I absolutely love hosting get togethers. I’m not sure at what age I started enjoying being the host, but it’s certainly engrained in me by now. I love everything from setting the menu, to creating the invites (even if it’s just a Facebook invite), to decorating. I get that balled up nervous energy about an hour before but once guests start arriving, I’m in my happy place.
I absolutely love granola! It’s one of my favorite breakfast-snack hybrids.
It’s crunchy, sweet, and delicious.
However, it’s one of those sneaky little devils that is presumed to be really healthy but it’s typically packed with calories, sugar, and fat.
Most store-bought granola has the same nutritional value as a cookie… I don’t know about you, but for the same nutritional value, I’d much rather eat a cookie than granola.
The best way to remedy that problem is to make your own granola, and fortunately, it’s surprisingly easy.
I love chocolate and I also have a thing for tiny things…anything miniature makes me smile. So when a a chocolate pie I was working out kinda flopped I decided to do a spin on it in mini form…thus was born this recipe. It is easy, quick, and delicious! It has a hint of heat, and leaves you wanting more than just one small pie (It left me wanting to eat all 4 small pies…don’t worry, I resisted that urge).
Probably within my top 5 favorite things about summer is eating fresh tomatoes. Like, grown from the garden, bursting with flavor tomatoes. Especially cherry tomatoes. Man, I eat those things like candy. Often in the summertime, I have an abundance of tomatoes sitting on my countertop. Sometimes more than I can go through before they start letting me know they’re on their way outta here. What to do then? Make salsa, of course!
