Winc Wine Club Review
If you know us at all, you know here at LDB we love our wine. Thats not to say we are wine snobs by any means, nor do we fully understand all the nuances and complexities each wine offers, but we love drinking wine. And …
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Whole 30 Recap & Recipes
If you follow us on Instagram, you may have seen that we did our first Whole 30 during the month of August. And we survived! With no major cheats! Which is cause for celebration in itself. If you haven’t heard of the Whole 30 program, …
Most Popular Posts from 2016
Proof 2016 went too fast: we’re halfway through January and we’re just posting our top recipes from last year! But better late than never, right? It’s always interesting for us to see what posts were the most popular. Some of these aren’t even from 2016! Take a look and let us know what new recipes you’d like to see in the upcoming year!
Dark Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
Limoncello Graham Cracker Bars
Boise Wedding| #MeetTheSniders
Red Wine Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Buttercream
Happy New Year, friends!
2016 Holiday Gift Guide
“It’s always better to give than to receive”. While the saying may be cliche, we fully agree! Christmas is our favorite time of the year and half the fun is buying or making gifts for our friends and family! We’ve compiled a list of our …
Bright Cellars Cheese Experience Review
When Kelly and I did our Whole30 adventure, I was worried I was going to miss cheese. I love cheese. I love ritz crackers with cheddar cheese, scrambled eggs with goat cheese, a bagel slathered in cream cheese, a thick chunk of fresh mozzarella on …
Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake
It’s once again time for the #VirtualPumpkinParty put on by Sara at Cake Over Steak and Aimee from Twigg Studio. If you remember from last year, a huge group of bloggers all posted pumpkin recipes on the same day and we had so much fun, we’re doing it again! Our previous creations were Pumpkin Pancakes and Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream, but today I bring you Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake.
Now I love cheesecake just as much as the next person, but for some reason I often forget it exists. Is that weird? I rarely get dessert when we go out for dinner and I’ve heard horror stories of making your own (except for no-bake!), so unless I’m at the Cheesecake Factory I’m probably never going to be caught eating it.
Don’t let my bad habits rub off on you though! I promise this recipe is a piece of (cheese)cake. I decided to use a homemade graham cracker crust and a springform pan for a more traditional cheesecake look, but feel free to use a store-bought crust instead. It will be equally as delicious.
By now everyone knows we have a slight obsession with fall, but this fall is even more special. Becauusseee….I’m moving back to Idaho! Actually, have already moved back. Since the last time I posted to now we’ve already packed up the house and drove across the country. It was incredibly quick! But we are beyond excited to be back in Boise.
I plan on embracing the few weeks of fall I have left wholeheartedly! So I think that means this cheesecake will be making an appearance again soon. Be sure to check out all of the other #VirtualPumpkinParty recipes by searching this hashtag on social media or scrolling to the bottom of this post!
~Stephanie
Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake (from Laura Henline)
- 2 – 8oz packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 c white sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- graham cracker crust (store bought or homemade)
- 1/2 c pumpkin puree
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- pinch ground cloves or nutmeg
- With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla together until smooth.
- Add eggs and combine one at a time.
- Remove ~1 cup of the batter and spread evenly into the crust.
- Add the pumpkin and spices to the remaining batter and stir together.
- Pour the pumpkin cream cheese mixture over the batter in the crust, carefully spreading it evenly.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 35-40 minutes, until the center is set.
- Cool and refrigerate over night.
2016 #VirtualPumpkinParty Recipes
Cake Over Steak • Quick Pumpkin and Kale Risotto + Arancini
Twigg Studios • Sausage Stuffing Baked in a Pumpkin
Donuts, Dresses and Dirt • Pumpkin Spice Latte Popsicles
Cloudy Kitchen • Pumpkin Cake with Vanilla German Buttercream
Vegetarian Ventures • Smoky Pumpkin & Black Sesame Hummus
Eat Boutique • Pumpkin Scallion Dumplings
A Little Saffron • Pumpkin Stuffed Shells
Two Red Bowls • Pumpkin & Maple Caramel Baked French Toast
Wallflower Kitchen • Mini Pumpkin & Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
Wit & Vinegar • Pumpkin Butterscotch Banana Split
Style Sweet CA • Pumpkin Creme Brulee Cake
Nommable • Pumpkin Biscuits with Mushroom Thyme Gravy
With Food + Love • Cinnamon Raisin Pumpkin Seed Bread
Hortus • Creamy Roasted Squash Soup
Sevengrams • Vegan Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
Jojotastic • 1 Pumpkin, 2 Ways: Pumpkin Trail Mix & Dog Treats
Grain Changer • Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal
Girl Versus Dough • Pumpkin Cranberry Flax Crisps
Earthy Feast • Pumpkin Grits + Pumpkin Home Fries + a Fried Egg
Harvest and Honey • Truffled Pumpkin Pappardelle Alfredo With Frizzled Sage
Tasty Seasons • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake
Broma Bakery • Pumpkin Butter Pop Tarts
Tending the Table • Roasted Pumpkin and Barley Salad
The Sugar Hit • Super Soft Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Delicious Not Gorgeous • Waffles with Spiced Pumpkin Butter and Brown Sugar Walnut Crumble
Taste Love and Nourish • Pumpkin Bread Pudding
The Green Life • Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chunk & Hazelnut Skillet Cookie (Vegan)
Foolproof Living • Pumpkin Creme Fraiche Pasta with Sage
The Monday Box • Pumpkin Mini Bundt Cakes
Design Crush • Pumpkin Bourbon Hot Toddy
The Road to Honey • Pumpkin Pie & Chocolate Layer Cake
My Name is Yeh • Roasted Pumpkin with Yogurt and Hazelnut Dukkah
Give Recipe • Orange Chocolate Pumpkin Bread
Heartbeet Kitchen • Magic Vegan Pumpkin Pie Fudge
Beard and Bonnet • Marbled Pumpkin Muffins
Eat Within Your Means • Vegan Pumpkin Blender Muffins
Snixy Kitchen • Pumpkin Tapioca Pudding with Candied Pumpkin Seeds
Ruby Josephine • Moroccan Sweet Pumpkin + Beef Tagine
Lab Noon • Pasta Bake with Roasted Pumpkin and Saffron Sauce, Pistachio and Goat Cheese
An Edible Mosaic • Pumpkin Spice Chia Seed Pudding
Hey Modest Marce • Mascarpone Pumpkin Pie
Inspired By the Seasons • Pumpkin Applesauce Smoothie
CaliGirl Cooking • Pumpkin Praline Cinnamon Rolls with Spiked Cream Cheese Glaze
Sally’s Baking Addiction • Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
Well and Full • Spicy Chipotle Pumpkin Hummus
Appeasing a Food Geek • Cheese Fondue Stuffed Roasted Pumpkin
SweetPhi • Pumpkin Chili Biscuit Bake
Warm Vanilla Sugar • Buttermilk Pumpkin Doughnuts
Mademoiselle Poirot • Cinnamon-Pumpkin Mousse on Honey Panna Cotta topped with Hazelnut Brittle
Heart of a Baker • Pumpkin Sticky Buns with Vanilla Bean Frosting
Flourishing Foodie • Massaman Curry with Pumpkin and Chickpeas
Ginger & Toasted Sesame • Pumpkin Jeon
Lindsay Jang • Best Ever DIY Pumpkin Spiced Latte
Fix Feast Flair • Hokkaido Pumpkin + Sage Mac and Gouda
Will Frolic for Food • Pumpkin Kale Patties with Coconut Cilantro Rice
A Couple Cooks • Pumpkin Pecan Baked Steel Cut Oats
Vermilion Red • Pumpkin Pie Souffle
B. Britnell • Vegan Pumpkin Pie
Displaced Housewife • Brown Butter Pumpkin Donuts
Sweet Gula • Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
La Pêche Fraîche • Pumpkin and Condensed Milk Cakes
Kitchen Konfidence • Pumpkin Ricotta Gnocchi with Rosemary Brown Butter Sauce
Loves Food, Loves to Eat • Savory Pumpkin Bread Pudding
Kale & Caramel • Goat Cheese & Sage-Stuffed Pumpkin Challah
Okie Dokie Artichokie • Pumpkin Chorizo Chili with Sweet Potatoes + Pinto Beans
Salted Plains • Easy Pumpkin Bread
Liliahna • Chicken Legs with Pumpkin and Tortellini
TermiNatetor Kitchen • Whole Wheat, Pumpkin & Brown Sugar Brioche
Vermilion Roots • Sweet Rice Dumplings with Pumpkin
Celebrate Creativity • Pumpkin Mini Cheesecake Tarts
Serendipity Bakes • Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake
So Much Yum • Vegan Maple-Glazed Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts
The Brick Kitchen • Pumpkin, Pecan & White Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches
Lisli • Pumpkin Pie Cake
Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt • Pumpkin Pie Dip
Fig+Bleu • Pumpkin Granola
The Speckled Palate • Pumpkin Caramel Cream Cheese Swirl Blondies
Cook Til Delicious • Fall Cliche Cake (Pumpkin Spice Cake / Maple Cream Cheese Frosting / Apple Cider Caramel Sauce)
Floating Kitchen • Chicken and Pumpkin Chili
The Wood and Spoon • Pumpkin Pecan Cake with Burnt Sugar Frosting
Fork Vs Spoon • Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
Lemon & Vanilla • Pumpkin and Coconut Caramel Flan
Dunk & Crumble • Pumpkin Chocolate Icebox Cake
Chicano Eats • Pumpkin Butter Pan de Muerto
On the Plate • Pumpkin Pancakes, Salted Caramel & Pecans
Rough Measures • Cosy Pumpkin Spice Latte (Caffeine and Dairy Free)
Brewing Happiness • Pumpkin Ginger Breakfast Cookies
A Butterful Mind • Pumpkin Cheesecake with Vanilla Whipped Cream
The Little Loaf • Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Fork to Belly • Pumpkin Gnocchi
The Little Epicurean • Chocolate Hazelnut Pumpkin Pie
Bourbon and Honey • Spicy Roasted Pumpkin with Honey and Feta
What to Cook Today • Spicy Pumpkin Noodle Soup
Food by Mars • Pumpkin Pie (Grain-Free, Diary-Free)
The Bojon Gourmet • Pumpkin Butterscotch Pudding
Oh Honey Bakes • Pumpkin Cake with Gingersnap Toffee
Long Distance Baking • Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake
The Jam Lab • Pumpkin Madeleines Dipped in White Chocolate
The Lemon Apron • Pumpkin Gingerbread Loaf with an Olive Oil Glaze
Sun Diego Eats • Thai Pumpkin & Sticky Rice Cakes
A Cozy Kitchen • Pumpkin Chai Scones with Black Tea Glaze
A Cookie Named Desire • Pumpkin Shrubs
Eating Clean Recipes • Vegan Pumpkin Chia Pudding
Kingfield Kitchen • Vegan Fresh Pumpkin Soup
Drink and Cocktail Recipes • Pumpkin Dirty Chai
The Pig & Quill • Pumpkin Sage Cannelloni (Dairy-Free)
My Lavender Blues • Pumpkin, Banana & Olive Oil Bundt Cake
Betty Liu • Pumpkin + Pear Butter Baked Melty Cheese
Happy Hearted Kitchen • Cinnamon Roasted Pumpkin with Tahini Yogurt + Hazelnut Dukkah
InHappenstance • Pumpkin Scones with Maple Butter
Live Eat Learn • Pumpkin Gingerbread Hot Cocoa
Jewhungry • Mini Pumpkin + Kale Mac n’ Cheese Pot Pies
Boise Wedding | #MeetTheSniders
The post everyone has been waiting for…WEDDING PICTURES! Our photographer, Annie, was absolutely amazing and gave us so many pictures, it’s been a daunting task going through and picking our favorites. They’re all our favorites! I apologize in advance for the overload of pictures to come. …
Memphis, Tennessee
Before I’d moved to Louisiana, the furthest south I’d ever been was Washington, D.C. Does that count!? Is D.C. even considered to be in the South?? Now that we’re down here, we plan on making the most of our time in a new area and …
Chobani’s #BreakYouMake 2
If you read Kelly’s post on Friday, you’ll have heard about Chobani’s #BreakYouMake campaign. It should come as no surprise that we as Americans have a “go go go” mentality and tend to forget to take some time for ourselves to step back and take a breather.
Chobani wants us all to nominate someone in our life this month who deserves a break. I don’t know about you, but my favorite breaks involve food, and what better time to try a Chobani Flip! I mean…Almond Coco Loco? Yes please! While I think all of us could really use a break, I decided to focus on my sister Cassie.
While Cassie is my younger sister and I like to take credit in teaching her everything she knows, I could learn a thing or two from her organizational skills. Her closet is organized by sleeve length, and she has a formula for what type of shirt to wear depending on the weather forecast. You know, like if it’s 75-85 degrees that is a t-shirt, but over 85 is a tank top…the usual kind of closet layout. She also has To-Do lists that often contain making other lists on them. She actually used to get into trouble by my parents because when questioned as to why she hadn’t done X, Y or Z like they asked she’d respond “Well it’s on my list, I just haven’t gotten to it yet”.
Now I think the majority of her lists are Excel Spreadsheets, which is even more ridiculous/impressive. When choosing a college, she had a spreadsheet of schools and their deciding factors, like price, size, distance from home, etc. And if she doesn’t have anything for herself to plan and organize? She’ll do it for you. Like her college roommate, who she spent hours researching nursing schools for her to apply for. Or me, finding potential houses for us to look at in our new town. It’s partly because of this attention to detail that I chose her to be my Maid of Honor. Oh, and because she’s my only sister 😉
In addition to her excessive planning, Cassie also works full-time, teaches fitness classes, is building her dream as a personal stylist (Style By Cassie) and has just started her campaign to compete for Miss Idaho in this year’s Miss USA program. Yeah…she needs a break for sure!
What’s funny is when we were both home last weekend our mom broke her toe (by dropping a toilet on her foot while remodeling their new rental property, because she doesn’t have enough work at home or the cabin…) and was still hobbling around trying to get things done. Cassie and I looked at each other and realized…this is why we don’t know how to relax. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with working hard to accomplish your goals and help others, it is important to take some time for yourself so you don’t get burnt out.
And with that, Cassie, as your older, wiser, more mature and always right sister, I’m telling you to take 15 minutes for yourself today. No planning, no multitasking. Just you! Because as always, sister knows best 😉
~Stephanie
Cross Country Road Trip: Idaho to Louisiana
Originally I had a road trip planned this spring to travel from Boise to Phoenix for a friend’s wedding, stopping at places like Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon and Sedona along the way. Well…then my boyfriend (at the time) got a new job, we got …