It’s an annual tradition in my family to bake a bazillion sugar and gingerbread cookies and decorate them with an icing recipe my Mom snagged from my third grade class. It’s the best royal icing recipe for this style of cookie decorating because it holds its shape and gets nice and crunchy when it’s dry.
I recently did a series of video projects for Dreyer’s and Edy’s Ice Cream for their social media channels. Each video required three half-gallons of ice cream in order to produce the videos and the recipes in them. But, I only needed a few scoops per video, so I was left with a lot of
How crazy insane do these look? Yes, cookies & cream macaron shells with white chocolate drizzle filled with an extra chocolatey cookies & cream ice cream. It’s an Oreo lover’s dream! These were inspired by another YouTuber who I teamed up with to make these decadent dessert treats. Ashley Anixter is the queen of macarons.
This recipe has been tested and approved by real, live humans! I made this Strawberry Shortcake Cobbler four times in live demos at the Le Creuset store in Scottsdale, showing just how easy this beautiful dessert is to make. To make things more exciting, I set up cameras and recorded one of the demos. This
I have been seeing these Watermelon Cake posts all over Pinterest. I saw them an instantly wondered if they would turn out as awesome as suggested online. I had a strange feeling that the whipped cream wouldn’t adhere to the watermelon because of the fruit’s moisture. But, they were so darn cute and too well
My drop dead, all time favorite dessert of life is Tiramisu. Coffee, chocolate, and creamy layers of mousse. It’s an Italian classic and the final dish in our Italian Dinner Party Series. This No Bake Tiramisu is a light way to cap off a meal of Caesar Salad and Rolled Pizza Lasagna. Join me in
Have you had McDonald’s Shamrock Shake? I remember getting so excited for March when I was a kid just so I could get one of those neon green, minty shakes. I was recently reminded of this annual tradition and figured it would be easy enough to replicate the recipe at home, though slightly better for
I involve whipped cream in nearly every other dessert recipe that I make. Because, really, it’s one of life’s best simple pleasures. I have had a few folks commenting, though, that they haven’t made whipped cream before. I know a lot of us were raised on Reddi-Whip, but the real-deal, buttery stuff can’t be beat.
I had a hardcore hankering for hot cocoa. To the pantry, pushing the Raisin Bran and mixed nuts to the side, looking for hot cocoa. Wooo hoo! There’s a canister of cocoa! Hmmmm…I wonder if cocoa expires. Awwwww, crap. March 15, 2013. I should probably do a pantry clean-out… [scratches head] Pish-posh, I can make my
This poor recipe has been sitting on the shelf, waiting to be shared since July!!! I was cleaning out my files, getting organized and the file “Pineapple Monkey Bread” blazed boldly only the screen, saying, “Pick me!!!”. I’m so sorry, Monkey Bread! It’s not because you weren’t interesting, or noteworthy, or utterly scrumptious! You were
Last night was the second installment of classes at Luci’s Healthy Marketplace. I really love teaching and these classes are a great reminder of how much fun food can be. The theme of the class was “Meatless Mondays” a course aimed at teaching folks how to go meatless once a week. Because I can’t help
I think of parfait, I think of Eddie Murphy as Donkey in Shrek. You know what ELSE everybody likes? Parfaits! Have you ever met a person, you say, “Let’s get some parfait,” they say, “Hell no, I don’t like no parfait.”? Parfaits are delicious! So, being that everyone likes parfaits, I figured I’d make one
