A food blog balancing sweet treats & healthy eats.
I made these Old Fashioned Old Fashioneds about 4 years ago now, as one of my first “return to the blog” posts. In many ways, it feels like far longer ago than just 4 years. But regardless, I still think about those donuts frequently. They were so good. And I remember being pleasantly surprised by…
These cookies have a lot of coconut in them. They were the perfect reason to use up the shredded coconut in my pantry, and also because I am on a coconut kick at the moment. Coconut just… keeps sounding good. Not sure why, but no point questioning it. Coconut is good. Brown butter is good….
My favorite flavor of the new M&M “bakery” line is the peanut butter cinnamon roll flavor. Eating one of the M&Ms conjured up the taste of my favorite sandwich: peanut butter apple butter on cinnamon swirl bread. There was no apple butter element in the M&Ms, but the peanut butter and cinnamon really worked. Cinnamon…
Early Spring is such a back and forth time here in the Midwest. Some days it’s beautiful, sunny, 60 degrees. Other days (or weeks), it’s 35 degrees and raining/snowing/sleeting. Which is particularly brutal after the aforementioned beautiful 60 degree days. Anyways, lemon feels like a very bright, sunshine-y, spring flavor. So even if this week…
I write this Carrot Cake Cupcakes post as I wear a sweatshirt that my niece has confirmed has not one but two carrots on it. And two days after I purchased the first item of new clothing that I’ve purchased in… probably a year? I found this carrot sweater vest and decided it was worth…
M&Ms have released new flavors! Three of them, all “bakery” themed. I, naturally, had to get them all to try, and to bake with. Whenever brands do this, I end up falling for it. Even if they’re underwhelming. However… these flavors were actually not underwhelming!! They were all very tasty and spot-on to their flavors….
In the world of breakfast baked goods, I don’t often reach for a muffin. Not because they’re bad, but just because they’re competing with a lot of strong players: croissants, scones, cinnamon rolls, etc. But, occasionally I get a craving for a muffin in the morning, and I realize… that’s just a craving for cake…
When my mom was in town a few weeks ago, she asked what both and I and my brother had been eating for meals. I was updating her on both my pantry clean out and my Hungryroot experience. During this conversation, I learned my brother often eats… ground meat and eggs for dinner. #BoyDinner! I…