Today was a cold, busy Monday. I feel like my Monday’s are always packed with everything I need to do from emails over the weekend or routine tasks I have to complete each week. Between those, the day can easily get away from me. With a busy, busy week at work last week and a…
breakfast
apple cider doughnut muffins with cinnamon sugar, maple whiskey glaze, and apple cider glaze
Fall officially starts this week! Are you as excited as I am? Granted it was still about 89 degrees today but it is cooling down and we are starting to have crisp mornings! In lieu of the arrival of autumn and our recent apple picking trip, we have apple cider doughnut muffins today! I have…
porridge with raspberry ripple and honey roasted pistachios
When we were in the UK this summer we had the best porridge for breakfast. We first tasted it at The Elephant Room, the cafe where J.K. Rowling started writing Harry Potter, and were hooked for the rest of our vacation. We tried to recreate it in our apartment in Edinburgh and were unsuccessful, with burnt porridge…
classic granola
I have made granola about a thousand times. Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration, but not by too much. Granola is one of those snacks that I can eat any time of the day and any time of the year. Granola is so customizable. It is easily altered depending on what you have on…
lavender earl grey scones
When I was in 5th grade, my family took a trip to France. We spent two weeks traveling through Paris, Loire Valley and Provence. At all of the French markets, especially those in Provence, vendors sold lavender soap, lavender sachets, lavender lotion, lavender perfume, dried lavender bundles – they sold a lavender scented version of anything…
homemade pop tarts (aka hand pies) for pi day!
To me, pop tarts are nostalgic. Different flavors bring back specific memories of my childhood. Brown sugar cinnamon remind me of my mom in my elementary school days when she would grab one as she was running out of the house to get to work early so she could be there for us in the afternoons….