Banana bread has always been a favorite, but banana muffins come in a close second. I have been playing around with my soufflé molds again, as well as my favorite muffin recipe. I came up with Banana Poppyseed Muffins with Hazelnut Streusel, a combination of flavors that work well together, and the muffins bake up tall and elegant in the molds (if you don’t have soufflé molds, see below on…
My family is still fighting off colds and coughs and what-have-yous, so it may be very obvious as you read along that I have not had enough sleep this week, and have spent the majority of my days listening to chapter books being read, catching up on my multiplication tables, and watching too many episodes of whatever it is sick peeps want to watch (I’ll admit it’s funny,…
A few months back I took part in With Food + Love‘s “21 Days to Lean and Green” program. It’s a three week mind and body reboot, focusing on slowing down and putting yourself, and your health, first. It was a great experience – Sherrie is a constant and thoughtful encouragement, and in that short time she gave a lot of great tools to help me stop and…
‘Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.’ – Mark Twain (I ran into these words by Mr. Twain this week. They were much needed after some unkind voices from the past spoke loud and clear unexpectedly. Letting go is never an easy task, aye?)…
![Pear-Apple Hard Cider Pie! I have to admit, I’ll always pick pears over apples. “Like a snowflake, the perfectly ripe pear is a fleeting thing. Something to be caught, held tenderly, briefly marveled at, before it is gone forever...[w]e talk of apples and pears in the same breath, as we might salt and pepper, yet they are as different as you can imagine. An apple is about a loud crunch, a quick hit, a fruit to be enjoyed on the run. The pear is more of a gentle nature, something to take our time over. At its point of perfection an apple shouts, a pear whispers.” - @nigelslater , Ripe (a beautiful cookbook, I highly recommend!) Recipe link for the pie in my profile! 🍐🍐🍐](http://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/c0.101.812.812a/s320x320/74800001_2616444915091229_5049465048263371252_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=105&oh=0ee98667246b3609d84d360c669c24a6&oe=5E6D3561 "Pear-Apple Hard Cider Pie! I have to admit, I’ll always pick pears over apples. “Like a snowflake, the perfectly ripe pear is a fleeting thing. Something to be caught, held tenderly, briefly marveled at, before it is gone forever...[w]e talk of apples and pears in the same breath, as we might salt and pepper, yet they are as different as you can imagine. An apple is about a loud crunch, a quick hit, a fruit to be enjoyed on the run. The pear is more of a gentle nature, something to take our time over. At its point of perfection an apple shouts, a pear whispers.” - @nigelslater , Ripe (a beautiful cookbook, I highly recommend!) Recipe link for the pie in my profile! 🍐🍐🍐")
