i friggin love coffee cake. i love biscotti, i love bundt cake and i love coffee cake. i also love magazines. wait what? i’m a cooking/baking/seasonal magazine hoarder. i love the big beautiful pictures and the glossy pages. loooooooove them. i was so geeked when i saw that King Arthur Flour came out with yet…
In The Kitchen
healthy thanksgiving
it’s week 41 of our best self 2015 challenge! and guess what it is also…. the brink of holiday season! i.love.thanksgiving. i almost love thanksgiving more than i love christmas. i love thanksgiving food. i do however though, hate how it’s so easy to pack on the lbs during the stretch from thanksgiving to christmas….
weekend recap
happy monday everyone! we are back to feeling like summer here in the mitten. i’m not going to lie to you, that breif hiatus from the heat made me ready for boots and sweaters. i even lit a pumpkin candle. don’t hate. i did a ton of stuff this weekend. no joke. friday my friend…
The Daniel Detox
ok so here we are at week 31 of #bestself2015 congrats this is the longest i’ve ever stuck with a series on my blog. and last week thursday i completed the 10 day daniel detox. i have mixed reviews. so for 10 days straight no added sugar, gluten or dairy were among the restrictions form…
weekend recap and happy waffle day!
it’s monday..again. but hey! it’s national waffle day so it’s a reason to celebrate right? let’s start with the weekend recap and then we will transition into a waffle day recipe. let’s rewind back to friday. i headed up to pentwater later in the afternoon after a customer appreciation event and worked from a coffee…
lemon blueberry scones
here is what i have learned about summer. summer is as precious as the bountiful berries and fruit that it produces. they do not last long. i talked to some farmer men at the holland market wednesday morning and they said we have about 2 weeks of blueberries left. i refrained from loading my car…
Great about Grains
I have been wanting to write this post forever!!!! i have been tweaking and perfecting this recipe for a few weeks and i finally think i have it down. i was so excited when i was asked to experiment with the new Great Grains Banana Nut Crunch that i had a really hard time making…
#bestself2015 week 26
we have reached the halfway point of #bestself2015! 26 weeks down 26 weeks to go! i actually had a really good week health wise. i have been working outside like crazy and the garden has been producing so many veggies that it’s been hard to keep up just to eat them all. i have been…
simple berry dessert
it’s not a secret that i love checking out all the local farmers markets. i have told you this before but i have a tendency to turn into a bit of a berry hoarder. i freak out that the seasons are so short! cherries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries… they do not last that long here. so…
from the garden
i’m on a bit of a garden kick this week. it’s just been going so good! i think this seriously, the best garden i have ever had in terms of produce. the best part of having a garden (other than eating what you’ve grown) is cooking roulette. you never know what is going to be…
life lately
hello! i’m settling back in to my normal routine and getting my home to do list checked off and slowly getting over jet lag. (was still up at 4:30am this morning) but i’ve been pumping my bloodstream full of coffee and i’m loving life. being away for two weeks brought on a feeling that i…
in the hills of tuscany
yesterday felt like a true vacation day. what do i mean by that… i’ve been gone for over a week right? it was a day where we sat back and just let things happen and let the day take us where it wanted us to go. yesterday we met the other couple staying at the…