• Lemon Blueberry Muffins

    January 31, 2024

    With the perfect combination of tart and sweet, these Lemon Blueberry Muffins are the perfect thing to make when you’re craving something sweet but not too sweet. If you ask my kids what their favorite thing to make in the kitchen together, the answer would hands down be muffins. And if you asked them what their favorite muffins to make are, they would shout very confidently, LEMON BLUEBERRY MUFFINS. The Big Kid is absolutely obsessed with all things lemon. (Lemon chicken, lemon crinkle cookies, lemon blueberry scones, green tea lemonade…) The Little Kid pretty much loves whatever her sister loves…

  • Green Tea Lemonade

    May 27, 2023

    Green Tea Lemonade is the quintessential summer drink. It’s pleasantly sweet, seriously refreshing, and has a kick of caffeine to get you through the day! Hello warmer weather and hello green tea lemonade, my new favorite drink. It’s pleasantly sweet, seriously refreshing, and has a fun little kick of caffeine to boot. I can see myself drinking this — and every variation I can think of — all summer long. Last weekend we drove to Cincinnati to visit family and celebrate my oldest nephew graduating from high school. Of course, finding places to stop along the way is generally difficult…

  • Dried Mango Muffins (Dairy-Free)

    April 19, 2023

    Perfect for breakfast, lunch, or snacks, these small batch dairy-free dried mango muffins are packed with flavor. They are also the perfect way to use up that dried mango (or any fruit, really) that’s been sitting in your pantry for way too long. A few months ago, I picked up a bag of dried mango from our local BJ’s because it’s seriously the best. Like, better than any other brand I’ve tried. The first time I had gotten a bag, it was gone in two days flat. I was telling The Little about how excited I was to have some…

  • Chocamole (AKA Chocolate Avocado Pudding)

    December 30, 2022

    Chocamole, otherwise known as chocolate avocado pudding, is the creamiest, dreamiest, richest, most decadent chocolate pudding there is. And it’s 100% dairy-free. I have a confession to make: I hate avocados. As in, you couldn’t pay me to eat them on toast, mashed up into guacamole, or any other way that people who like avocados would. I do, however, like them mixed up with some cocoa powder, maple syrup, a splash of almond milk, vanilla extract, and peanut butter. You read that right. I like my avocados with chocolate. And I’ve been eating it that way FOR YEARS. It’s seriously…

  • Cookie Bread Pudding

    November 25, 2022

    Looking for a way to use up stale or dried out and overcooked cookies? Cookie bread pudding is the answer to it all. Sometimes I leave cookies out on purpose just so I can make a batch.  Every now and then I have a batch of cookies that doesn’t quite turn out — they get overcooked or turn out super crumbly. On even rarer occasions, I’ll have too many cookies that can’t be eaten in time before going stale. The good news is, it doesn’t matter. Because cookie bread pudding is seriously the best thing since, well, the cookie.  I discovered this concept…

  • Pear Crumble (or is it a crisp?)

    November 20, 2022

    This pear crumble is everything that you could ask for and more in a dessert. It’s warm and inviting and bursting with flavor. One of my favorite (that I often forget about) desserts is a crumble. There is something so warm and inviting about them. It doesn’t matter what fruit you use, they ALWAYS turn out amazing. I love, love, love a good peach crisp and have made (and devoured) an apple crisp, too. Now that we’re in prime pear season, I thought it would be fun to try my hand with a pear crumble (or is it a crisp?!).…

  • Maple Thumbprints

    November 13, 2022

    These maple thumbprints are THE best cookies I’ve ever had. They may be a bit more time consuming than other cookies but they are worth every single solitary second spent making them. Thumbprint cookies aren’t the first cookie I reach for at the cookie table. In fact, they would probably be closer to the last cookie since my preference is always on the chocolate or chocolate and peanut butter side. But it’s fall and there’s just something special about maple syrup in the fall. Enter maple thumbprints. They are soft and pillowy, sweet in all the right places, and the…