We celebrated Helen & Jim’s birthday a bit early this year. I didn’t want them to miss out on a party if the baby decided to make an appearance. Good thing I planned ahead! Helen and James both love helping out in the kitchen whenever they can, so I decided to let them in on…
Chocolate
Matcha Cocoa
This Matcha Cocoa is a delicious blend of a matcha latte and hot cocoa. One day the idea to combine matcha powder and cocoa powder popped into my head. Even though I was eager to give it a try, I was a bit unsure as to the results. Would the chocolate flavor overpower…
Matcha Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
This Matcha Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream is a wonderful way to enjoy the flavors of matcha! September is here! I know everyone else will be sharing baking, apple, pumpkin, and spice-infused recipes. But I’m over here hanging on to the last bits of summer in northern Minnesota. Fall is my favorite season, don’t get me…
Homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
These homemade peanut butter cups are dark chocolate and much more healthy (and tasty!) than store-bought. If you know me well, you eventually learn that I despise most candy. A mouth full of sugar just isn’t appealing to me. BUT one of the few sugary confections that actually tempt me is a peanut butter cup….
Helen & Jim’s Birthday Cake
This healthier Chocolate Cake with Raspberries and Cream Cheese Frosting is a scaled-down version (baked in 6-inch cake pans) for a child’s birthday party (it’s also lower in sugar). February is birthday month for my kids. Their birthdays are a week apart. So I decided it would be best to combine their parties into one….
Homemade Honey-Sweetened Dark Chocolate Cocoa with Pink Whipped Cream
This Homemade Honey-Sweetened Dark Chocolate Cocoa is perfect for Valentine’s Day! If I’m honest, we’re not much of Valentine’s Day people in this house. Which is a bit funny because our first date was on Valentine’s Day… Let’s rewind to the winter of 2011. Reuben had just asked my dad if he could court me…
Flourless Chocolate Marbled Cheesecake
This Flourless Chocolate Marbled Cheesecake is not only decadent, it’s naturally gluten free! I first baked this flourless chocolate marbled cheesecake back in 2010. I posted about it on my first ever food blog, Cooking for Seven. Sadly, I failed to give details about WHY I decided to make it, so I have no idea…
Teabag Shortbread Cookies + A Tea Party & Surprise for Helen
Last Saturday, I had a lovely morning with Helen… After laying Jim down for his first nap, I put a kettle of water on the stove to boil. I set the table with teacups and saucers, milk, tea, and shortbread teabag-shaped cookies. Helen watched excitedly. I poured out the water and we waited for the…
Egg-Free Dark Chocolate Mousse
Can I be done being pregnant yet? It feels like this baby has been inside of me FOREVER. I’m excited to meet our little bundle of joy. And to be finished with this big belly. My due date is only a week and a half away! My midwife thought I would go into labor soonish,…
Hot Chocolate
{This post was originally published on February 1, 2011 on Cooking for Seven. This is a mighty fine cup of chocolate, my friends.} Yesterday, I had a completely new experience: homemade hot chocolate. Not the kind made with cocoa powder and sugar. No. The Kind made with REAL chocolate. Oh my. It was like drinking chocolate pudding; it…