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Vanilla Frozen Yogurt

August 14, 2014 by Cate 35 Comments

Homemade vanilla frozen yogurt is a perfect summer treat. It is lighter than ice cream but still has all the creamy goodness and delicious vanilla bean flavor!

Whoa, how is the summer almost over? Some of my blogging friends have already started posting pumpkin recipes! I’m not complaining – pumpkin is my second love (after peanut butter) and I bake with it year round. But I have so many summer recipes I still want to make before the summer ends. Things with corn and tomatoes and berries and peaches and zucchini… I have a lot of baking to do between now and Sept 1 🙂

So since I’m not quite ready to embrace the pumpkin, today I have a perfect summer recipe for you – Vanilla Frozen Yogurt!

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No-Bake Desserts to Beat the Heat

July 27, 2014 by Cate 2 Comments

This collection of delicious treats is full of recipes that don’t require turning on the oven! These no-bake desserts are the perfect way to beat the heat this summer.

(Click the images in the slideshow above for the recipes. The collection of recipes is on Foodie.com)

When the temperature gets into the 90s, the last thing I want to do is turn on the oven! But that doesn’t mean that my sweet tooth goes away. So that is why I love no-bake desserts! They are the perfect way to have dessert without melting in your kitchen. This collection of recipes has some great no-bake ideas that are perfect for summer!

Disclosure: This is a sponsored opportunity with Foodie.com. All opinions are 100% my own.

No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

July 22, 2013 by Cate 12 Comments

I blame the heat. Why else would I make a recipe like this – one that I KNOW TheBetterHalf and I will have absolutely no self control around?? This past week, we had a heatwave in NYC, and it made all of us a little crazy. Most Saturdays I will bake a loaf of bread or some muffins or a coffee cake, things that are delicious, but that I can usually stop eating after one or two pieces. Not this past Saturday…it was WAY too hot to turn on the oven. So I had the brilliant idea of making this no-bake recipe. This recipe is essentially a homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter cup, and it makes a whole tray of them! I’m not sure if you have noticed yet, but chocolate peanut butter is our absolute favorite dessert combination. And these bars are amazing!! I knew before I made them that I would not be able to stop eating them. But I decided to make them anyway. And I’m very glad that I did. A sweet and salty peanut butter bar topped with chocolate – what’s not to love?! They are so good, but so dangerous! That darn heat totally ruined any kind of healthy eating plan I had in mind for the weekend. Oh well, I guess that’s why they invented treadmills! …

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