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I’m baaaaack! Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve posted a recipe on LDB so I’ll just give a quick update on where I’ve been before I get to these delicious treats! If you follow us on social media, you might have noticed that this past March I entered a business competition in Sacramento called Calling All Dreamers. It’s hosted by the Downtown Partnership and encourages the entrepreneurial spirit of the city. I’ve had dreams of owning a milkshake shop called Milk House Shakes where all the … [Read more…]

Sure, fall means pumpkin spice everything, but fall also means FOOTBALL! We’re pretty big football fans here at LDB. Kelly is a USC alum (fight on!) and Steph went to Boise State (go broncos!) so football games are a fall tradition for us. The tailgating and viewing parties may be more fun than the actual games though! And you definitely can’t show up to those empty-handed. While these are a little more time-consuming than a regular peanut butter cookie, they are totally worth it. Not only … [Read more…]

If your Pinterest feed is anything like mine, you’ve seen protein and energy bites all over it for months. Kelly made a haystack version of them and my fiancé even got an email from Golf Digest with a recipe for some. As usual, I’m behind the times and just now got around to making some. I have a horrible sweet tooth, so even though these bites are “healthy”…I need them to taste like they’re not. You also know I have an obsession with all things peanut butter, which is why I decided to go … [Read more…]

Granola is healthy, right? Even with the addition of chocolate? Ok, great, that’s what I thought! So here ya go, healthy peanut butter chocolate chip granola… I’m hiking Half Dome one week from tomorrow and I’m feeling surprisingly very calm and cool about it. The only thing that really concerns me about the hike, the three things really, are: the cables (yikes!), the lack of restrooms (I’m not fond of going to the bathroom behind a tree), and two tourists who recently visited Yosemite … [Read more…]

One major perk of the fiancé’s new job is that we both get memberships to the athletic club in town. I attempted to get into running a few summer’s ago, when Kelly and I did the San Francisco Half Marathon, buuuuttt after we ran that race I kind of got out of my work out routine. I think part of me died on the Golden Gate Bridge that morning and I never fully recovered. Now that we’re officially in our first Southern summer, I’m realizing you don’t actually do anything outside. The … [Read more…]

What?! I know… just go with me on this. We LOVE peanut butter here on LDB. Whereas my love for Nutella is reserved solely for desserts (for fear I will eat the entire container if I have it around), peanut butter is a staple in my diet. Even now as a 25 year old, I will sometimes eat a toasted pb&j sandwich for dinner and I am never disappointed. It just always hits the spot! One of the best things about having a food blog is the food blogging community that you are a part of! I love … [Read more…]

I love breakfast just as much as the next person, maybe even more. Give me some eggs, toast and hash browns and I’m good to go. And there has to be hash browns. I really don’t love cooking breakfast though, especially not for just one person. It makes such a mess! There’s a pan for the eggs, the cutting board for veggies, the cookie sheet for hash browns…ok maybe it really isn’t that many dishes. But first thing in the morning that is too much for me to handle! So I need something … [Read more…]

I’m fairly convinced I could be a vegetarian without much hassle. Now don’t get me wrong, I love me some steak fajitas, barbecued ribs or pork chops…I just don’t cook meat that often. Especially if I’m only cooking for myself. That being said, I’ve had low iron levels on more than one occasion and my mother is constantly badgering me about my eating habits. Sorry I love popcorn and wine for dinner Mom! (jk. I don’t do that. Often…) In searching for easy ways to add more protein into my diet I … [Read more…]

Chocolate. Peanut Butter. Pretzel. Cookies. You read that right. Salty pretzels with sweet chocolate and creamy peanut butter. All jammed into a cookie together with their friend oatmeal. I struggled coming up with a name because there are so many good ingredients in these bad boys! But I figured “Oatmeal-Chocolate-Chip-Peanut-Butter-Pretzel-Cookies” sounded like a bit of a mouthful, so I tried to cut it down a smidge. … [Read more…]

Have you read Born To Run yet? If you haven’t, drop everything and go pick up a copy and read it. Now. Seriously guys, it’s that good. Kelly read the book first and mailed it to me, telling me to read it. However I looked at the title and thought “Meh, I don’t feel like reading some motivational-get-you-inspired-to-run-and-love-running book” and set it aside. Fast forward a few months and I finally decided to start reading. I was hooked. Immediately. I kept telling my boyfriend over and over … [Read more…]