Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Here I go again with the peanut butter and chocolate.  Recently, a friend pinned this recipe with a subtle suggestion that I should make these cupcakes, and I was pretty easily convinced.  They just looked so good, and you know how I am with peanut butter and chocolate.  The only thing was I wanted there […]

Homemade Granola Bars

You see lots of recipes out there for granola bars. Well, I do anyway. We eat a lot of granola bars around our house, so after seeing several simple recipes, I decided I would make some. The method is very simple, and you can basically flavor them up however you want. So I set off […]

Better Than a Milkshake Smoothie

Stop what you’re doing!  I have something very important to tell you!  You’ve heard of better than sex cake.  Well, I need to tell you about this better than a milkshake smoothie I just made.  This thing is so creamy and delicious, you can’t believe there is no ice cream in it!  I mean, when […]

Sweets For My Sweet

I came up with an idea to combine my love for brownies and my love for Tim in a cute and chocolately (and kind of lite) Valentine’s Day recipe.  I’m a big fan of this lite brownie bite recipe, and I’ve been looking for a reason to make them.  I remembered Valentine’s day is coming […]

Peanut Butter Banana Surprise

Welcome to the Cocina Monologues!  I’m really excited about starting this blog, but I have to admit I don’t exactly know what I’m doing on the technical side of things just yet, so bear with me.  I usually post my culinary adventures on Facebook, and I’ve had many people tell me they enjoy reading about […]

Peanut Butter Banana Surprise