Christmas Family Traditions: Making Lebkuchen
Saturday, December 24th, 2011‘Tis the season for love, laughter, family, and traditions. This year is a very special year for us in this regard. It is our first Christmas in our very own home, and one of our first Christmas seasons as parents. These two key factors led us to decide to stay home this year and begin [...]
Crisp, Crumble, Cobbler…
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011My favorite late summer activity in our new house is definitely picking berries! I have been absolutely reveling in the abundant berries that ripen each day. I’ve been experimenting with baking creations, too. Today I went out to pick berries, thinking that since we had completely picked through the blueberries and blackberries the past 3 [...]
Late Summer Berry Bliss
Thursday, August 4th, 2011We just returned from a week’s vacation in the form of Ashtanga Yoga teacher training (for me) and camping trip (for all three of us) in Burlington, Vermont. We had an absolutely amazing time, and I will post more about the yoga teacher training in the coming days. Coming home was both wonderful (there’s nothing [...]
Brownie Experiment… Moment of Truth
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009And now…. for the moment of truth…. My Vegan-ish Sweet Potato Fudge Brownie recipe is not a complete failure! Yay! After an extra 20 minutes in the oven (that’s 40 minutes total for those of you who want to attempt it on your own), the brownies are mostly set up and cake-like, but still very [...]
Experimental Vegan-ish Sweet Potato Fudge Brownies
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Recently, I remember stumbling across a delicious-sounding recipe for fudge brownies using sweet potatoes to reduce the fat and sugar content. Today I was totally in the mood for chocolate, so I decided it was time to rustle through my magazine rack in an attempt to find the magazine containing the recipe. Finally, I found [...]
