Football season is back and that means football snacks are back. Soft pretzels with hard cider cheese dip are a crowd pleaser, and replacing the traditional beer cheese with hard cider cheese makes the combination even more seasonal. For a while now I have wanted to work on recipes that involve yeast to try to…
recipes
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…
almond oatmeal granola bars
Ready or not, here it comes: back to school. My siblings are back at school, my teacher friends are back in their classrooms and campus is bustling around me. Back to school is here, whether we like it or not. To make it a little easier, I made almond oatmeal granola bars! I love granola…
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…
relaxing lavender latte
Can you believe it is already August?! I feel like this year is flying by at record speed. July was filled with travel and activity and early morning wake-up times, necessitating more caffeine than usual. The combination of stress and little sleep made this lavender latte the perfect weekend treat. Lavender bushes are in full…
summer picnic recipes
It is hot hot hot outside! I love the long relaxing nights and all of the fresh produce that summer brings, but growing up in North Carolina, I never loved the blazing hot and humid summer days. Sometimes it isn’t bad if you can stay in the shade, or take a dip in the water,…
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…
roasted tomato and corn galette with pesto, goat cheese and herbed crust
The farmers’ markets and backyard gardens are so good right now! Almost all of the ingredients for this roasted tomato and corn galette with pesto, goat cheese and herbed crust are straight from the garden (or the farmers’ market, in our case), and are so fresh and delicious! I love fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs…