So you have a shower/potluck/party thing to attend and need to bring a dessert. You don't want to do store-bought but don't have time to bake something. If this sounds familiar than this my friends is the recipe for you. You need five things: butter, Nutella,...
The past month has literally blown by in a sea of BBQs, pool parties, get-togethers, road trips, etc. And all this socializing has left me a little behind on recipe testing/actual cooking - I've been surviving mostly on leftover BBQ, thrown together salads, and a few...
My name is Vanessa and I'm a snackaholic. If I'm stressed, I snack. If I'm happy, I snack. Entertaining? I snack. You get it. Sometimes I have to be careful that my snack intake on a given day doesn't outdo my actual meal calories. I have many snack weaknesses,...
Meet the Broreo: A homemade fudgy brownie stuffed with an Oreo cookie (all gluten-free of course). In your face Cronut and Crookie. It seems like it's not enough to just have a great dessert, it has to be filled with something else awesome. This is a food craze...
Everyone is obsessed with Nutella these days. My love of Nutella started when I was a wee kid sneaking scoops of it into my mouth when no one was watching, and old habits die-hard. I try not to bring a jar into the house too often, because it disappears too fast. ...
You may be wondering why this recipe is called 'My Cousin Vinny'. It's because it's a loveable Italian hot mess, that's why. This recipe is a concoction I came up with that's a hybrid of two amazing desserts. Last year, I had Thanksgiving dinner at Vancouver's Four...
I live for my weekends. For me, nothing could be more wonderful than sleeping in, snuggling under my pile of blankets. If I could be a fairy tale character, I would be cross between Sleeping Beauty who slept for 100 years and the Princess and the Pea, where I sleep...
Do you prefer going out to eat or staying in? I love both. Sure it's nice to be waited on, and no clean up is always a good thing, but sometimes you just want something exactly the way you want it. And eating at home can definitely allow for that. You can make...
Do you smile and get giddy like a 2-year old when you see a cupcake that is disguised as an ice cream cone? If you don't, you may want to check for a pulse, because I probably could have named this post 'happiness in a cone'. I first made ice cream cone cupcakes...
Happy Halloween! Here are some spooky sweet treats to take to your Halloween party - these tasty tombstone marshmallows are heading to the office tomorrow. I made double whats in the picture in about 30 minutes and could probably have made a zillion more if I had to...
