Ricotta is often on the list of things I fail to finish in my fridge. A recipe will call for a half cup and then it’ll just sit there slowly expiring with my good intentions. But – if I’m going to make budget decisions and buy generic cereal… I should also be mindful of my…
I’ve been holding on to tomato growing season as long as I possibly could. I really pushed the limits this year…. but I also believe that I really utilized my tomatoes as best as I ever have. I have processed and canned a whole lot of sauce. It has been living in stacks on…
Technically this is a pumpkin loaf… but I don’t want to call it that. I’m not a huge pumpkin flavor person. I’ve never been one for a pumpkin spice latte. Pumpkin pie? No thanks. I do get on board with other seasonal flavors. Gingerbread, peppermint, etc. It feels like there are others but I can’t…
Christmas morning is very much about traditions. For as long as I can remember we’ve spent it at my Aunt’s house. There are a few factors that never change: we are always late because of church and the menu. It would be weird if we didn’t have blueberry french toast and egg sausage casserole. Even…
So, we’ve been planing the menu for this birthday party for like a month, actually probably more. When I first started to think about it, I thought about any dish that would be theoretically easy to prep ahead of time and wouldn’t be bad leftovers. So with the menu set to be hot dogs, mac…
It feels like a lifetime since I wrote here – and nothing like a good seasonal baking event. Last year I made hot cross buns and I never like to make the same thing twice. I wasn’t sure how many ways you could mix up “hot cross buns” but I do know that you can…
For like the last 10+ years I’ve made Irish Soda bread each year for St Patrick’s Day. I’ve really pared back the baking in recent years – but there were some years that I shipped out 8 or so loaves. This year I think I only have 4 loaves on my list – and one…
I think sometimes when people think of banana bread – they get this visions of a dense banana loaf with nuts. While that isn’t a terrible thing by any standard, it’s always nice to try something different. Let’s give banana bread a refresh. Maybe it’ll be the new scone? Probably not. I was home sick…
We’ve had a couple snow days this week – and apparently in the coming week too. Snow days mean many things like cozy clothes and binge marathons on tv. But if it’s a work day, you don’t get to binge tv … and need to compensate with other things. I chose to compensate with this…
Merry Christmas Eve! Eleanor and I are currently in the middle of a long Hallmark movie marathon that has lasted for over a month. I started counting how many movies the other day and I can decide if I’m embarrassed or proud at the number. In my defense, I was on vacation for two weeks…
