Meet the Reverse Affogato — dark, rich espresso topped with luscious vanilla bean foam. The perfect coffee shop espresso at home. This holiday season has thrown us so many curveballs. First, we spent nearly two full weeks indoors due to the windblown smoke from Northern California’s wildfires. We baked and built forts and dance partied and worked our way through our entire collection of vinyl several times, but at some point, the novelty wears off. And then, a power outage struck the night before Thanksgiving with a pie in the oven, sherbet chilling in the freezer and a 13-lb brisket … Read More
10-Min Vegan Cream of Broccoli Soup
Vegan Cream of Broccoli Soup – a super simple, healthy cream of broccoli soup packed with fresh flavor, bright color and creamy, cozy vibes — and made entirely without dairy. I love soup. As a kid — and even early into adulthood — I was a sucker for canned soup. The bloated, squishy, noodles. The melt-in-your-mouth carrots. I adored them. And then one day, somewhere around my cooking-for-roommates college years, I heard Rachael Ray insist that, “If there’s one thing you don’t need to buy canned, it’s soup. It’s just too easy to make good soup from scratch.” And, much … Read More
Cranberry Sherbet Freezes (Dairy-Free)
Sweet-tart homemade cranberry sherbet topped with effervescent DASANI® Sparkling Lime for a seasonal take on a classic soda fountain sherbet freeze. This post has been sponsored by The Coca Cola Company. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I grew up down the street from an old-fashioned soda fountain. I spent countless afternoons there in middle school and high school, tucked away in the back booth with the same squad of girlfriends, giggling about boys and admiring each other’s iridescent manicures. For nearly every Friday of my freshman and sophomore year, I ordered the same thing: Cherry Amaretto, in a … Read More
Baked Jalapeño Monte Cristo Sliders
Baked Jalapeño Monte Cristo Sliders – everyone’s favorite sweet and savory brunch sandwich made in a party-perfect size and spiced up with pepper jack cheese, green chiles and jalapeños. Thank you Rio Luna Organic Peppers for sponsoring this post. Rio Luna Organic Peppers are certified organic, non-GMO, fat free, cholesterol free, low calorie and Kosher. For flavorful and spicy recipe ideas, follow Rio Luna on Facebook and Instagram. Jalapeño Monte Cristo Sliders, you guys. Just going to tell you right out of the gate: these babes are gonna steal the show. We serve a version of these spicy party sliders … Read More
Budget Baby Buys: 0-6 Months
Here we are, guys: Budget Baby Buys for 0-6 months, our very favorite affordable newborn essentials! I’ve been wanting to publish a post (or posts, as it will be) on this topic for more than two years. When we were preparing for Lana’s arrival, my guiltiest pleasure was reading one post after another on the must-haves for every plausible baby need — and then researching the recommended products until the cows came home. More often than not, I’d convince myself that we had to have the latest bourgeois parenting gadget of the moment (Mamaroo and friends of 2015, I’m looking … Read More