i'd rather be baking

While on a trip to Hawaii in college (can you believe I got credit for such a thing?!), I discovered mangoes and have not stopped loving them in every form. Good fresh ones can be difficult and expensive to find around here so I keep dried mango strips in my pantry for snacking all the time.

And can you guess what I’ve learned recently? The only thing better than dark chocolate or mango is indeed dark chocolate and mango. These are my new favorite cookie!

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The month of March is now behind us, and honestly, I’m not sad to see it go! We had some good times and all, but April means (hopefully) warmer weather and puts us that much closer to summer. We’re currently enjoying some wonderfully mild days and it has me excited for things to come. But before we say goodbye to March completely, here are a few of my favorite moments from the month.

These cupcakes were definitely the best thing I made this month. I still don’t entirely understand how they tasted exactly like a snickerdoodle, but they sure did.

Grapefruit and vanilla yogurt are just so good together — especially in scone form. These scream spring to me, and even remind me of Easter, I suppose because of all the gorgeous pink-ness.

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