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Carrot Cake Smoothie

Surprise, surprise, I had to do another carrot drink, because I have these glasses, and I bought a lot of carrot juice. As much as I like carrots, I’m not drinking carrot juice plain. So why not make it in to a smoothie? That’s got the same spices as carrot cake? Delicious way to start…

Carrot Gin Cocktail

I recently had two big life events happen: I turned 26 years old, and then a week later I started a new job! For my birthday, my sister got me these carrot glasses that are pretty perfect if you know anything about me. Adorable and carrot themed, to match the rest of the kitchen ware…

Marzipan Chocolate Chip Cake

A few weeks ago, I made some marzipan chocolate cookies, and I had to go out of my way to acquire the marzipan. I bought two sticks of it, because I wasn’t sure how much I’d need, or if I’d mess up and need extra. But then, I had an extra stick. I had thought…

Chocolate PB Cookie Bars

There’s an Instagram reel that has been fed into my algorithm approximately 700 times, and it’s for these sugar cookie bars that look very tasty. But, I’ve gone to their website, and they do not have the recipe posted! I believe they have some sort of paid subscription thing in order to get access to…

Chicken Gnocchi Soup

This recipe was a… complete freestyle. But it was good enough that I want it saved here on the blog! I went in with a concept, obviously. I’ve seen a few renditions of chicken gnocchi soup on the internet. But soup is one of those things where you can use whatever vegetables you have and…

Citrus Olive Oil Cake with Brown Butter Frosting

I’ve been meaning to make this cake for probably about a year now. It popped up on my feed last year and it just sounded too good not to make. I figured, after a year of having it on my list, a new job is as good a reason as any to finally make it!…

Simple No Churn Lemon Ice Cream

I’ve made a few versions of this No Churn Ice Cream before – root beer float, savannah buttermint, and orange chocolate flavored – and it’s usually annoying because I buy cream cheese for it and then have 6 ounces leftover. But I recently made a cream cheese glaze for some carrot cake and had 2…

Half Baked Tarte

This is not actually a half baked tarte, it’s just inspired by the Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor Half Baked. I became a big fan of Half Baked ice cream in Germany, where my mom conceded to buying Ben & Jerry’s ice cream more often than usual, because it was an American treat. So…

Brown Butter Carrot Cake

As I said in my Carrot Cake Scuffin post, I have not made many carrot cakes in my life. Which is a surprise, considering the amount of carrots I’ve consumed! (If you know, you know.) And, it’s a delicious cake! Moist, spiced, cream cheese frosting… reliable. You can add a lot of bells and whistles…

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