Cranberry White Chocolate Granola Bars

Try chewy, homemade granola bars for school snack day or keep some stashed in the freezer. I feel like I am coming out of semi-retirement. For those who are st...

Sides12 Comments

Gingerbread Spice Hot Chocolate Mix

It's not over until it's over. Let's not call it quits on all the decadence just yet. The holiday spirit is still lingering in the air and for many of us lucky...

Desserts & SweetsMake Your OwnSmoothies & Drinks8 Comments

The Best Rum Bundt Cake is the Easiest Too

After a silly turn of events and a third annual holiday party, it's been determined that THIS is the winning rum cake. Two years ago, I was 8 months pregnant w...

CakesDesserts & Sweets22 Comments

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix & DIY Gifts

My clever pal Ebony, of Snow & Graham, has been making delightful videos this season sharing easy, DIY holiday projects. This recent video was born from a ...

Desserts & SweetsMake Your Own3 Comments

Whole Wheat Banana Bread or Banana Muffins

Sometimes using all whole wheat flour is just enough to make a treat more permissible. A small store that I frequent bundles up its old-ish produce and sells...

Breads & Breakfast9 Comments

Orange Maple Glazed Rosemary Chicken

With holiday eating abound, trying to fit healthy meals between the gluttony. I enjoyed a rare treat the other day. For over an hour, I was alone in the kitche...

Main Dish2 Comments

Teff Porridge with Raisins, Walnuts & Clove

Move over oatmeal, give another hot breakfast cereal a chance. I first tried teff last year when I randomly added a bag of it onto a Bob's Red Mill order I plac...

Breads & Breakfast8 Comments

Chili-Dusted Pork Chops with Lime and Cilantro

This is one of our family favorites that is every-day-easy with special occasion flavor. I love hearing what different home cooks fall back on for simple, week...

Main Dish4 Comments

White Bean & Artichoke Heart Salad with Rosemary

Open a few cans and toss a few ingredients. Voila, you have a sandwich alternative for lunch. I never thought I would express this sentiment: I wish my life wa...

SaladsVegetarian5 Comments

Halloween Witch Cookies

This weekend, we learned that a Christmas Tree cookie cutter can also make Halloween Witch cookies. On Saturday, Mini Whipped and I spent nearly a half hour sc...

CookiesDesserts & SweetsKid-Friendly Food4 Comments

“Perfect” Chocolate Chip Cookies

Browned butter in the batter adds an unmistakably extra flavor that sets these cookies apart. As the weather cools, my oven calls to me... time to warm the kit...

CookiesKid-Friendly Food8 Comments

Cucumber Dill Salad

Still hanging on to the last of summer, enjoying the last cucumbers off the vine. During the change of seasons, it isn't just my wardrobe that straddles the tw...

SaladsSidesVegetarian2 Comments