Raspberry Dessert

Need a quick and easy dessert for Easter or Mother's Day or any special evening? This Raspberry Galette is sure to please.

Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Cups

Need a unique COOKIE for a cookie exchange? This Brown Butter Snickerdoodle is the ONE!

The Blackberry Booze Bash

It is officially fall and we are rolling into cooler nights and shorter days. Rich foods and red wines are being paired to accompany our need for cozy comfort.Earthy Cocktails are IN To change things up, try this delightful and refreshingly cocktail. It has the tartness from the berries, the sweetness from the honey and…

One Bowl Banana Bread

I seriously hate dishes. NOT the clean pretty ones! Those I LOVE!!!! I hate DIRTY dishes!!! So if there is ever a way to reduce the amount of dirty dishes, I am ALL IN! I shared my one bowl healthy, vegan banana bread a few years ago.  This is a banana traditional bread recipe (sugar,…

Pumpkin Pancakes

The winds are picking up and the nights are getting cooler.  The pumpkins are showing up in the stores and the pumpkin spice EVERYTHING is on all of the shelves. It is beginning to look a lot like FALL!  I love pumpkin.  The flavor has always been a favorite!  And now that it's fall, I am…

Healthy Griddle Cakes with Berry Compote

Hi friend!  How have you been doing?  Any visits to the farmer's Market lately?  Our local market opened up last month and I have been 2 weeks in a row!  First, I needed to grab a bouquet of peonies before they are no longer in season and second for peonies AGAIN but this time I…

Meal Planning During Quarantine

I don't know about you but cooking cooking cooking has got me tired tired tired and totally lacking creativity in the the food department.  Every day, the same ol' routine. Am I alone?  No, I don't think so!  We are all going thru this together!  We are all trying to chug through our days, getting…

Lemon lbs. Cake

Lemon.  It's the taste of summer.  So refreshing, thurst quenching and oh so delicious.  In California, they are blessed to have the perfect weather to grow citrus.  At my dad's house in the bay area, there is a very large lemon tree that produces the grandest lemons I've ever seen.  I mean, these things can…

Quarantine Cocktails

I do not know about you, but this quarantine has brought out the drinking bug in me! 🙂  And when the drinking bug hits, Josh Madrid is a good person to know! 😉 Josh and I met while working together as Art Literacy Coordinators at Bonny Slope Elementary School.  We had the best time playing…

Healthy Dinners in the New Year

We just completed our first week back to school after being off for 2+ weeks. The good thing is: WE SURVIVED!!! We got to school on time. We jumped back into piano and dance and baseball lessons. And we--well--ME! I jumped back into cooking quick healthy meals for my family. If you know me, I…