A food blog balancing sweet treats & healthy eats.
Happy Father’s Day! My family is travelling this weekend, meaning baking was going to be a little hard for me to fit in. But no matter… I am not someone who is going to let a holiday pass without a treat to celebrate! So I made some cookies for the road. These cookies are a…
When I worked at Milk Bar, people would frequently ask about the Compost Cookie, and I would have to rattle off all eight of the mix-ins. It used to be second nature. But I just tried to do it again, and I only remembered 7 of them! I forgot about the oats! Chocolate chips, butterscotch…
When I was in Iceland, I went to Brauð & co. for their world famous cinnamon rolls, and was very easily tempted by their caramel muesli bun. It was stand-out incredible. Making muesli into streusel is just one of those things that feels so obvious… Like, of course this oat-y cereal should be a streusel….
The day I finished frosting these cupcakes, the only thing on my To-Do List was “frost cherry cola cupcakes.” (I live a very difficult and busy life, clearly.) The night before, I got an email from Dahlia about their menu update… including a new Cherry Cola Cold Brew! I very rarely receive such clear cosmic…
I mentioned in this post that this ice cream cake idea has been on my list to make for years. I have had various iterations of it in my head for a while, but a few summers have come and gone now and I haven’t gotten around to it. Until now! I finally decided I…
I recently purchased some chocolate graham crackers to make a crust for the passion fruit bars I was working on, but I decided to go the chocolate shortbread route. So I had a whole box of chocolate graham crackers to get rid of. What is a girl to do? She’s got to find a way…
I was abroad for Memorial Day this year, but my family had a great time without me, doing a backyard cookout. It sounded like a very fun time, and now… I have a grill! Which I look forward to using this Summer. I’m digressing. The point of this story is that when I got back,…
This is a continuation of my posts on all the food I had during my 12 day trip to Finland, Sweden, Copenhagen, and Iceland. You can find part one on Finland here, part two on Sweden here, and part three on Copenhagen here. Day One: Half Day Walking mileage: 12.1 miles I arrived in Iceland…