Daniel and I have been in Playa del Carmen since Monday and we have already done lots of exploring. On Tuesday, we did some shopping and lots of walking. We left our hotel room around 11:30 am and didn't get back until 7:30 pm. Needless to say, our feet were hurting and we needed a dip in the ...
Desserts
Vegan Banana Bread Ice Cream
I always have bananas in my kitchen. It's a must. I try to buy them on a regular basis so that I have ripe ones I can use in oatmeal or as a snack, and extra ripe ones that I can freeze for smoothies. Basically, there are bananas all over the place at all times! When I go to the market here in ...
Mini Protein Cheesecakes with Raspberry Sauce
You guys! I am beyond excited to share this recipe with you. It was a long time coming. I thought about the idea for these mini protein cheesecakes a while back and had originally tried to make them no-bake, but that wasn't working, so once I moved back into an apartment with an oven it was game-on ...
Copycat Trader Joe’s Sea Salt & Turbinado Sugar Dark Chocolate Almonds
If you are lucky enough to live near a Trader Joe's (man, how I miss it), then you know how it feels to get stuck in their candy aisle staring at all the chocolatey treats. I literally start to salivate when I think of their Dark Chocolate Covered Caramels, Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans or Peanut ...
Triple Coconut Bars
These bars almost didn't happen. Problem #1: I didn't have coconut oil or dried coconut. Kind of hard to make bars that require three main ingredients, two of them being coconut oil and dried coconut, when you don't have those ingredients. I fixed that after a long search through numerous stores and ...