It’s probably a sin to admit this, but…I don’t really like crusty bread. *gasp!* Crackly crusts hurt my mouth. I don’t like it when the soft center of the bread squashes as I try to bite into it. I’m basically a bread pariah. This is probably why I love sandwich loaves so much. By their […]
This is my birthday week. I marked the occasion with some truly enormous, truly delicious chocolate chunk cookies. At this point, you can’t be surprised by my adoration of chocolate chip cookies. I think I must have made every chocolate chip cookie recipe under the sun, from the famous (the recipe from Baked and Neiman […]
I like to collect cookbooks. Mostly pretty ones. Often written by bloggers I enjoy and famous chefs. Yet, like everyone in my generation, when I want to figure out what is for dinner, I usually ask Pinterest. Which is why it’s so weird that I have been cooking lately from magazine clippings and *gasp* the actual […]
One of the hardest parts of giving up dairy has been figuring out what to eat for breakfast. There have been a lot of mornings in the last month and a half that found me staring listlessly into the open refrigerator for five minutes, walking away grumpily, going back two times, and then opting to […]
Mind, prepare to be blown: Stir Friday. Yes…it’s the solution to my weekly pleadings with my family to name something other than pizza (Jake) or meatloaf (Dave) when I ask what to cook for dinner. Stir Friday. I love it for so many reasons: 1) it still allows room for creativity, because “stir-fry” is a […]
When I was a kid, my mom used to make this amazing white chili. It was a football season/New Year’s Eve tradition for us. My brother and I totally loved it, because we always ate this chili with a mountain of Cool Ranch Doritos (old school flavors are best, baby) and an avalanche of shredded […]
Stop everything. Make granola. Have you ever wondered why your homemade granola doesn’t give you joy? Why you don’t eagerly look forward to throwing it into your yogurt every morning? I am willing to wager that it’s because you made it too complicated. And you didn’t use enough coconut. Coconut is the surprising key to […]
You know the phrase, “It’s the best thing since sliced bread”? This is the best thing since sliced bread. (And then, you can slice it and butter it…and the irony will only make it more delicious.) I can’t stop baking this peasant bread! I convinced myself a few weeks ago that it was worth it […]
I can’t believe my beautiful girl is 4 weeks old! But it was a long road in getting there (and I’m not just talking about sleepless nights)…did you know she was a week overdue? I spent a lot of time during the last few weeks of my pregnancy doing one “last” adventure with Jake, one […]
It’s finally warm and beautiful outside! The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and you know what that means: eating outside! This time of year I am always on the lookout for different ways to make a veggie burger. This sweet potato version is a doozy: sweet and spicy and starchy all in one! […]