A couple of years ago I stopped eating gluten, (added) sugar and dairy. Not because I had an allergy or sensitivity but because I needed a total body re-set after a terrible diagnosis of Strep throat which developed into a year of misery. Removing all inflammatory foods from my diet for that first year made […]
Dessert
Ottolenghi Simple
One of my favorite Christmas presents this past year was Ottolenghi Simple. Written by New York Times best selling author Yotam Ottolenghi, this book was briefly mentioned in my What I’m Reading Januay post. It has since become a staple on my kitchen counter. Even our eleven year old has taken to it and recently […]
Chocolate Dipped Oreos
My kids have no idea that they are not Irish. They love St. Patrick’s Day just as much as everyone else in New England who is Irish for the day. They also love Pinterest. If you are a mom you might be like me and have endless Pinterest ideas boards for your kids. This past […]
Top 3 Christmas Cookies
With Christmas just seven days away we are sharing our top three Christmas cookie recipes from our archives. One of our favorites is our mincemeat chocolate chip. A cookie we never thought we’d be so happy with- the idea of mincemeat was always a little scary. This combination provides that cozy holiday flavor […]
Our Favorite Whale Cookie Cutters
My love of whales goes way back. Think the preppy period of the early 80’s. Bermuda bags in indigo blue with kelly green edging embroidered with a whale and my initials. Foil whale stickers and whale stampers from our local stationary store. Pink and green striped whales and whales on printed bags at summer boutiques […]
Little Belgians Speculoos Cookies
We fell in love with Little Belgians earlier this season for their adorable packaging and delicious speculoos cookies and s’mores kits. Speculoos cookies remind us of our honeymoon which was a road trip around England and Europe with one of our favorite stops being Belgium. With every coffee we ordered we were served a little […]
Vanilla Cupcakes & Sprinkles
Oh my, November has a load of great food holidays! November 10 is National Vanilla Cupcake Day! It is also the day that our children came to live with us six years ago. Definitely a reason to make cupcakes. Ahhhh! Where are my cupcake lovers? I think my love of cupcakes runs so deep because […]
Caramel Apples
There are some quintessential fall sweets that have become tradition in our house. One of those is caramel apples. When I was growing up I remember getting candy covered apples at fairs or chocolate covered apples sent at Christmas. Caramel apples though, caramel apples scream fall. They say Halloween. They say New England. They are […]