Peanut butter frozen cheesecake recipe is amazingly easy to make, and is no bake! It's the peanut butter and chocolate combo again! I just can't get enough! How are you all doing? I hope your week has been less hectic than mine. Between marking, lesson planning and writing PowerPoints for each one of my...
Peanut butter and banana chocolate chip muffins come together in this surprisingly healthy recipe. Peanut butter and banana chocolate chip muffins anyone?! Weekend already, can you believe it? Hi! How was your week? Was it busy? Relaxing? Mine was crazy. Test weeks sound like super relaxing times for teachers... until you realize that you...
Chocolate Layer Cake with Peanut butter glaze.The perfect combination of chocolate cake and peanut butter glaze. Don't forget the peanut butter cups on top! For some reason, I thought this year would be easy. This year I would be solely focused on teaching. No tutoring on the weekends, and spares during my school day...
Bite sized mini strawberry and chocolate chip muffins are a great way to use up strawberries you have lying around. If you want more fruit and chocolate combos, try my Chocolate Covered Strawberry Yogurt Bowl or my Orange Chocolate Chip Muffins recipe. Once I start start baking with strawberries, I just can't stop! Maybe it's...
This easy strawberry cake recipe is perfect to use up any strawberries you have in your fridge. A great breakfast or dessert idea. I have finally caved. I have finally bought some strawberries. Usually I let berry season pass me by because I have been burned so many times by buying very tasteless berries, that...
These pear streusel muffins taste like a bite of fall. Made heartier with whole wheat flour. I know this is not a summer recipe, but I just can't help myself! Please give me all of the streusel!!! I am longing for fall flavors, but still want to keep the summer weather. I can't help that...
Delicious strawberry hand pies made from scratch, and bursting with strawberries! These make the perfect dessert or grab-and-go breakfast. Well. Look who's back! I know it has been quiet here for a couple of weeks, but I just came back from a well deserved vacation. I was in Japan y'all! And now Japan has officially...
Perfectly proportioned white chocolate cheesecake cookie cups with sprinkles. Rich and sweet dessert idea. Thursdays: my one day off a week. My one day to have my oven turned on the entire day and bake until my kitchen looks like a bakery. Why do I do this to myself? Well, this way I can...
These pumpkin molasses cookies are the ultimate fall cookie! And they so soft and fluffy, you won't be able to stop eating them. I have a confession to make. I am addicted to making cookies. I find that when I have a bowl, some flour, some butter and some sugar, anything is possible. It is...
These gooey cinnamon squares are gooey on the inside, with a nice sturdy cookie crust. The cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top just sends these bars over the edge! I am so excited about this recipe!!! To me, fall means adding all of the spices to baking. Meaning nutmeg, cloves, all spice, ginger, and best of all:...
This apple pound cake is every apple lovers dream! Filled with apples, and made rich and delicious with cream cheese. Can apple season last forever?? I am basically forgoing making all things pumpkin for all things apple! Which, first of all, is not my fault. They are actually sold out of cans of pumpkin in...
This is the perfect banana bread for the first day of fall. Made with apples, bananas and walnuts for a nice crunch, this apple banana bread makes a good snack. Can you believe it's the first day of fall?? I was looking forward to this day for MONTHS! Bring on all the pumpkin recipes!...
A delicious and easy recipe for fresh cherry and lemon scones bursting with fresh cherries and with a hint of lemon. They also contain no butter or eggs! There aren't enough recipes involving fresh cherries on my blog. Maybe one of the reasons for this is because I am not usually really excited about standing...
Super easy inside out chocolate chip cookies make a great dessert or snack idea. These cookies are soft and chewy on the inside. Don't you hate it when you bake something absolutely delicious, but it looks disgusting? That was what happened to me this week with a sad batch of cookies. I couldn't even...
Healthy Peanut Butter and Raisin Oatmeal Bars make for a good breakfast, snack or healthy dessert recipe. Made with whole wheat flour. While I was making these bars, I was thanking my lucky stars that I am not allergic to peanuts. This was of course while shoveling spoonfuls of peanut butter into my mouth....
Easy and moist Double Chocolate Chip Muffins make the perfect chocolatey muffin recipe for dessert of a snack. DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS!! Are you as excited as I am??? Maybe have them with a cup of hot chocolate and drizzle some chocolate sauce over these? Is there an upper limit to the amount of chocolate you...
I have been looking for the best banana bread recipe and this is it!! Super moist, this makes a great breakfast or snack recipe. Why is it that whenever I buy bananas, a lot of them end up getting overripe? Not that this is a problem or anything. And I'm sure my unexplained compulsion...
Easy Red Velvet Mug Cake is the perfect personal dessert recipe for Valentine's Day. Make it for yourself or for your sweetie in less than 5 minutes. All the single ladies, now put your hands up! I have a single serving recipe for you. For one. And it's a good one. My first red...
Pumpkin Mug Cake made in the microwave. Super quick and easy to make, this makes the perfect last minute dessert recipe. My goal in this blog was to post 3 sweet recipes and one savory one. That was going to be the order of things. But somehow I felt it becoming more and more...
Single serving Carrot Cake Mug Cake made in a microwave. This cake is eggless and topped with cream cheese icing, it is the perfect last minute dessert recipe. Is it redundant to say a carrot cake mug cake? Because I have wanted to make my own little carrot cake ever since I made carrot cake and cupcakes....
Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins recipe is perfect for fall! Made with whole wheat flour and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and all spice. Finally. A pumpkin recipe. It's been a long time coming, eh? (Yes I am Canadian, and yes we do say eh. What of it?) I have had my share of pumpkin...
These chewy Whole Wheat Cranberry Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies make the perfect dessert or snack. One of my favourite cookie recipes. While most of you are preparing for American T(ofu)urkey Day tomorrow, I am getting ready for Christmas. And what says Christmas better than a plate full of cookies? Cookies which are meant to be...
These Spiderweb Cupcakes are perfect for Halloween desserts. Made with a chocolate spiderweb to decorate the cake and orange colored frosting. This year is going to be the year that I make more Halloween treats than ever before. And since the only time I have ever made a Halloween treat was last year, and it...
Easy Carrot Cake and Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. This is my absolute favourite dessert recipe, and makes a regular appearance in my kitchen. I can't believe that this is the first time that I have ever made carrot cake. I mean, I can devour carrot cake and have room for seconds and thirds, but...
These Apple Muffins make a great easy breakfast idea. Made with warm spices and simple ingredients, they are perfect for the fall season. It's almost apple season! I am buying way too many fresh apples lately. I just can't get enough of that apple flavor at this time of year. And I think that these...
These Cranberry Pistachio White Chocolate Cookies are the perfect Christmas cookie recipe. This soft cookie recipe is one of my favourites. My blog is quickly becoming a dessert blog, and frankly, I'm kind of happy about it. I was never the chef in the family. That was always my sister. In fact, when I...
I make these easy Oatmeal Cookies so often! So chewy and quick to make. Add your favorite fillings, or sandwich jam between two cookies. More cookie recipes?? What is this, Christmas?? No, I am just trying to fulfill my promise that I would have at least 60 cookie recipes on this blog by the end...
Easy soft and chewy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies. One of my favourite cookie recipes to make as a dessert or a grab and go snack. So guess what I walk into when I get home from Toronto after a 6:50 AM flight? Everything is pilled into boxes. I can't sleep in my bed because...
This Chocolate Hazelnut Banana Bread recipe is a great way to use up 2 ripe bananas. Made with nutella and hazelnuts, this is perfect for breakfast. Happy Birthday to me! I know I've been too busy to use the oven lately (as seen by my cinnamon bun smoothie, vanilla pudding ice cream, and spicy guacamole no-bake...
These cookies make perfect gifts! A hard outer layer with a soft center and a hint of peppermint, these cookies are perfect for the holidays. Christmastime is here, by golly... So what are we doing about it? Well, I can tell you what I've been doing for the past week. Pretty much everyday this week...
This Nutella Stuffed Cookies with sprinkles recipe is so easy to make, they make the perfect dessert or snack idea for birthdays. I just bought Nutella. Buying Nutella for me is always both a very good idea, and a very awful idea. Very good because Nutella is freaking delicious, and there is so many...
Rich and easy Chocolate Frozen Yogurt with Greek Yogurt. This is the healthier way to get your ice cream fix, and made with only 5 ingredients. I need to take advantage of the last few sunny days here in Vancouver! And with what might you ask? Some ice cream, of course! Well..technically not ice...
Cranberry Oatmeal Cheesecake Bars that taste like Thanksgiving in bar form. With "cheesecake" made from yogurt instead of cream cheese. It's the day after Canadian Thanksgiving, and I have got to say... I am STUFFED! Speaking of things being stuffed, I regret to tell you that for Thanksgiving, I did not make a turkey. For...
Chocolate chip filled chocolate cupcakes with rich peanut butter frosting. Made with whole wheat flour. I have a peanut butter and chocolate OBSESSION!! Like that giant reeses peanut butter cup cake that I made recently? Or one of my favorite banana breads: the peanut butter cup banana bread? How about in some cookies for some delicious chocolate peanut...
GIANT Reeses peanut butter cup cake recipe. So rich and chocolatey, you will need to have a slice with a cup of coffee. I just made the cake to trump all cakes. A giant Reeses peanut butter cup cake. I actually was challenged by my boyfriend's brother months ago to make this cake. He...
Healthy peanut butter banana smoothie. Gluten free and made with only 3 ingredients, this makes the perfect breakfast or snack. I love making simple food. Especially 3 ingredient food, such as my Vanilla Bean Ice Cream or my ice cream cake doughnut. Or my two ingredient Greek yogurt frosting. Easy should be my middle name...that is, only if...
Cookies inside of cookies? These chocolate chip oreo cookies satisfy all of your dessert cravings in this super easy to make recipe. Ah, cookies. I just can't get enough of you... Take today, for example. I find this cute little store called Choices Market. It looked like a smaller version of Whole Foods, selling...
Healthy Apple Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies are so quick and easy to make. This recipe is perfect to make a snack to bring to work or school. It's been a while since I made some cookies. Around Christmas, I go on a cookie baking spree. Chocolate, mint, apple, gingerbread...every cookie imaginable. Lots for gifts, and some...
Easy Peanut Butter Banana Bread with Peanut Butter Glaze recipe. The glaze hardens to create a delicious complement to the loaf. Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement. I am done. I finished my last essay this morning, so I am as relaxed as can be. Nothing could make me feel better right...
Easy Peanut Butter Cup Banana Bread recipe. Made with Reeses peanut butter cups, this makes a great breakfast or dessert idea. I love banana bread. Love, love, love. Every time I make banana bread, I think to myself "there is no way I can improve on this. Banana bread is pretty much perfected." Oh how...
Easy Matcha Yogurt Loaf recipe. The grean tea powder gives this bread a beautiful green colour. It makes a great breakfast idea. I still remember the good old days of my first job. I'm talking about my first real job. Like in a public location with a boss and dealing with money. I did have...
Easy Mini Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecakes recipe. Made with Reese's cups, this makes a great individual sized dessert idea. Alright. Two exams down and one to go. Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement, I think I did alright on Friday. And now, to celebrate. Different people celebrate in different ways. Some people...