My thoughts on where/how to stay overnight. Traveling beyond the safety of our home meant nights away from our safe, clean, beds. Choosing places to stay where we would feel safe and how we would manage more than one location also required some thought and consideration. For most of the […]
Tips and Tricks to navigating a road trip safely during a pandemic.
A throwback dessert bar that is essentially a chocolate chip studded peanut butter blondie with a chocolate topping. This simple family favorite can serve a crowd, or one die hard peanut butter fanatic, and is easy enough for young bakers to make with minimal adult assistance. My daughter made the […]
A versatile condiment made from blackberries, lime, and local honey. No canning required.
Holidays, birthdays, and other celebrations are times when you want your food to be as festive as the day. Sometimes that means making a traditional food. Other times, that means taking a food you love and dressing it up for the occasion! Our Independence Day celebrations looked a little different […]
A decadent homage to the All-American S’mores in cake form.
A Baker’s Trick for Adding Flavor Let’s start by first exploring what fruit powder is. Fruit powder is dehydrated, sometimes freeze dried, all natural fruit that is pulverized into powder form. Think of it like cocoa powder’s fruity cousin. Like your fruity cousin, fruit powder adds color and flavor to […]
An online bake sale to promote awareness and affect change. This blog is not meant to be a platform for politics. It is a place for me to share recipes, kitchen tips, health experiences, and share ideas on how I strive to maintain wellness in life. I do not believe […]
Balancing Motherhood, MS, and the FOMO. I was always a summer sun person. As as child, I played outside or swam everyday until dark. As a teenager, I swam in the early mornings and again in the evenings for swim team, playing outside with friends much of the day in […]
I have had the song, ” I love Rock N’ Roll” in my head for days, but I’ve been singing it as “I love Rocky Road! Put some choco-late in my ice cream baby!” I suppose I’m a bit of a nut, and I like chocolate covered chopped nuts in […]