There simply is no replacement for butter, sugar and all-purpose flour in certain recipes — chief among them, shortbread. I adore a good shortbread cookie and consider them important nourishment for my soul. Sometimes my body craves a buttery shortbread cookie, and far be it from me to deny it. It’s called wellness! These blood…
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Creamy Oat Milk Hot Chocolate
I am sending you warming vibes with this steamy mug of oat milk hot chocolate. We’re in the frigid depths of winter (seemingly less frigid than it should be, though), with January and February stretching on to eternity. Does anyone else feel like this month is never-ending? I think we are all in need of…
Cranberry Crumble Bars with Ginger + Easy Cranberry Sauce
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope your holiday is filled to the brim with happiness, delicious food and complete agreement on politics. I have already been warned to keep political “discussions” (i.e. steamrolling) to a minimum. We shall see. I’m popping in today to share a delightful way to use up leftover cranberry sauce — these Cranberry…
Apple Crumb Muffins with Rye
We have yet to go apple picking this year, and time has all but run out. Perhaps this will be the weekend? Although with a steady supply of delicious farmers market apples and two kids with short attention spans, perhaps not. No matter the source of your apples — from the farm, the farmers market…
Pumpkin Pecan Energy Bites
I’m posting my first pumpkin recipe of the season, and it’s already mid-October. I’ve had grand plans to make multiple batches of pumpkin bread, my pumpkin snack cake and pumpkin cookies, but it’s been a busy month and my pumpkin baking adventures have fallen by the wayside. These Pumpkin Pecan Energy bites are perfect for…
S’mores Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies + Smoked Sea Salt
Unfortunately, I went the entire summer without having a proper s’more. I’m not sure how that happened, although if I had to guess, it probably has something to do with two little humans with pre-sunset bedtimes. Now it’s the beginning of fall, and while I wait for the weather to get the memo, I’m looking…
Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Quinoa Bars
Imagine if a certain chocolate covered peanut butter cup had a love affair with a crunch bar, and they had a less-processed and naturally sweetened child. That would be these crunchy peanut butter chocolate quinoa bars, which combine two of my favorite childhood candies into one delicious and more nourishing treat. Put them on your…
Creamy Watermelon Popsicles with Strawberry + Coconut
As I write, the heat index outside is an oppressive 94°, so it seemed like an ideal time to share these Creamy Watermelon Popsicles. They are easy — requiring only 5 ingredients, a quick whiz in the blender and a few hours freezing time. I love pairing watermelon with strawberry, because the strawberry makes the…
Little Plum Cakes with Almond + Millet
I adore plums. Each seductively hued fruit is a lesson in balance, with the tart and slightly bitter skin giving way to sweet flesh — a perfect harmony of flavor. Among summer stone fruits, they are perhaps the most challenging, with much of their flavor contained in the skin and ripening being a bit of…
Salted Oatmeal, Walnut + Chocolate Chunk Cookies
These are my holy grail of chocolate chip cookies. I think I have finally achieved that perfect harmony of flavor and texture. The cookies have crisp edges with a swoon-worthy soft interior, and each toothsome bite is filled with buttery-nutty-salty-sweet flavor and studded with dark chocolate chunks. Chunks are the way to go, of course….
