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mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches with california avocado

This post was created in partnership with The California Avocado Commission. All opinions are our own. Hurry, hurry! Step right up, and welcome to the annual Husbands’ Summer Fair. Our celebrated festival has become world-renowned for its thrilling rides, entertaining games, and grand prizes. But the real reason we continue to attract millions of guests from around the globe is our marvelous menu, where you’ll discover the most palatable plates on the planet—stellar snacks, mouthwatering meals, and delectable desserts. This year we’re featuring something stupendous: a sweet treat that’s guaranteed to beat this grueling heat. If you like ice cream and cookies and chocolate and mint, this recipe is for you. Introducing our Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches with...

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Friday Feature Romance Meets Outdoor Dining

Friday Features’ Guest talks about Spring time, romance, and cooking by Sloane Taylor Spring is an amazing time of year and my favorite because that’s when the Earth comes alive. All sorts of beautiful things happen. Trees are budding, tender plants push through the ground, and romance is in the air and warm weather is just a few weeks away. I am a romantic through and through. Always have been and with any luck I always will be. Romance is much more than a quick trip to tangle the sheets. It is about being with someone you love and doing little things to show them how much they mean to you. In my case I cook because I love it....

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Busy busy busy day ahead

Thursday 23rd June 2022Enjoy your days as best as you can.Check me out, I walked 3 miles yesterday along the canal path after dropping the car off to have a gearbox service and picking it back up later, it was a hot walk at half three in 25 degrees but I enjoyed it none the less and hopefully it burned a few calories to help work off my meals yesterday.  I do love eggs on toast so that was what I started my day with, but this weeks chat has make me think about shaking my breakfast up a bit more, natural yogurt, fruit that sort of thing or advocado, breakfast muffins, peanut butter all good healthy food. Now dinner don't...

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Morocco: Land of Arabic Cuisine and Design

Sharon Lorenzo reports on Morocco and how to cook in Tagine Pots. Sofitel, Marrakech, Morocco As we entered the marketplace in Marrakech for a family vacation, our guide yelled to us, “Ballack!!” We soon learned that this meant, “The donkeys are coming,” as they raced through the stalls delivering vegetables, spices and local decorations.  It was all part of the lively life which the population of 37 million people in this country enjoy as they border the Mediterranean Sea on the North and the Atlantic Ocean on the West.   “Ballack”– The Donkeys are Coming!!   Spice Markets Ranging from mountains to deserts, the 172,300 square miles of Morocco give rise to an elegant array of spices used for the...

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Last Week’s Recipes & Grocery List

Printable Grocery ListDownload Recipes: The Best Chimichurri Lemon Thyme Smashed Potatoes & Broccolini with The Perfect Ribeye Strawberry Mango Salad with Grilled Chili Lime Chicken Smoked Tri-Tip Salad with Strawberries & Asparagus Ginger Chicken Spring Rolls Grocery List Printable Grocery ListDownload **Disclaimer – My article often contains affiliate links. All products are ones I have. If you choose to buy one of these items through the link , I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

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