Chocolate Potato Chips

Chocolate Potato Chips

  Chocolate-covered potato chips are the ultimate guilty-pleasure snack.  Savory and sweet, it's the perfect combination for a snack.  Trust me, once you have one of these, you won't stop!  I got the idea for this recipe after buying the Milk-Chocolate Covered Potato Chips from Trader Joe's.  The problem?  The nearest Trader Joe's is 200 miles [...]

Oven-Roasted Potatoes

Oven-Roasted Potatoes

  Potatoes.  Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in the stew.  I am actually not a big potato fan.  Oven roasting is pretty much the only way I will eat potatoes.  Since I had a couple red potatoes sitting out for a while, I decided to roast them.  One perk about this recipe?  Super easy [...]

Made-from-scratch Gnocchi

Made-from-scratch Gnocchi

  As I talk about it quite often, one of my all time favorite things to eat is gnocchi.  Those soft, pillowy goodness are such an amazing dish to make.  Easy, fast, and delicious!  What more could you ask for?  I've been experimenting with different recipes on making gnocchi from scratch.  There is the more complex [...]

Black Tea Gelatin

Black Tea Gelatin

This totally brings me back to my childhood!  I remember growing up, my mom would buy the instant jello in black tea flavor.  It was a family favorite and it tastes so good!  Since I had a box of gelatin packets sitting in my pantry, I figured I might as well do something with it. [...]

Soy Chai Tea Latte

Soy Chai Tea Latte

Happy Lenten Season!  This year, I'm giving up coffee, and the withdrawal symptoms are already kicking in!  Luckily, I have tea occasionally so it is definitely a lot more tolerable.  I recently bought chai tea bags and I wanted to make chai tea lattes, just like the ones they sell at coffee shops.  I've come up with [...]

Egg Nog French Toast Casserole

Egg Nog French Toast Casserole

Last month, I got some egg nog on clearance at my local grocery store for about $2.  I've never had egg nog before, and I wasn't sure if I was going to like it.  Turns out, I did not.  So what's a girl going to do with an entire bottle of egg nog?  I've made [...]

Pan-Fried Gnocchi with Pesto and Veggies

Pan-Fried Gnocchi with Pesto and Veggies

Gnocchi:  soft, pillowy heavenly goodness.  The traditional way of cooking gnocchi is with a pot of boiling water, and the gnocchi will float to the top when it is done.  Recently, I've been cooking gnocchi a different way, through pan-frying them!  It's way faster (no need to wait for water to boil), and the result [...]

Pear Crisp

Pear Crisp

I love making apple crisp when I'm in a hurry and I want an apple + cinnamon dessert.  It's a great alternative to apple pie or apple tart.  However, apples are getting expensive here!  I also had some pears sitting around in the apartment for the past week, so I thought, why not make some [...]

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

One of my favorite things to bake is banana bread.  Here is a super easy, one-bowl recipe, and you don't even need an electric mixer!  I made a chocolate chip banana bread here, but feel free to add walnuts, raisins, or any other add-in of your choice! Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 60 minutes Ready [...]

Creamy Cilantro Pesto

Creamy Cilantro Pesto

For my last post, I wanted to garnish my mango + avocado greek yogurt with cilantro, and now I'm left with one bunch of cilantro.  I figured it'd take me an entire year to use up the cilantro as just garnish ... so I thought, why not make pesto?  5 minutes later, hello creamy cilantro [...]