The ultimate Shamrock Shake Copycat Recipe is here. Made with real vanilla bean syrup and mint extract. Now you can enjoy this year round! I can remember the cold winters growing up in Northern Virginia. I always looked forward to March when the weather began to warm in the South, and Spring for me officially …
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Valentine Hot Chocolate Bombs Just because the Holidays are over doesn’t mean hot chocolate season ends. Let’s make Valentine Hot Chocolate bombs! Read on to learn about the Good Cookie Food Bloggers’ Valentine’s Event and how you can help us fight pediatric cancer. Good Cookie Food Bloggers’ Valentine’s Event I’m so excited to participate in …
The Mango Dragon Fruit Refresher was around for a hot minute. It is part of the collection of Starbucks famous Refresher beverages. Man, we Americans love our Starbucks drinks. Google searches indicate that Americans are caffeinated junkies more concerned with how to perfect a Starbucks Frappuccino at home than how to roast a vegetable, any …
Want to be voted most popular at your next brunch gathering? Whip up this Very Berry Cherry Breakfast Custard. I admire anyone who can wake up and whip up a seven course breakfast for their family and guests. I think it takes a lot of patience and discipline to create a spread worthy of a …
It’s Buffalo Blue Cheese Dip! You are only a food processor and two hours of chill time away from the Tom Brady of Super Bowl foods; the G.O.A.T. of creamy dips, a successful Hail Mary on the 4th down. Here’s my problem: you mix anything with cream cheese and I can make it disappear faster …
Feeling under the weather? Try this Cure All Ginger Tea. A few years ago, a friend and I flew out to Northern California to visit some Brussels sprout farms in San Mateo County (for a work assignment). We added a few extra days to the trip to spend a little time in Napa Valley and …
Jamaica Ackee and Saltfish is to Jamaica what hot dogs and apple pie is to the United States. It’s been over 4 years since I got my certification as a Plant Based Home Chef with the Rouxbe Cooking School and Forks Over Knives (see below the recipe for a link to the class I took …
Welcome to Brussels sprouts 101: How to roast Brussels sprouts like a boss. I can’t remember the first time I tasted a Brussels sprout. All I do know is that I was very young. I was a child in the late 70’s/early 80’s when the only way most people prepared these little cabbage balls was …
Happy Holidays! Here’s the 2020 Beauty and the Beets Holiday Gift Guide – Quarantine edition. I’ve included local merchants in Orlando as well as nationwide vendors, but everything can be ordered online and mailed to an address of your choice. (Prices listed were up to date as of publishing) Whoa, what a year it has …
Oh no, we are entering flu season. We need this Cucumber Mint Tonic to save the world. (disclosure: this Cucumber Mint Tonic will not save the world but it may help you feel better if you are feeling under the weather) I’ve always had an affection for ginger ale and its soothing benefits. There is …