Puppy Cookies

Making homemade dog biscuits is something that I've always wanted to try.

I found this recipe on the Will Cook For Friends blog.  These pumpkin & peanut butter dog biscuits are safe for dogs with sensitive stomachs.

The ingredients are a little pricey for dog treats -- specifically the rice flour (I ordered it from Target.com) and the natural peanut butter (some natural peanut butter has sugar so you have to check the ingredients).

These were pretty easy to make.  I found that I needed to add a little extra pumpkin puree in order for the dough to hold together.

I found a Wilton 3" dog bone cookie cutter at Joann's in the baking section.  This recipe made 18 biscuits with that cutter.  (good size for medium to large dogs)

30 minutes was plenty of baking time.

I wrapped up a few biscuits for our dog friends!  (puppy paws ribbon from Joann's)

Raspberry Buttermilk Cake

I save a lot of recipes that I see while scrolling through Facebook.  Some are from companies and bloggers that I follow (like King Arthur Flour and Smitten Kitchen) and others are posted by friends.

I saved this recipe for Raspberry Buttermilk Cake last summer.  A few days later, I found out that we were celebrating National Raspberry Cake day at work.

This cake was both beautiful and delicious.  And it was incredibly easy to make.

Fortunately I had the perfect sized piece of parchment paper, that I'd saved from some disposable foil cake pans.  That made it even easier!

Red Velvet Bundt Cake

My son loves red velvet cake, and he especially loves red velvet from Nothing Bundt Cakes.  Last year I bought his birthday cake from there, but this year I decided to try a copycat recipe.

I make this recipe from Six Sisters Stuff and substituted semi-sweet chocolate chips for the white chocolate chips.  It turned out delicious!  I still prefer the chocolate chocolate chip Bundt cake, but I enjoyed this one too.

Blue Apron: Chicken Skewers

This meal was harissa chicken skewers with khorasan wheat & persimmon salad.

I really liked the cooking method for the chicken -- you coat it with labneh cheese (similar to Greek yogurt) before cooking it.

The extra labneh cheese was awesome for dipping the cooked chicken.  It was really the highlight of the meal.

I wasn't a fan of the wheat salad, but the persimmons were delicious.  I will definitely consider cooking with them again.

I'm going to to try Home Chef next.  The biggest difference I noticed is that Home Chef meals tend to be higher in calories and fat (several meals had around 1,000 calories and 60 grams of fat per serving).  I ordered two of their low fat meals.  I'm interested to see how they compare to Blue Apron.