BIG flavors and a pinch of attitude!
FA LA LA! The holidays are officially here! I’ve been working super hard to bring you my first Holiday Gift Guide in a 4 part series with different themes where I showcase products from some of my favorite companies. I’ll post each themed guide one at a time over the next few weeks, so you will still have time to shop! Did you miss the first two guides? Check them out: All Things Charcoal and Splurge Worthy.
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FA LA LA! The holidays are officially here! I’ve been working super hard to bring you my first Holiday Gift Guide in a 4 part series with different themes where I showcase products from some of my favorite companies. I’ll post each themed guide one at a time over the next few weeks, so you will still have time to shop!
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I’ve always been a chocolate lover, but as I’ve gotten older and my palate has changed, I’ve leaned less toward the super sweet milk chocolate and more toward the rich, decadent, dark chocolate. I look for chocolate with a minimum of 70% cacao, very little added sugars and junk. My chocolate of choice is 85% cacao. But I digress. This post is not really about chocolate bars at all. It’s about a super creamy, hot cuppa chocolate, with superfood powers. None of that artificial flavor, GMO, corn syrupy junk in the store. Ew….
These rosemary and vanilla spiked nuts are a great snack and would make a nice homemade edible gift for the holidays. I love the flavor profile with hints of bourbon and a perfect balance of sweet and salty from the sea salt and maple and vanilla. I think I’ll try making my next batch with some chipotle powder to spice things up a bit!…
I love me a good Old Fashioned drink, and so these boozy, adulty marshmallows were born. Bourbon is kinda my jam right now. And by kinda, I mean I’m literally bourboning ALL the things lately… I made bourbon baked chicken thighs, rosemary and vanilla bourbon spiked nuts, and these boozy maple bourbon marshmallows. And I probably won’t stop here!
I had to test these several times until I got it right, and third time was a charm. First I cooked the bourbon in the maple/water mixture and I couldn’t taste any booziness in the marshmallows. Next, I added the bourbon to the mixing bowl while the marshmallows were whipping. Big mistake. The taste was there, but they totally fell flat and wouldn’t whip. Finally, my friend Nichole told me I should bloom the gelatin IN the bourbon. DUH! These came out PERFECT!…
I always say I’m not that big of a dessert fan. EXCEPT for when it comes to chocolate and ice cream. Especially chocolate mint chip ice cream on a hot summer evening. Ice cream is my dessert weakness. And the hard part for me, is finding a really good ice cream at the store that isn’t loaded with sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup and crappy ingredients. So, obviously, I was left with no choice but to buy an ice cream maker and start making my own, DUH! My friend, Megan, from The Recipe for Healing, is always making us ice cream after we get done with our walks. So, basically, my new found ice cream making obsession is her fault ;)…
