Winter is my favorite season of the year, and I love all of the delicious holiday drinks that come with it! However, as a college student, it’s difficult trying to find ways to save money while also having the desire to buy a holiday drink that is over $5 almost every day. As a former barista, here are a...
The holidays are fast approaching; here are a few cookie recipes sure to make Santa come back for seconds.
FROSTED PEPPERMINT BROWNIE COOKIES
Cookie Ingredients:
4-ounces unsalted butter
6-ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
2-ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
175-grams all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
148-grams brown sugar
70-grams granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
Add chocolate chips, unsweetened chocolate, and butter...
My biggest challenge as a college student has been trying to plan and cook meals for myself during the week. I was always overwhelmed with figuring how much I needed to buy at the grocery store, and I never knew what to look for. To make matters worse, everytime I would Google search for a recipe, there were so...
Fall is one of my favorite seasons of the year, and I love all of the tasty treats that I can make during it! However, as a college student, it’s difficult to manage academics, on-campus and off-campus activities and making delicious treats with very little time to spare. With campus beginning to settle into the fall spirit, here are...
Throughout the summer, I have researched hundreds of recipes to find the healthiest and smartest snack options. I’m always attending class or working, so it’s hard for me to find the time to have an actual meal. The freshman 15, a phrase that refers to the weight freshmen gain during their first year at college, actually exists, and it's...
As summer approaches, I find myself craving my favorite summer fruit: watermelon. Watermelons are deliciously sweet and can be served in a variety of ways that best suit your taste: from watermelon juice to watermelon popsicles or diced watermelon served with Tajin. Here are three easy recipes for enjoying watermelon:
The first is the simplest form of enjoying watermelon but...
In between classes, studying and work, I can’t always find the time to make hot homemade meals. Cooking on a stove or with an oven can often take more effort than it’s worth, and microwave meals are a sad substitute. As a result, I invested in a toaster oven so that I could make the warm and crispy meals...
One of my favorite sweet treats are fresas con crema or strawberries with cream. I remember going to swap meets and dying to eat some fresas con crema from the fruit stand or going home from school with my mom having made some. Strawberry lovers need to try it!
This recipe is really easy to make and allows for a...
Every morning I wake up and I immediately head to my kitchen to whip up some breakfast. It is usually some sort of breakfast burrito with whatever I have on hand: ham, Soyrizo, eggs and, as of recently, bacon. The other day, however, as I was making my regular bacon, egg and cheese breakfast burrito I threw in one...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery stores are experiencing massive overflow and food shortages. Goods like pasta and bread are especially difficult to come across. If you’re in need of carbohydrates but don’t have any yeast, try making this savory pancake that is both simple and delicious!
Ingredients (makes 3)
2...