Apricot, Coconut and Cranberry "Truffles" sprinkles with coconut and served on a black tray

Twelve Days of Holiday Treats: Apricot, Coconut and Cranberry “Truffles”

Welcome to Day 10 of The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes I’m sharing are small batch (perfect for this year of smaller gatherings – each recipe makes 1-dozen or a few … Read more

Collection of Dorie Greenspan pain de gênes buttons on a black background

Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Pain de Gênes Buttons

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was pain de gênes – “soft, chewy cookies with a texture that’s a cross between a sponge and a pound cake.” (Sorry, Dorie, I gotta disagree here – these most definitely fall into the “cake” category, there is nothing cookie-like about them!). Dorie says the recipe … Read more

Dorie Greenspan Almond Butter and Fudge Brownies from Dorie's Cookies

Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Almond Butter and Fudge Brownies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was a simplebrownie recipe, elevated to the next level with a layer of fudgey frosting and chocolate ganache on top. Dorie says: I am immune to peanut butter’s common charms. If I couldn’t have another peanut butter cup for the rest of my life, I’d be … Read more

Easy no bake apricot almond coconut energy bites on eatlivetravelwrite.com

No-bake apricot, almond and coconut chews

I told you last week that I’m on a no-bake kick, right? Remember those no-bake oatmeal chocolate chip energy bites? Or those no-bake date and chocolate energy bites? Well I’m back with another super easy recipe that was inspired by a favourite childhood snack. Apricot Delight is something I used to buy at the health … Read more

Recipe No bake chocolate energy bites on eatlivetravelwrite.com

No-bake chocolate energy bites

Are you a three meal a day kind of person? Or are you more of a snacker? This is a conversation I had with some of the boys in the aftercare programme last week – like me, many of them identified as “snackers”. “I like to eat a small amount of something often” declared more … Read more