PLEASE NOTE: I’ve remade/photographed these since. For the updated post click HERE. “Don’t fill up on cookies before dinner.” I always filled up on cookies before dinner. I grew up on these cookies. I’m sure my mom fed me the dough as a baby. When I was a bit older she’d always give me a taste of brown sugar when she was whipping up the dough. I also remember getting cookie dough in my lunch at school…
It’s been a good weekend so far … full of dinner crepes, root beer floats and late night chit chat. And to top it all off, today is my blog’s birthday! One year ago today I posted my first recipe on here. So there you go! Thursday night I drove a couple hours west and sang along to my favorite bands that I loved in high school (and maybe still do). Nobody was there to judge me…
I’m just so glad strawberries and rhubarb are bffs. I’d be sad if they had a falling out. It was hot yesterday. Hot and gross and my hair was wavy against it’s will. My fridge let out a gusty wind of cold air every time I opened it, just to show off the fact that it was nice and chilly in there and I was roasting out here. I wore a hat to cover my…
I’ve been trying to wake up early and go to the gym. I’ve been trying to go to the gym AND walk Elliot. But sometimes my ipod’s battery is dead and sometimes it’s pouring rain. So, you know what? I’m going to eat a cheesecake bite. Maybe I’ll even have 2. All those gym intentions are making me hungry. Sometimes when it’s somebody’s birthday that you think is super cool and they love cheesecake you…
I can’t wait to meet more flavors of marshmallows. If they are all as nice as these, then I’m going to consider marrying into the family. Check it out: boiling sugar-ness and patient slipper feet. …and my open cupboard because I always leave them open. Perfect for tripping and exclamations. I’m going to be honest and say that these didn’t really take that long. They were surprisingly painless despite my months of putting them off.…
These muffins are low-fat, I guess. But mostly they are necessary. They are necessary when you’re starving and it’s almost 8 and there is no dinner in the oven. Then you’ll need one of these muffins. You won’t be able to fight it. It’s either this or the tortilla chip crumbs that are in the bag on top of the fridge. What? You don’t eat muffins when you are hungry at 8pm? Why not? These…
I brought this cake two and a half hours away to be the post-bbq dessert on Memorial Day. All of the mushrooms survived the trip. I thought that was nice of them. I’ve been wanting a reason to make meringue mushrooms ever since I knew they existed. This woodgrain cake gave me the motivation to finally do it! Would you care to have this piece? I’d totally share if Jake and I hadn’t finished the…
Sometimes it gets so hot that ice cream is required to live. Elliot’s the same way, but ice cream of the doggie variety. I’ve realized that what I require are granitas. I used half of a vanilla bean in the whipped cream. I figured whipped cream should have more freckles in the summer, since I do. What do you think of the color? I’m infatuated. I want to hug every raspberry I see based on the color…
When you make this banana bread, just consider the oven a banana tanning bed. In a mere 15 minutes they have bronze beach bodies … and on top of all that, the fruit turns into a caramelized dream. I fell in love with roasted bananas back when I made Roasted Banana Cupcakes. So I decided to take my mom’s classic banana bread and roast the bananas. Then I added a bit of cinnamon. The next thing…
I know that I’m not very good at washing dishes. I know that I always want crêpes for dinner. I know that I don’t like construction people making a racket at 7:00am. And I REALLY know that Mondays are better with cake. This cake is zesty and bright. Basically this cake will punch you in the face with dreamy and fresh lemony flavors. You might want to split a piece with your total BFF. You might…