This week I baked you a Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake Pie.  Watch the video showing you how to make this Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake Pie, then scroll to the bottom of this post and print out the recipe so you can make it at home! It’s been a long time since I’ve whipped up one …

Ski season is coming to an end, so as a good omen for more snow next season, I made Avalanche Popcorn. This recipe is from a cookbook called Party Popcorn, which happens to be written by my mom’s friend, Ashton Swank (more commonly known by her internet name, Something Swanky). Since I had some spare …

Bread pudding is one of my family’s favorite dishes in the whole wide world, so I decided to make it. This week I made a delicious Skinny Slow Cooker French Toast Bread Pudding. Usually bread pudding is served as dessert, but I liked the sound of bread pudding for breakfast more. What dish could possibly be …

This week I made Peppermint Sandies. I am so excited because Christmas is rapidly approaching and we have gotten our first snow here in Reno! I absolutely love the fact that I was making Christmas cookies while it was snowing! Just the thought of enjoying a warm cookie and drinking hot cocoa while watching it …

This week I decided to make a family classic, but with a twist! My Grandma has been making Chalupas ever since my Mom was a kid, so I was totally psyched to make these. Chalupas are usually served with beans, cheese, and the optional lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and avocado. I chose to add one …

Everyone has experienced leftover Halloween candy at some point in their life. This week I came up with a solution to leftover candy bars from Halloween! Usually after Trick or Treating, candy stays in a tub in the pantry and gets older, and older, and older. Eventually it gets so stale that it would break your …

I have been published in a cookbook! Yay! I was one of the kids selected by Ramin Ganeshram to be included in the FutureChefs Cookbook! The cookbook was published just last week and it is all about up-and-coming chefs, like me. I even had a book signing at my local Barnes and Noble! This cookbook …

Have you ever felt like you were missing something? Well I found that something! All pumpkin bread that has ever been made… it’s wrong. This week I created the ideal recipe for a new killer pumpkin bread. I stuffed a Nutella-Cheesecake mixture into my Mom’s classic pumpkin bread. Therefore, I created the amazing, innovative, PERFECT, …

This week I made some great Glazed Milk Chocolate Cake! It is almost football season, and I am sooooo excited!!! I have my fantasy football team ready, and the high school football schedule ready to go. Fall lacrosse is also starting soon. Man oh man, I’m going to be busy! Well in the meantime, I …

I’ve been working the last couple of weeks on this kick-butt post. I might as well just say… Welcome to Alaska! 🙂 I just want to give a HUGE shout-out to Copper River Salmon for bringing my mom and me on this amazing trip to Cordova, AK. The trip was so fun and I learned …