When I was younger, we would all go over to my grandma’s the day after Thanksgiving – even if we had just been there for the holiday – to eat the leftovers. I’m fairly sure many members of my family…
Homemade cranberry sauce
Cranberries and have traditionally been one of those holiday dishes that I would pass on. Growing up I thought they were much too tart. They always seemed to get in the way of the delicious, savory foods like stuffing and…
Pumpkin Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
Are you a pumpkin person? I am. Frankly, I don’t need it to be a certain season to eat pumpkin. I’m the kind of girl who could happily eat it year-round and savor each bite of it. Each bit of…
Creamy Zucchini Soup
This is the time of year when my garden always goes from quaint, farmhouse garden to the jungle from Jumanji. All the vegetables are expanding and pushing out of their little spaces into the aisles and encroaching on each other….
Mini Blackberry Lavender & Lemon Icebox Cake
Summer can often feel too humid, too hot and too busy to fit in a meal. Here it’s been in the 90’s for weeks and the humidity has been intense. You start sweating the second you walk out the door,…
Homemade Blueberry Danish
I’m not a big breakfast person, but I am a big coffee-at-3-p.m.-with-a-side-of-something-sweet-person. When I can get it and let myself indulge, one of my favorite things to have with my coffee is sweet, flakey, buttery Blueberry Danish. It’s funny how…
Caramelized Onion & Tomato Tart + tomato tips
Slicing into your first homegrown tomato of the season is like a treat for the senses. The vibrant colors, the smell of fresh dirt mixed with the promise of something delicious and the firmness as your blade makes the first…
How to make sourdough bread from starter
I’m a sourdough bread newbie. I haven’t been making it for years like some people have, but I actually think that gives me an advantage when explaining it to you. Sometimes I think people who have been making sourdough bread…
Butter Parmesan Sourdough Crackers
Since I started growing my sourdough starter, I’ve had a lot of heart burn about throwing away the sourdough starter discard. While I love having the sourdough starter available for bread and pizza dough and other fun things, throwing away…
How to make sourdough starter
I didn’t make a sourdough starter for sourdough bread for a long time because it was intimidating. There were so many people out there giving so many tips – bloggers, YouTubers, Instagramers – everyone made it look like a complicated…
Irish Soda Bread Recipe
I ate Irish Soda Bread for the first time a few years ago. It was this delicious, dense, biscuit-like bread that I slathered with butter and enjoyed with a good cup of coffee. A friend made Irish Soda Bread…
Roasted Cauliflower Soup
Soups are my favorite way to make it through winter. I love when they’re packed with vegetables, warm and filling. They literally feel like they’re refueling my body and soul one spoonful at a time. I’ve been on a…
