I’ll be honest with you. I’m dead tired. It had luckily been quite awhile since my foe Insomnia has come for a hoedown. Until… A few days ago, I decided to go to bed a few hours early because I was exhausted. Yet, I spent the entire night tossing and turning. And I haven’t had a full nights sleep since then. Maybe that’s why I burned myself on my curling wand right before my bridal shots. … [Read more...]
Baked Fig and Almond Oatmeal
I feel like I need to apologize to everyone. I just lost track of time. I’ve been so caught up in my hectic wedding planning that I’ve missed so many food seasons. I don’t realize they’ve passed me by until I think to myself: “Did I eat ___ this season?” Nope. And the season is passed. Darn. My favorite blackberries apparently came and went and I didn’t even notice until it was too … [Read more...]
Alfajores Cookies (dulce de leche sandwich cookies, gluten-free)
I recently started making gluten-free shortbread cookies. And having something like a good, basic shortbread under your belt is nothing but helpful. Shortbread is a gateway cookie. Yes, it tastes wonderful on its own, dunked in coffee (hello blue box Girl Scout Cookie)…but…it can be the base to SO many other cookies! Gateway cookie. Hardcore. It leads to hardcore cookies. You just wait, … [Read more...]
Cocoa Dusted Coconut Almond Butter Truffles
I’ve had some very strange nightmares lately. They’re not dreams. Because dreams are full of puppies and chocolate and I’m a princess dripping in diamonds and there’s a Willy Wonka wonderland in my backyard. Oh, and I can fly, of course. These...definitely not dreams. I don’t know if its all of the wedding planning or because bikinis are on sale, but the terrors are … [Read more...]
