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Best Cherry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
September 18, 2022July 12, 2023

Best Cherry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Recipe starts with the best ingredients – chunks of Valrhona milk chocolate and Luxardo cherries.

Best Blackberry Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
September 15, 2022July 12, 2023

Best Blackberry Ice Cream Recipe – French vanilla ice cream with ribbons of blackberries through it – like blackberry pie and ice cream.

Best Refried Beans Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
September 10, 2022July 12, 2023

This is the best refried beans recipe because it is easy, healthy and has more flavor than anything we have ever had before.

Farmers Markets

by Lisa LeCoump
August 31, 2022July 12, 2023

If you shop at the farmers’ market, you will be getting produce that is fresh, just picked, ripe and in season, and probably organic as well.

Best Bakery in Santa Cruz

by Lisa LeCoump
August 27, 2022July 12, 2023

Our list of the best bakeries in Santa Cruz

Local Farm Stand in Santa Cruz

by Lisa LeCoump
August 26, 2022July 12, 2023

A local farm stand is a great place to get produce that is just picked and grown for taste.

Best Hurricane Drink Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
August 16, 2022July 12, 2023

The Best Hurricane Drink Recipe to make Mini Hurricanes for Mardi Gras.

Best Chocolatiers in Santa Cruz

by Lisa LeCoump
August 14, 2022July 12, 2023

There are several chocolatiers in Santa Cruz where you can find excellent handmade chocolates

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Without Butter

by Lisa LeCoump
August 11, 2022September 2, 2023

We made this chocolate chip cookie recipe without butter to make these cookies healthier and with a smaller carbon footprint. We used walnut oil instead. It is also one of the best chocolate chip cookie recipes ever. They are crispy on the outside, soft in the middle, loaded with flavor and big chunks of chocolate.

POG Drink Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
August 9, 2022July 18, 2023

A POG drink recipe – It’s easy to make POG from fresh squeezed tropical fruit juice instead of buying it in a can.

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“While traveling the world and looking for the best ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. We discovered that by choosing the best ingredients we had reduced our carbon footprint. A few more changes, and we cut our carbon footprint in half! Then we realized that if everyone did this, it would have a big effect on climate change. Little changes add up to something big. Little things matter. We could save the world, one cookie at a time.”

Professional Photographer - Food Photographer, Wedding Photographer. Lisa was previously the Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, responsible for reviewing and enforcing organic regulations and Environmental Protection Agency pesticide use regulations. She also worked for years as an Agricultural Advisor in California, a farmer in California, and an Agricultural Extension Agent in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico and studied Integrated Pest Management at U.C., Davis, which involved farming methods that preserve the environment.