Disclosure: OXO provided me with a baking set in order to prepare Dorie Greenspan’s recipe for Salted Chocolate-Caramel Bars for this post, which is reprinted with her permission. OXO will donate $100 to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer for each blog post dedicated to this campaign in September, including this one. For the past few years, … [Read more…]
Disclosure: I received free products from Divine Chocolate, a sponsor of Choctoberfest 2015, to use in developing recipes for this week. All opinions remain my own. Choctoberfest 2015 with Imperial Sugar continues! While my site has been mostly silent during Choctoberfest 2015 with Imperial Sugar (and I’m really sad about that, honestly), there have been … [Read more…]
This Broccoli Salad Wrap brings your favorite salad on the run, making it easier for you to keep up with the fast pace of life. Thanks to my new client, Toufayan Bakeries, for sponsoring this post! As always, all opinions remain my own. I have been in a lunchtime rut lately. Leftover mashed potatoes. Leftover … [Read more…]
These delightful pecan shortbread bites are just the right size for a little bit of indulgence any time of day. The world blurs, spinning out of control, and she grasps for the solid wood of the railing to keep from reeling down the stairs. Instead, her hands bounce off the cool plaster and she is … [Read more…]
Disclosure: I am honored to be a member of the Stonyfield Clean Plate Club. I received product or coupons for writing this post, but all opinions are my own. California Dreamin’ I thought the weather finally turned a corner last week when the mercury rose to 87 degrees Fahrenheit. We shut down the furnace and … [Read more…]
We’re down to the wire here. Christmas is hours away now and the stores are mobbed with last-minute shoppers. And there’s nothing I dislike more than crowds. I have a strong fear of being buried alive–and shopping on the day or two before Christmas feels a little too much like being buried alive. You’re in … [Read more…]
Not being a morning person, breakfast can be a whirlwind in our home. Luckily, my kids have been making their own breakfasts for ages. Unluckily, it often consisted of boxed cereal, which is a compromise I make in that I buy organic or non-GMO boxed cereals for them, but I still am not entirely thrilled … [Read more…]
Woman cannot live on cake alone. Every once in a while, some veggies must pass our lips, too. At least bacon makes it better. The first time I saw Broccoli Salad, I wasn’t touching it. Who the heck puts dried fruit in with broccoli? And why would they ruin perfectly good bacon with a concoction … [Read more…]
To some, January is a month of making resolutions. Seeking a renewal in spirit in the pursuit of denial, they deprive, deprive, deprive for the “greater good.” That’s fine and well if you are a sadist, but I’m getting too old for that sort of thing. I’d rather take a page out of Julia Child’s … [Read more…]
With Christmas only 1.5 weeks away, cookies are coming out of more and more ovens in preparation for the festivities that await us. It’s an impulse, an undeniable need to bake and bake and bake at this time of year, but not as a slave to the ancestral urge to fatten ourselves up for the … [Read more…]