I’m glad that yesterday’s Vegan Chocolate Macaroons were looking so yummy to you. Thanks for all the great comments and props! Muah!!!! And thanks to the new readers and commenters for checking out my blog! Lord knows I don’t make any money blogging so just having people say they found me, are following me, and are digging my blog helps keep me going! And yes, they are as good as they look....

But now I have a stellar recipe for cream cheese puffs that are ready in 15 minutes flat. Silver linings. The failed recipe was for vegan banana muffins with a brown sugar streusel. I have a great vegan banana muffin recipe and all I was changing was adding streusel to the top, but it was apparently too heavy for the eggless dough and the muffins collapsed. They tasted great, but weren’t pretty enough to blog about....

Christmas Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles I’ve never been that fond of classic sugar cookies that are decorated with sprinkles. They’re usually a bit too hard and crunchy for my liking, and rolling out dough is an extra step I’d rather not take when I’m already so busy during the holiday season. However, these Christmas sugar cookies with sprinkles baked in are the exact opposite. They’re super soft and buttery with tender, pillowy centers....

comment icon 85 more comments Game day! …er, uh, more like food day! Game day food day is my favorite kind of day. You know what I mean – those Sunday afternoons, sitting around in comfies, snacking on everything under the sun because “we’re watching the game.” For 12 hundred hours. I don’t know about the rest of the football-loving world, but this epic snacking-while-watching behavior is a core part of Midwestern culture....

With two bottles of liquid stevia from NuNaturals that I won in Valerie’s Give Away I love Stevia! I have a Post dedicated to some Stevia Recipes. Like…. ….Overnight Chocolate Brownie Protein Oats …Or Vegan GF Cinnamon Raisin Banana Oatmeal Muffins. Feel free to replace some of the white & brown sugar with stevia. These muffins are a 1 bowl and a spoon recipe. No mixer required. 5 minutes to throw a few things in a bowl, stir, and bake....

Yesterday I saw the movie Frozen. comment icon 419 more comments This is going to really date this post for future readers, but worth it. Because I have to talk about how cute it was. If you’re not familiar, Frozen is a Disney movie, um excuse me, musical. A Disney musical. All about an icy land where everything is a little bit magical and a lot bit frozen and where people have names like Hans and Kristoff and Olaf....

We were made for such a time as this. This post contains referral links for products we love. Pinch of Yum earns a small commission on these links at no cost to you, and the links will always be marked with an asterisk. We ♡ honesty! comment icon 3837 more comments These cookies are soft, thick, bricks of chocolate chunks and buttery dough baked into a heavy, milk-loving cookie that is my most favorite chocolate chip cookie of all time....

And realized that my interview in Fitness Magazine was published today. I am featured as part of their Fit Stop section The story is here Earlier in the week I was featured as Food Buzz’s Daily Special From Snickers Bar Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies to talking Fitness I’m honored to have been chosen for these features! So rather than just spouting off about Diet vs. Exercise on my own blog, I got to spout off elsewhere, too....

I think it was on Sunday, the day we lost Afton, that my nurses gently suggested I take a shower. I’d been on bedrest, unshowered, for five days. 😳 I knew it was necessary but the idea of it made me so heartsick. Soap, water. Getting clean. Leaving him behind. No, no, no, this is all wrong. That shower is one of my most vividly painful and brave memories of January 1, 2017: me, sitting on a chair in the shower, weak from surgery, and Bjork sitting just outside the shower because it was too emotionally scary for me to do alone....

I’ve had this version of a coffee date on my heart for months, but life! time! more life! You get it. Recently I’ve met several people out in the real world who talked about what POY means to them and how much they have enjoyed the recipes over the years. And I think these happy little run-ins gave me the push I needed to sit down and write this post....

Last week I took Skylar to the doctor for her 4 year old checkup. Even though we celebrated her birthday a few weeks back, this was the soonest they could get us in. Her checkup report card? She’s perfectly healthy, doing wonderfully, thriving, and everything looks perfect and on track. I didn’t need a doctor to tell me that, but hey, nice to know an unbiased professional validated what my mommy intuition already knew....

comment icon 138 more comments With joy, I mean. With joy. Granola joy and dog joy. There are two really happy things going on in my life right now –> #1 – The dog. We have a dog! We have had our puppy for almost a week now, and she’s not really a puppy, she’s an medium-old-ish dog from a rescue, but I am set on calling her a puppy for at least our first month together....

comment icon 41 more comments I’ll just say, it’s worth the trip to Trader Joe’s. In This Post: Everything You Need For This Turkey Sandwich How To Make This Sandwich Step 1: Toast and Cut The Focaccia Toast your bread at 400 degrees for 5-8 minutes (it’s just better). Then, keeping it sideways, cut the bread with a serrated knife horizontally through the middle. Take the top piece off and set it aside....

I’ve been asked for years to convert my popular Tres Leches Cake recipe into cupcakes and I finally made it happen, with the end result becoming a new favorite dessert recipe! I’ve also converted my German Chocolate Cake into German Chocolate Cupcakes. What I LOVE about this recipe: Individual servings: These tres leches cupcakes make the perfect individually portioned dessert that’s lower calorie and people go crazy for! No butter or oil: I get asked all the time if this is a mistake (“where is the butter?...

Want to try more cookie/brownie bar recipes? Try my Sugar Cookie Bars, S’mores Bars, or Oreo Bars! My kids love helping me make. quick treat on the weekends and Blondies are always a favorite at our house. I usually have the ingredients I need and they’re faster to make then cookies (no rolling dough balls or cooking multiple batches). What are Blondies? They are a mix between a brownie (without the chocolate) and a chocolate chip cookie bar....

Here are just a few things I found in my kitchen in a matter of seconds that are vanilla related I found this Vanilla Sugar in Aruba I found this gourmet real vanilla extract on sale at my local Ralph’s grocery store. $12.99 for 8 ounces. That is insanely cheap for real vanilla extract. The McCormick’s “non-gourmet” vanilla is about $7.99 for 2 ounces. The math definitely pencils out on the Rodelle....

Wednesday always kind of sneaks up on me – but especially this week! We’ve been transitioning Solvi into a crib this week, and that combined with teething and a few other classic rollercoaster events of parenting have made this week feel like it’s a) flying by, and b) dragging on for 100 years. What is life though. The good thing is that food knows how to always be there for us....

No-Bake Oreo Balls Recipe I think we’ve all had these Oreo cookie balls. And if you haven’t, you’d better hop to it and make them. They’re such a simple no-bake treat and everyone loves them. Betcha can’t eat just one. The last time I made these balls was almost 3 years ago to the date. Boy, how photography changes, but the recipe is a classic. Set out a dozen at your next event or if you’re going to a holiday party, showing up with a dozen homemade truffles as a hostess gift will score you brownie points....

comment icon 90 more comments You guys, I can’t even. POMEGRANATES :: RED QUINOA :: PISTACHIOS :: GOAT CHEESE :: PICKLED BEETS IF YOU CAN HANDLE IT :: OPAL APPLES :: BABY SPINACH BUT NOT TOO MUCH BABY SPINACH :: LIGHT CHAMPAGNE VINAIGRETTE. head massage emoji I need to address something with you, though. As you’re going to see in just a second when you look at this picture, I, uhh, well, I just made my first Mason jar salad....

I’ve had a couple life bombs dropped on me. And no, I’m not pregnant. I’m not going to blog about it until a few things are finalized. Remember Blogging 105 and that some mystery and privacy are ok and just common sense sometimes? Well, I am taking my own advice on things for now. For inquiring minds and not to alarm anyone, I am fine, my family is fine, things in general will be fine, and they seem to be working out, but I’ve been in major scramble and stress mode the past week....