Fall is a time for pumpkins! And even though we spent the month of October too busy baking and cooking pumpkin dishes to post recipes, November is still an acceptable time to pump up the pumpkin. Right?! Let’s start with the elephant in the room. Everyone seems to be freaking out right now because canned pumpkin…
This past weekend we drove a bit north of the city and went apple picking. Though many of the good apples had already been snagged, we managed to get a large, overflowing sack of Rome and Golden Delicious varieties. We enjoyed picking our own apples, getting a hayride, seeing a few animals, spotting some vibrant red…
Cheesecake—sweet, creamy, delicious and fattening. Our solution? Miniature lower-fat versions. While these aren’t healthy, they’re certainly healthier. And they’re still decadent. You’ll need cupcake liners but if you don’t have any you can make your own from parchment paper like we did here. Yield: 12 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 1 1/4 C crushed…
When your bananas are starting to brown and you have a chocolate craving, there’s a semi-healthy solution to it. Banana Chocolate Muffins! These are so good that you’ll probably even end up setting aside bananas regularly just so you can make ’em. But remember: the riper the banana, the sweeter it tastes (since the starch converts to…
Oh how we love this time of year when muggy days are replaced with those that are pleasantly crisp. When the leaves begin to change from dull greens to vibrant reds and oranges. And when we can finally start cooking and baking with fall ingredients again. Pumpkin, butternut squash, cranberries, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and brown sugar are…
Some of my earliest childhood memories were in the kitchen. Helping mom decorate cookies, knead dough, set the table. Watching her cook. Sometimes even cooking for my imaginary friends in my play kitchen. I’ve been a waitress on a few occasions, worked at a ’50s-style ice cream shop where I had a blast making beautiful…
