Chocolate & Coffee Cravings

Sometimes I bake. Mostly I just leave the baking up to my sister, considering she's in school right now for pastry arts, and I just do the eating. However, since she's all the way in Rhode Island and I still wanted something chocolatey and coffee-y, I had to take the situation into my own hands. The outcome? An absolutely delicious Dark Chocolate Cappuccino Cheesecake with an Oreo Cookie Crust. The batter alone was so decadent and rich I almost died and went to chocolate heaven. 

Going Bananas

YESTERDAY'S BREAKFAST

One of the things I crave almost every day are bananas. After getting over the morning sickness of my first trimester, bananas became an instant staple in my diet. Thankfully, they are much healthier than some of the other things I've been craving (i.e. baked beans, macaroni and cheese, an excessive amount of cream cheese), and they're a great source of potassium. I've never been a huge banana fan in the past, if there is such a thing, but now I have them in my yogurt, my cereal, my ice cream, but especially in my shakes and smoothies which I've been making a lot of as of late. So, without further ado, here is my banana appreciation post, which is literally making my mouth water as I type: