Chocolate Covered Fun

This past Saturday, Greg finally got his birthday present. And let me tell you, it was beyond worth the one month wait.
When Heidi tweeted about this tasting a number of months back, I immediately thought of Greg.  After all, it combined his two passions – chocolate and beer.  And good excellent versions of both at [...]

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A Sweet Treat

Sometimes a girl just needs dessert.  And sometimes a girl wants to virtuous.  And sometimes she’s just lucky enough to have both.
While some buy themseles lavish gifts as congratulations, I’ve been known to go grocery shopping.  That’s right, I know some of you out there can appreciate this.  I’d rather by my “indulgence” ingredients as [...]

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Healthy Carrot Cake?

Yes! Thanks to a few of my favorite cooks
Heidi already had the fruit sweetened carrot cake portion down and I can’t say enough good things about her recipe.  Seriously, I implore you to check this out and make it.
However, in order to cut back on some of the gluten in the recipe (I’m [...]

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Having a hard week?

Make a creme brulee!
My friend, Brie, gave me a torch set about two years ago and for some reason I never had the guts to try it out until now.  Emboldened by a coconut custard (dairy free) in class, I decided that I wanted to try a dairy free creme brulee as well.
Little did I [...]

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Fermenting Your Own Cream

I’m baaack.  And this time I promise that it’s for good.  After a much needed break and some wonderful camping with my family, I’m back at it.
In fact, this weekend I spent some time treking over to the Next Food Network Star tryouts in San Francisco.  I haven’t heard anything back yet, but all in [...]

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