There’s something about starting a weekend morning with a good cup of coffee and a fresh doughnut. Especially when it’s quiet and you have the house to yourself, and you can just relax for a minute. Frying doughnuts is mess and time consuming — and I don’t want to eat a bunch of fried doughnuts [...]
Flakey, rich, and chocolatey. Who wouldn’t want a croissant brownie? A favorite bakery of mine makes different dessert mashups that are always creative and delicious. Because why wouldn’t a doughnut that is also a cookie be amazing? One recent addition to her line came from a way to use up some leftover croissants. Instead of [...]
I work best in the early morning, and by the afternoon, I’m usually ready for a nap. When a nap is not in order, a healthy and energizing snack will usually do the trick. Like these easy to make carrot cake energy bites. I have lots of different snack foods available for this purpose, some [...]
A perfect day for me is when it’s a bit chilly, there are crisp colored leaves on the ground, and I have a hot beverage in my hands to warm me up. So yeah, this is my favorite time of year. Hot chocolate is a favorite fall treat of mine, but it took me a [...]
Let’s talk about banana doughnuts for a sec. Or to start bananas. You know those people that can eat a banana as a snack? “It’s portable,” they say. Or, “it comes in its own packaging.” Yeah, I get these things are true, but I would never pack a banana in my bag for a portable [...]
I don’t seek out gluten-free cookies, but I do seek out easy and healthy cookie recipes, which is what this recipe is. Not only is it among the easiest recipes, it’s also seriously good. If you’re looking for the perfect Paleo cookie recipe, this is it. To be honest, I wasn’t sure I would like [...]
I am not gluten free. Let me repeat that: I am not gluten free. I like bread too much to be gluten free. I write a lot of Paleo recipes, which are gluten free, and while I’ll pass on a lot of them, sometimes I come across one that’s pretty good. Like these gluten [...]
When I was a kid, my favorite cake was the rainbow chip kind. It was just sprinkles in the boxed cake mix, but I loved it. I know now that it’s all the same, and that you can’t really taste the sprinkles that are baked in the cake (although, full disclosure: I don’t know when [...]
A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon this recipe. Apricot. Pie. I’ve made all sorts of pies in my time. Apple, peach, pumpkin, cherry, but never apricot. Which is odd because I LOVE apricots. A few days later, I was in Whole Foods and saw a bag of apricots and bought [...]
There used to be this little bakery in Cincinnati called Queen City Cookies that made amazing shortbread.They were shaped like elephants, and were tender and delicious. My favorite was a rosemary sesame flavor, but they also had a blueberry maple that tasted exactly like blueberry pancakes. I used to buy these at Whole Foods, but [...]
Here's all the social media sites people tell me I need to be on. You can (kinda) find me on these. The only one guaranteed to get you a quick response is email, so try that first.