Need a fun dessert…fast? Then you need this Easy Strawberry Pie that’s as easy as, well, pie. We dedicate this easy strawberry pie to all of you. For example, this is for the person who home from work late and remembered you were supposed to bring something sweet to the potluck. And this is for […]
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Lentil Brownies
You’ve gotta love brownies. You can put just about anything into them. As long as you have enough chocolate and sweetener in them, they’ll still make a gooey and satisfying dessert. Case in point: Our kale brownies, and now these lentil brownies. We hadn’t ever thought of adding lentils to brownies, until we met up […]
Real Food: Making Chocolate at the Theo Factory
Chocolate?!? Sure, we’ll happily eat it, but does it belong in our “real food” series? The good news: Yes – if it’s made the real way. To get the scoop on real, pure, honest-to-goodness chocolate, we visited the Theo Chocolate factory in Seattle. Theo is the first organic and Fair Trade chocolate company in the […]
Easy Viennese Torte Recipe
Did you ever wish there was a great shortcut to make a fabulous dessert? There is, with this delicious Viennese torte. This seven-layer dessert features a to-die-for chocolate ganache frosting that will have your guests begging for more. We even have two ways to make it: The authentic way, or the super-easy way. This […]
Peanut Butter Pie: A Pie for Mikey
This peanut butter pie is delicious – and an amazing crowd-pleaser. But it’s more than just a pie. It represents family, love, and connection. Let’s back up a step to explain. So, there are thousands of us food enthusiasts, writers, and bloggers out there. But when you get down to it, it’s a pretty tight-knit […]
Chocolate formula? Just say no.
We keep hearing about the mini-kerfuffle launched by food writer Marion Nestle in response to manufacturer Mead-Johnson’s new chocolate formula (this includes chocolate- and vanilla-flavored toddler formulas). At Jolly Tomato, we don’t cover baby foods so we aren’t spending a lot of time talking about formula. But since the product (Enfagrow) is meant for toddlers […]