A Step by Step Guide to Making Authentic Italian Lasagna
So here’s the shtick on the role lasagna has played in my life…. My mom made lasagna a lot when we were kids – and it was made with dry noodles, lots of homemade meat sauce, a mixture of ricotta, eggs,...
View ArticleOscar Worthy Sweet Treats: Healthy Muddy Buddies
So Sunday is the Oscars and I’m always up for a party. Especially if there’s food involved. Actually, if its a party and there’s no food involved, my message will be: “I’ll be there around 10ish..”...
View ArticleHow to Pick the Best Apples for Baking, Cooking and Eating
Have you ever really thought about that age old saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Like, have you ever really stopped to think about it? What about Blackberry, or Snow White or any pig at a...
View ArticleBake it Forward: Find Your Why
I was watching some Instagram stories by my lovely friends The GG Sisters and they were talking about “finding your why”, which is such an important question to ask yourself if you want to live a happy...
View ArticleGood-For-You Baked Eggplant Parmigiana
Eggplant Parmigiana, made the traditional way by deep-frying the eggplant slices and slathering them with sauce and mozzarella and more cheeses, is one of my guilty pleasures. It’s so filling and makes...
View ArticleBaking To Relieve Stress: How Will We get Through This?
I have written and re-written this blog post three times so far. This is not easy. As most of you know, I write a blog post every week and it’s almost always light-hearted and funny. But this week,...
View ArticleEasy, Old Fashioned Bread Pudding
How do you feel about food waste? I mean, before the times we are currently living in, do you think people really thought about what was in their fridge and how to use leftovers? Sometimes it takes a...
View ArticleSourdough (Discard) Peanut Butter and Chocolate Brownie Bites
I know you’re making bread…I know you are! In which case, I know you have a pile of spent sourdough starter (discard) that’s hanging in your fridge – and please, for heavens sake, don’t tell me you’re...
View ArticleHow to Make Biscuits with Sourdough Starter Discard
It’s weird that my last post was about using up your sourdough starter discard and now here’s another one (if you missed last week’s post, it was these chocolate and peanut butter fudge brownie bites)…...
View ArticleHomemade Béchamel Topped Bolognese Zucchini Lasagna
My mother-in-law makes the best lasagna on the planet. Hands down. Ask anybody who knows her. And she’s British (in case you think you need to be Italian to get the “World’s Best Lasagna” award). Her...
View ArticleHow to Make an Epic Sourdough Starter From Scratch (With Troubleshooting...
Writing this blog post was a real struggle. And, you guys know me by now…I hardly ever struggle for words. But, everyone (and I mean literally everyone) has become an expert on sourdough…overnight....
View ArticleTriple Coconut Pineapple Cake (aka: Pina Colada Cake)
Picture this… You. On a beach. Somewhere in Mexico, perhaps. The warm wind blowing through your hair, salt water listing your face, a good book in one hand and a pina colada in the other. Can you feel...
View ArticleHow To Make Sourdough Bread from Discard (unfed starter)
Imagine this scene… You’re 8 years old and you are just coming off the school bus. You walk up your front yard pathway, tired from the long day of learning and playing. You open the door and the smell...
View ArticleWill People Still Bake When This Pandemic is Over
I need to ask a few very important questions… These are questions that have been on my mind for the past month…actually, almost exactly a month. I’ve been thinking about it since March 13th. I...
View ArticleAsparagus Arancini
Oh ya baby!! Bring on all of the local asparagus!!! Like most things that are seasonal, I crave asparagus all year long and wait patiently for our local asparagus to come to my local grocer. I have...
View ArticleStrawberry Rhubarb Self Saucing Cake
Is it just me or has the first half of 2020 felt like it’s been 12 years long? I think it’s felt like it has dragged on because everything is different. The economy, the environment, the...
View Article14 Ways to Deal with Lots of Zucchini
So this is going to be a fast post! You wanna know why? Because it’s summer… Aaaand it’s Saturday… Aaaand it’s a million degrees outside… Aaaaand there’s a million things to do… Aaaaand one of those...
View ArticleNo Cook Strawberry Cheesecake Pots
Is there anything you do in the kitchen each year that brings you joy? That would have been a hard question for me to answer (as you all know, I love EVERYTHING in the kitchen…except cleaning up…I...
View ArticleHow to Make Focaccia
This week I joined in a Masterclass with the Italian Chamber of Commerce and learned all about Italian bread. It was fascinating! Among other tidbits of information, I was quickly reminded that bread...
View ArticleEverything you Need to Know About Chocolate Chip Cookies
Have you ever stopped to think about how we ended up with actual recipes? Like, actual recipes with measurements? If some of you are not well versed in food history, you may not know this but, back in...
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