A Side of Sweet

Ladies’ Night :: Bottle Bracket Wine Game

Ditch the book club and play the Bottle Bracket Wine Game for your next ladies’ night. Find out how much you really know about wine with a blind tasting!

It’s common knowledge that book clubs are just an excuse to get together and drink wine. I have a new idea for getting your girlfriends together – ditch the books and try Bottle Bracket! Bottle Bracket is a new wine game created by a couple of awesome girlbosses in the Bay Area. Side note: Wine game startup CEO? Talk about #worldsbestjob.

I had the chance to try the game and host my own Bottle Bracket party. It was easy to get started. Everything came in the mail (even the wine) and the setup was minimal. All I did was provide a few snacks so we weren’t drinking on an empty stomach. The game ‘theme’ for August was rosé wine.

Rosé is totally having a moment right now. It’s gone from a guilty pleasure to trendy, especially after the introduction of White Girl Rosé. (Offensive? Yes. Awesome? Absolutely.) Ever a red wine snob, the focus on rosé was perfect for me because I don’t know much about the varietal…. Read More »

Baked Egg Boats with Pancetta, Leeks and Chevre

Baked Egg Boats are one of the best easy breakfast ideas. They are quick to make and taste delicious. This recipe has leeks, pancetta or bacon & goat cheese.

If you’ve been around here long, you’ll know that baked egg boats are one of my favorite breakfast recipes. They are so easy to make – you just toss in whatever you are in the mood for or whatever you have on hand in the fridge. They are a perfect recipe if you are hosting brunch as they are seriously no-fuss and don’t require a lot of prep time…. Read More »

Antioxidant-Packed Dragonfruit Pitaya Bowls

Gluten Free Vegetarian Vegan

Gorgeous bright pink dragon fruit pitaya bowls are packed with antioxidants and are gluten-free, paleo, & vegan. The recipe makes the perfect healthy snack.

Move over açaí bowls. Pitaya bowls are the new thing in healthy smoothie bowls. And smoothie bowls are the new smoothies! With their bright pink color, they are nearly as pretty as they are delicious!

What is a Pitaya Bowl?

If you’re wondering what pitaya is, it’s just another name for dragon fruit. The fruit is low calorie and packed with fiber, vitamin C, B vitamins, iron, calcium, and phosphorus. It definitely earns the name “super fruit”. They are also naturally vegan, raw, paleo and gluten-free…. Read More »

Ice Cream & Cupcake Funfetti Cookies

Here’s a bit of decorated sugar cookie inspiration for you! In this post you’ll find how I made these cupcake and ice cream cone sugar cookies, but let’s be serious. This post is less about that and more about an excuse to post these fun .gifs that I spent wayyyy too much time creating! 🙂

I made cookies for my recent confetti party that you’ve been reading so much about. What better cookies to have for a confetti party than funfetti sugar cookies decorated in the shape of my favorite desserts? … Read More »

White Chocolate Dipped Pretzels & Oreos

The secret to perfect white chocolate dipped pretzels and Oreos. They are easy to make and are the perfect party snack. Don’t forget the sprinkles!

On my first attempt to make white chocolate-dipped pretzels and Oreos, I thought it would be a piece of cake. I mean, what’s so hard about putting some cookies into chocolate, right?

Then I gave it a shot and the white candy melts I used were wayyy too thick. The mixture pulled the cookies apart and didn’t coat evenly.

So I did what any rational person would do and consulted the internet. Thanks to the help of a forum, I learned that you need to thin that candy melts first.

Who knew!? Since it took me some investigative work to figure out how to make them, I thought I would share the ‘recipe’ with you here…. Read More »