Whiskey-Infused Coffee Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips (No Churn)

It’s time for another Fantastical Food Fight and with these 90+ degree days we’ve been having, the theme this month is Ice Cream!

I wasn’t sure at first if I’d be able or inspired to join in this month having just gotten back from vacation (I still want to share more about that but haven’t had the time!), but I happened to get inspired by ice cream on  vacation on the second day!

After a wild waterpark day, we decided to stop at a local ice cream shop for a treat.  The usual delicious flavors were there, plus a few specials.  The one that caught my eye was titled “Exhausted Parent” and included Bourbon, coffee ice cream and chocolate!  So perfect!

Naturally, I got a double scoop of Exhausted parent and decided I wanted to replicate it at home!

Sima (Finnish Lemonade) #eattheworld

It’s time for #EatTheWorld and we’re heading to Finland! 

As I searched for recipes, I found many delicious, hearty dishes that just seemed a bit too wintery for July, or too similar to other things I’d made before, so I kept searching. Eventually, I came across a recipe for Sima, a slightly fermented lemonade-like drink that is enjoyed in Finland during the annual Vappu celebration. 

Baby Groot Cupcakes

I kind of got out of the habit of sharing my cake creations.

I was doing well for awhile, then it got to be too much for one blog, so I started a second.  I kept it up for awhile, but now I haven’t updated that one in ages (sad!)  So I thought, why not get back in the habit of sharing cakes over here every once in a while.

Half Corn-Half Flour Tortillas

The other day, the kids were watching Despicable Me 2 again.  So the tortilla chip hats got brought up again.  Only this time, Pikachu needed a tortilla chip hat (as per Spud’s request). 

Dirt Cake Cups

One of my favorite desserts when I was growing up was dirt cake. 

And if I could convince my mom to make it for my birthday, it was the best ever!

It’s been years since I had dirt cake, so I decided to make a batch and place it in individual cups for Spud’s end of the school year celebration!

Rainbow Sprinkle Cinnamon Rolls

A few weeks ago, I was scrolling Facebook and saw a Tasty video for Rainbow Sprinkle Cinnamon Rolls.  I was horrified and intrigued at the same time.  Cake mix and sprinkles in cinnamon rolls?!?  What?!?

I knew I had to try them.  I decided to make a batch and send them to work with Hubs since I really didn’t have an occasion for making a whole batch of cinnamon rolls for just my family (we taste tested one first, of course).

Cream Cheese Swirl Banana Bread

have a problem. 

It’s a banana problem.

I got to the grocery store, and the bananas look so good!  I will eat these as a healthy snack, I promise myself.

I buy a few, take them home, and park them on the counter.  Then 5.2 seconds later, they’re too spotty and brown, so I don’t eat them and I toss them in the freezer “for later” and forget about them.

Tragic.

So came a time (again) with an abundance of bananas in the freezer and half a block of cream cheese that needed to be used up, so I figured it was time to try out a new banana bread recipe!