth like me, you read that and thought it was a trick question.. When could I not go for dessert?! I'm excited because today's post is in celebration of Izzy from She Likes Food. Izzy is expecting a baby boy, and some other blogging ladies and I are throwing her a virtual baby shower to celebrate! I'm "bringing" a chocolatey crowd pleaser to the party. I don't think I've ever met a soul who doesn't like brownies, and today's recipe takes a twist on classic brownies. It all started when my first Thrive Market order recently arrived. For anyone not familiar with them, Thrive Market is an online food delivery service that offers lots of organic, healthy products for cheaper than you typically see in stores. ... [Read More]
vegan desserts
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brown Rice Crispy Squares [vegan, gf]
Hi friends! Long time no talk. I'm home from my vacation - what an awesome time it was! - so I'm back to normal life at home in SoCal for a few weeks before my next trip (Vegas for work). I'll be recapping my wine country vacay soon on the blog, but today? Let's talk chocolate peanut butter treats! Since we were going to be in the car traveling a lot on vacation, I made sure to pack lots of snacks. I always pack some sort of snacks on trips, but between the long drive from the San Diego area up to San Francisco, then heading up to Sonoma, then driving around wine country vino tasting for a bunch of days, then lastly making the trip back home, I knew that snacks would be a necessity. And today's recipe made the cut to travel with us in my bag of goodies! I also just made another batch of ... [Read More]
Single Serving S’mores Cake [Vegan]
Happy Friday friends! Any fun plans for the weekend? An East coast girlfriend of mine will be in town staying at my house, and we have a lot of fun things planned. I'm excited! Isn't it crazy that Halloween is rapidly approaching? I feel like this month is just flying by. Since Halloween obviously reminds me of sweets and the weekends seem to get me in the mood for baking something to satisfy my sweet tooth (or in this case microwaving something deeeelicious), today I have a very yummy single serving dessert recipe to share. (PS - Did you notice my reflection in the spoon? Ha.) I hadn't eaten marshmallows in years since finding out all about gelatin and the foods that it's hidden in... that is until I discovered that vegan marshmallows existed and bought a package of ... [Read More]