After I finished weeding in the garden and building a bed border from old bricks, I pulled a bright yellow lemon from the tree by the patio. Then I walked over to the herbs and snipped off a small piece of fresh rosemary. Honey from the South Island of New Zealand was brought out of [...]
I have a new addiction. It’s known as Pinterest. I’m usually not one to jump on the bandwagon right away when it comes to new trends. Case in point, it was only a few months ago that I broke down and finally learned what in the world StumbleUpon even was (it’s pretty nifty too, by [...]
Um. Wow. I have to say I’m pretty darn impressed with this bread. You might remember me hating on bread a few months ago, but this is not your superstore white sliced bread. This is homemade, moist, flavorful, nutrient-rich gourmet bread. If I had sprouted my grains and ground my own flour, would it be [...]
I have been itching to try some savory muffins for a while now. It’s actually kind of amazing, what with my muffin fetish and all, that I haven’t delved into these already! But I have been collecting recipes, and when our host at Lake Tekapo Luxury Lodge suggested I make some muffins (or something, but [...]
Whoa baby. I’m back baking muffins! Our current host heard I loved to bake and set me loose in the kitchen with blueberries straight from a friend’s garden. You may know that fresh blueberries are one of my absolute favorite foods, and while I do love standard Blueberry Muffins, I couldn’t bring myself to bake [...]
It was a Saturday morning. A lazy Saturday morning. One of those wonderful weekend mornings that just begs for cinnamon rolls. With lots of cream cheese icing. Well, needless to say, we don’t eat packaged cinnamon rolls that are full of bleached flour, sugar, & preservatives as tasty as they (admittedly) are. I searched online [...]
I think I missed the boat on this one. I know October was prime time for pumpkin recipes. But in an effort to defy social convention for once in my life (or maybe just adhere to the ‘better late than never’ principle), I wanted to share these incredible pumpkin bars. Incidentally, pumpkin is also great [...]
Today is my husband’s birthday. {Happy Birthday love!} It’s been a week long celebration with family, friends, and cake. Good cake. No, I mean really good cake. What I like to call the Ultimate (at least Semi-Healthy) Carrot Cake. I made this same recipe for his birthday last year and a repeat occurrence was requested [...]
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