Yesterday was the first day of fall 2016!!! It’s about time it’s here and I am so excited. I am sick of the super hot and muggy summer weather. Yesterday was a beautiful, not quite “fall-like” day in Boston. It was a high of 80 degrees with gorgeous blue skies and a perfect cool breeze….
dessert
Chocolate Chip Chia Pudding with Roasted Cherries
Cherry season has begun!! And I love these types of cherries. They are both tart and sweet and provide exceptional flavor to desserts, baked goods, salads, and smoothies. Cherries are also really healthy for you..surprise, surprise! They have lots of nutritional benefits and are one of the few foods that contain melatonin. Melatonin is the…
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Truffles
And we’re back. It’s been awhile again since my last post and I’m sorry about that! I’m realizing it’s a little difficult to keep up with the food blog while adjusting to doing graduate school full time. Now that I’ve gotten through finals (a.k.a. hell week), I can finally get into a groove of posting regularly again….
Raw Raspberry Crumb Bars
Does anyone know how to make a carton of berries last more than a day? Is that even a thing? Because I don’t know in the slightest. Whether I get a tiny carton of berries from the grocery store or a mega-sized box of berries from Costco, I cannot seem to make it last more than one…
Mango “Sticky” Quinoa
One of my favorite all time desserts is Mango Sticky Rice, a very popular Thai dessert. The dessert typically consists of sticky rice cooked in coconut milk and topped with a coconut milk sauce with mango served on the side. It is really delicious. So I decided to create an adaptation of the typical…
Tropical Popsicles
I made these smoothie pops about two weeks ago when it was a beautiful summer-like day in early September. I was trying to hold on to summer for as long as I could. Even though I was back at school and had already started classes, the weather made it feel like summer was still here!…