Asparagus Shrimp Pesto Gnocchi

Happy April!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and got to eat lots of yummy food.  Now that April is here it is officially crunch time for me with less than 40 days of school left before I have to move to Medford for rotations.  Since I'm a little short on time, quick recipes are going to be key this month to allow me time to study, pack, and still eat healthy.  One of my favorite springtime ingredients to cook with is Asparagus and mixed with some shrimp, gnocchi, and pesto I had a delicious meal ready in minutes.

Bacon and Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

I've done it again!  Last year you might recall that I made some very yummy Bacon Maple Cupcakes after being inspired by Voodoo Doughnuts Bacon Maple Bar.  This time around I decided to combine chocolate, bacon, and sea salt into a cookie for something a little savory and sweet.

Chicken Adobo

It's Friday!  I hope everyone has caught up on sleep after loosing an hour last weekend.  As the end of my in class portion of pharmacy school quickly comes to an end I am finding myself very low on time especially when it comes to cooking for myself.  This recipe was perfect because I was able to just throw everything in the crock-pot before school and come home to a fantastic meal.  If you are ever in need to a fast recipe I highly recommend trying this one out, you will not be disappointed!

Banana Muffins

What do you do when you have extremely ripe bananas?  Make banana bread of course!  Over time I have accumulated so many random cupcake liners so I decided to use some of them up and make muffins instead of banana bread.  The muffins turned out very moist and were a nice treat in the morning with my coffee.

Valentine's Day Cookie Grams

I realized that I haven't posted in awhile mainly because I have been so busy with school.  I also took on a big project for Valentine's Day that involved baking 375 sugar cookies!  Last year I joined a Pharmaceutical Fraternity on campus and I quickly became involved as our chapters Historian since I enjoyed taking pictures.  Before I knew it, I also found myself as the fundraising co-chair.  Looking for ways to raise money for charity my fraternity decided to hold a Valentine's Day Sugar Cookie Gram Sale.  Of course when the question arose of who was going to bake the cookies there was no question that I would volunteer to do it.  When the word got out that I was going to be baking the cookies, people started buying 10+ at a time.  In all we sold around 375 cookies and made a profit of $300 that is going to be donated to Doernbecher Children's Hospital.  Here are some pictures of the process!