No Bake Trail Mix Bar

When I first tried out this recipe, I all but abandoned it. However, instead of throwing out the uncooperative granola bars, that just wouldn’t seem to stick together without being baked in the oven, I set them aside to return to later. And ended up learning quite a lesson on patience. When I came back…

Copy Cat Wheat Thins

Take a look at the ingredients list of your favorite crunchy guilty-pleasure. How many ingredients can you pronounce? In fact, how many would you actually find in a typical kitchen. And no, not an industrial food-plant kitchen. Your own, or even your mother’s kitchen. For me, I would have to say two, maybe three… Of…

Homemade Potato Wedges

I’m not a huge fan of French fries.    I know, considering I’m an American Teenager this basically makes me an anomaly. In fact, it’s not the taste of the French fries I don’t like, but the greasy aftertaste. And the insanely high sodium levels.  Meaning, while I don’t like fast food French fries, I’m…

Peanut Butter Banana Dream Ice Cream

Holy creaminess. This ice cream is my new favorite thing. Ever. And trust me, once you taste it for yourself you’ll never waste your time on unhealthy, high-cal ice cream again. Because this ice cream is more of an ice dream (see what I did there? ;)) it’s so creamy, rich, and delicious. The secret…