A food blog balancing sweet treats & healthy eats.
Peanut Nutella continues to be a source of inspiration. It’s like it’s calling to me from my pantry. Begging me to put it in to any bake. A banana bread muffin seems like a pretty obvious choice, admittedly. I already put peanut butter and Nutella on banana bread. Why not swirl it all together? I…
I have never really considered pie, and particularly craic pie, something in my usual baking rotation. I love baking pies, but they feel more like event bakes. Like I need an occasion to make them. But when I was asking my brother if he had any ideas for how to use Peanut Nutella, he suggested…
I got this recipe from Bon Appetit magazine. It was one of those recipes where you’re flipping through casually, and it just jumps out and forces you to pause. I ripped it out and, since my family was planning a weeklong vacation the next week, it moved straight to the top of the list. VIP…
My dad is very difficult to buy presents for. Birthday, Christmas, Father’s Day… I usually have no idea what to get him. The same goes for my mom. But, my dad is always the easiest to bake for. I know what he likes for dessert and breakfast treats; his tastes are strong and they don’t…
I call these bars “Pop Tart Bars” because they are now a few times removed from this original Half Baked Harvest recipe for Chocolate Fudge Pop Tart Bars. But also, these have a pretty pop-tart-y sort of texture and concept! A sort of short-style cookie with a layer of filling and then an icing. The…
I’ve been craving Biscoff a lot recently. Which is kind of random, for me. I typically don’t think of Biscoff/cookie butter, and it’s certainly not something I seek out. But I don’t know… the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking… Biscoff sounds kind of good right now. I didn’t even have anything Biscoff to spur…
My sister texted me the other day, “I felt an inspiration for you to make a bake with Andes mints.” There’s nothing like letting someone else know you felt an inspiration for them to do something. I feel inspiration for a lot of people to do a lot of things and, wouldn’t you know, they…
This was just going to be a “3 Ingredient Pumpkin Soup” that I saw on Bon Appetit the other day. But then I thought… why not make it a bit more exciting? Like, I’ve got the 3 base ingredients I suppose. but why not make it a bit more substantial? So I added onions and…