Almond Biscotti

Almond Biscotti

Our Almond Biscotti from our cookie party last weekend was delicious! It was flavorful, crunchy and had just the right amount of sweetness. Ashley found the recipe from JoyofBaking and she followed it to a tee. 🙂 Almond Biscotti:recipe adapted from Joy of Baking.com 1...
Green Beans and Almonds

Green Beans and Almonds

This is such a simple recipe and it is perfect for having company! You can cook the green beans ahead of time and keep them in the fridge. When you are almost ready to serve them, take them out of the fridge and dress them and toss with almonds! So healthy, fresh and...
Green Beans with Almond Oil

Green Beans with Almond Oil

Our final 2009 dinner included a fun new ingredient:  Almond Oil!  I used it to make these delicious green beans: Green Beans with Almonds 1 bag of frozen fresh green beans from Trader Joe’s 1 tbsp. almond oil 1/3 c. almonds Place dry almonds in a frying pan and...

Productive weekend + Houseguests!

I can’t even remember what we did Friday night, it seems like so long ago. But at the same time, the weekend flew by! Yesterday morning, we woke and headed straight outside to work on our to-do list. The list wasn’t too long and consisted of cleaning out...

Homemade Lara Bars

I have been wanting to try these for a while now, and I decided they would be a perfect for gifts!  I didn’t really have a plan when I started but I gathered lots of yummy materials.  They included: dried mission figs California dates almonds peanuts nothing but...