ah what loveliness can happen when you get distracted. the other day i was supposed to be making a healthy, well-rounded meal for my good friend who just had a baby, but i was a bit distracted by cinnamon and sugar. palmiers had been on my mind for quite sometime and i was itching to play…
Category: breakfast
strawberry + mascarpone tartine with balsamic reduction
a few months ago, i took a little weekend trip to nashville with a dear friend of mine, to help her find a house. (kid-free, i might add. WOOT WOOT.) we viewed about 20 houses in two and a half days, and obviously worked up quite the appetite. being the good friend she is, she went along…
kanakuk’s famous coffee cake
as some of you may know, i grew up going to a camp called kanakuk. in the summers as a kid, worked there every summer while i was in college, and now my husband directs one of the camps full-time. crazy the places you never think you’ll end up.. if you know kanakuk, you know that this wonderful…
mrs watson’s pumpkin bread
in the fall, i sometimes get a little too excited about christmas being so close. i confess, i begin to listen to christmas music and bake things that remind me of the holidays. all because the temperature has dropped, like, 15 degrees. when we were traveling a few weeks back, we spent some time in…
vanilla cream scones
one of my favorite memories is my first trip to london with my mom and grandma. my maternal grandparents lived there and my grandma took me there as a gift for my 16th birthday, to share with me a place she loved so much. it was on this trip that i discovered my innate love for rain,…
banana, date, and almond butter smoothies
i seriously have no clue where march went. we have been traveling a lot and have had so much on our plates during the last several weeks, i feel like it came and went before we knew it. because of all of the traveling i…
goat cheese & thyme quiche with hashbrown crust
seems like i’m kind of stacking up the goat cheese recipes lately – like with these biscuits and this queso fundido. i would probably entertain the idea of dedicating my entire blog to the love of goat cheese, if i didn’t love chocolate so much.. and baking.. and bread.. and cookies.. and mexican food. when…
buttermilk cinnamon chip scones with cinnamon glaze
this past week was A WEEK. you know? it feels like we had been snowed in for ages and i had some crazy cabin fever kickin’. so we have been baking a lot. the little she and me. and it’s so good for me: i have been slowly working through my stress over the mess in…
hearty breakfast burritos
whenever i throw a birthday party, it seems like we always do a brunch. maybe because i personally think it’s the best time to have a party when you’ll have kiddos running around. it’s after breakfast, before naptime, everyone is awake, snacktime is approaching.. it’s THE perfect time of day for a party. or maybe it’s…
green chile strata
a good friend of mine makes this incredible strata. every time we hang out over at her house, i am always requesting she make it. it’s the recipe of a cousin’s brother’s mom’s best friends’ daughter’s sister (or something like that) and i was lucky enough to get a copy of the recipe. my copy…
pear & granola crisp muffins
i love a good muffin. especially this week, when we have been waking up late and rushing about, trying to get out of the house quickly. i haven’t been much in the mood to scramble the eggs, toast the bread, and butter it. and jelly it. and cut it into quarters for the precious, picky three year…
fresh homemade banana bread
this past summer i posted a lovely spiced banana bread recipe – it is a fantastic recipe, very different from your everyday banana bread, with ginger and other spices to change it up a little. the rebel in me (and my mouth) loves that! now i want to introduce another banana bread recipe.. it is more…
she likes to eat 