Lovely Little Things

Ever since omitting eggs from my diet, I've felt better, but have been struggling with breakfast.  Since we tend to run about 10 minu...

While our summer garden is fading fast, we recently picked the few remaining zucchini off the vine, and with no other plans for the produ...

Oh how I do love summer fruit, with stone fruit topping the charts as one of my favorite summer indulgences!  After bringing home a bundl...

It seems my sweet tooth has returned, taking a brief hiatus during my pregnancy, only to return with a vengeance post-partum.  These  gin...

And I'm off to a good start - made my first pie!   Apple Cranberry Crumble Pie a la Joy the Baker .  I followed her directions to a ...

So I bit the bullet and bought Joy the Baker's new cookbook, Homemade Decadence on Amazon pre-order.  Yes, I couldn't even wait ...

Hello fall!  The season of pumpkin everything is upon us - hooray!  I generally stock up on canned pumpkin puree this time of year, so w...

Last Saturday afternoon, when faced with the difficult decision of cleaning the house vs. baking, I opted for the messier alternative - f...

Call it nesting, call it extreme productivity, or something in between...but lately I've been getting these culinary aspirations to whi...

Another Joy the Baker recipe success - brown butter banana strawberry bread .  Easy, quick, and the final product emerged from the oven ...

This week I made not 1, not 2, but 3 different recipes from the Joy the Baker cookbook !  Being my spring break, I had a little extra time...

This weekend in honor of my alma mater's annual rivalry game I made apple pie cookies via smitten kitchen. When it comes to cookies,...

This weekend I channeled my inner Julia Child and baked up a storm. The dreary weather provided the perfect opportunity to muss up my kit...

Since I've discovered my artful talent of concocting decent recipes from what little ingredients I have on hand, I decided to try this...

My fiance and I went for a run around 8:30 last night, and by the time we got home, 9:15 ish, when we'd normally be going through the mo...

Remember when I bought the 3-lb box of strawberries ? Yeah, I've devouring those berries like it's my J.O.B., but today it became p...

Lately, I've been in a baking mood on Sunday afternoons. It's that welcome lull between go-go-go an getting back into gear for the ...

This recipe for blueberry yogurt cake caught my eye on a fellow blog and I couldn't stop thinking about it. So rather than do the sen...

This weekend I was craving bananas so I whipped up a batch of Ina Garten's Banana Crunch Muffins . Tres delicious. I added coconut-almo...

My mom made a batch of these cookies for me yesterday evening, and by 7:00 tonight (roughly 24 hours later), I've eaten all but all of t...