Chocolate and cherries collide in these shortbread bars. They are topped with streusel and a white chocolate drizzle. Would you prefer to just go with the flow or fight everything with resistance, stubbornness and lots of tears? Former me (& a little bit of present day me) chose the latter. Especially when my family went out to eat on beach vacations. If we didn't go where I wanted to (which consisted of probably one place,) I pitched a huge fit, pouted, and probably created a ...
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Chocolate Cherry Sandwich Cookies {2 Ways}
Take your pick: chocolate cookies with cherry frosting or cherry cookies with chocolate chip frosting? So, I'm just a teeny bit obsessive when it comes to certain things. Like making sure the doors are closed, oven is off. & like cabinets are closed, lights are off. But where I really go crazy is with matters of baking/ general food prep. For starters, when I make my salads, I always use a scale to measure out exactly 60 grams of spinach (or whatever size salad I'm going to have) ...
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
Classic cookies jazzed up with cherries and drizzled with chocolate If you worked in a bakery, what would your job duties be? Would you greet customers, bake the goodies, or decorate the treats? Today I had further proof that I could not decorate the treats. I always have these crazy ideas for these beautiful, extravagant treats, but they always fall flat. Today I was working on some "top secret" cupcakes and had high hopes I could pipe on a perfect swirl of icing. However, they just ...
Cherry Smoothie
The perfect smoothie packed with cherries, banana, coconut milk and coconut water What does an injured runner do for exercise? Why turn to her handy pink bike cruiser, of course! Since suffering a pelvic injury at the end of April, I've encountered various emotions - questioning if I'll ever run again and longing to hit the roads - but through it all, I've found a surprising friend with my bike, Bonnie. I used to scoff at cyclists. I knew what they were doing was hard, but I thought ...