Fig and Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches with Vanilla Bean Buttercream
Fig and Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches with Vanilla Bean Buttercream are a fun twist on a dessert classic! These sandwich cookies are everything you crave in a sweet treat and more. The cookies are pretty traditional except for the sweet chewiness you get from the figs. The vanilla bean buttercream gets piped onto each cookie, […]
Strawberry Cheesecake Chocolate Crepes
These strawberry cheesecake chocolate crepes are the perfect sweet summer treat!
Turkey and Mozzarella Monte Christo Sandwiches with Maple Mustard Sauce
These Monte Christo sandwiches are a rendition of the classic croque-monsieur using turkey and mozzarella instead of ham and gruyère.
Lamb Gyros with Spicy Tzatziki
Disclaimer: Last time I posted a Greek-inspired recipe, I got some serious hate mail. Actually, this has happened quite a few times with food that is inspired from countries other than the United States. I am not going to pretend that this recipe for lamb gyros is authentic to Greece. We all have different ideas […]
Strawberry and Matcha Tea, Acai Smoothie Bowls

Good morning, friends! How was everyone’s holiday weekend?! We had a lovely weekend, and it was extremely relaxing. Most of the weekend was spent continuing the work on our backyard, which thankfully, is almost complete! Yay! The sod will be delivered today and all will be well with the world. It’s kind of hard to […]
Blackberry Lime Margaritas

You know what I think of when I think of warm weather? Cocktails! Fruity, delicious, tangy cocktails! I know what you are thinking. “Hey Justine, you’re a publisher of a blog called Cooking and Beer!” Yes, it is no surprise to anyone that I love craft beer, but I love wine too. I also love […]
Smoked Salmon Bites with Mustard Crème Fraîche
These smoked salmon bites are the perfect bite-sized snack for Easter brunch!
Crispy Oven-Fried Fish Bites with Homemade Tartar Sauce

Oven-fried fish bites: kind of like fish sticks, but tastier, fresh, and so much better for you!
Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Quinoa Casserole
So Zach just told me that there is a chance of snow towards the end of the week (he’s an atmospheric scientist … so he finds this sort of thing exciting … ugh, I know)! Imagine my dismay when I found out this terrible, terrible news. I was just getting into the spring groove, and […]