Fall, fall, fall! People on social media keep telling me “it’s officially fall.” It surely doesn’t feel like it. How has Labor Day become the door into fall? We still have a whole month of heat left here, and it really isn’t “officially” fall until September 21st. Don’t get me wrong, I want it to…
dessert
peach crisp with cinnamon whipped cream
Peach crisp with cinnamon whipped cream is an easy, delicious end-of summer dessert for your whole Labor Day crowd. Happy Labor Day! It is always funny to me that most people use Labor Day to mark the end of summer, when in North Carolina we still have weeks of heat left. I love love love…
ginger cookie s’mores with amaretto marshmallows
Ginger cookie s’mores with amaretto marshmallows all started with a broken jar of ground ginger. Will has been on surgery rotations for the past few weeks/months/seems like forever, and surgery schedules are really no fun. Most mornings we leave for the hospital around 4:30am, and I’m back home before 5am. Sometimes I go back to bed…
oatmeal dark chocolate fig bars
Oatmeal dark chocolate fig bars are the perfect end-of-summer afternoon snack. Sometimes you are just in the mood for a bar dessert. Cookies and cake won’t do, but the dense crumb of a one-handed oatmeal bar fits the bill perfectly. I have been trying to make a fruit and oatmeal bar since the spring, with…
funfetti brownie cake with cookie dough frosting
Sprinkles, sprinkles everywhere! Mondays are much better with funfetti brownie cake with cookie dough frosting! Can you even resist those pretty swirls, dark chocolate brownie chunks, and multi colored sprinkles?! It’s party time over here with this pretty cake. My brother’s birthday was last week and when I was brainstorming cake ideas this fun concoction…
berry granola breakfast popsicles
Pop-pop-popsicles!!!!! These breakfast popsicles are filled with berries, granola and Greek yogurt for a delicious, healthy start to the day. Our weekends have been very busy this month, filled with many road trips and celebrations, but not much time at home. Whenever I come back from a weekend of traveling, I feel like it can…
s’mores parfait with chocolate custard
Happy 4th of July!!! We’re celebrating with a s’mores parfait complete with graham cracker streusel, chocolate custard and toasted meringue topping! For some reason, s’mores always seem like a good 4th of July dessert. This isn’t the first appearance of a s’mores around 4th of July, and with this repeat offender, you would think we make…
roasted apricot and greek yogurt popsicles with strawberries
The start of summer and the end of popsicle week 2016 means roasted apricot and Greek yogurt popsicles all around. One of my favorite parts of summer is the fresh fruit. Just look at those bright, delicious apricots! I have had many a plum, peach and pluot, but don’t usually gravitate towards apricots. While we…
blueberry bundt cake with streusel and lemon glaze
I interrupt your morning for blueberry bundt cake. But, not just any blueberry bundt cake; blueberry bundt cake with streusel and lemon glaze! The combination is jaw-droppingly delicious and I can’t get enough! This is seriously the best bundt cake I have ever had. The great thing about it is that the streusel makes it like…
lemon ginger butter cookies
The heat and humidity of summer have officially arrived and it is blazing outside. All I want when I come inside from the hot weather is something fresh. These lemon ginger butter cookies are crisp and bright with a fresh lemon flavor and a slight bite from the candied ginger. The perfect summer combination! I…