I’ve focused more on baking than moving here lately, but big changes are in progress for my family, and we’ve got moving on the brain. While our next move is, thankfully, a close one, I’ve been thinking about all of the things we had to …
This post was originally written on February 8, 2018, when we lived in California. I lived in the same house from birth through college. I collected a lot of stuff back then. After high school, I lived in four dorms in four years, then four …
I’ve focused more on baking than moving here lately, but big changes are in progress for my family, and we’ve got moving on the brain. While our next move is, thankfully, a close one, I’ve been thinking about all of the things we had to …
Baking with M Week 1 2019 A very belated Happy New Year! Despite being on school break for two weeks for the holidays, we did very little baking after Cookiepalooza 2018. We spent Christmas together, caught up on errands and doctor’s appointments, worked a little, …
What do you do when you don’t eat dairy and a recipe calls for buttermilk? You improvise, of course! For years, when a recipe called for buttermilk, I rarely had it on hand. So I “made” it with milk and white vinegar. Some recipes for …
We had a BIG weekend of baking and cookie decorating a few weeks ago! I am very much belated with the recap about how cookie day went. We’ve just been having so much fun working on our bucket list there hasn’t been enough time to …
As we enter another December weekend leading up to the holidays, I’m gearing up for a big couple of days. That’s right, it’s time for Cookiepalooza 2018! Every year, I make several batches of cookies to bundle up and share with family, friends, neighbors, teachers, and …
Wait a minute. That title can’t be right. Tomato-less ketchup? As in, ketchup… with no tomatoes? You’ve got it. Ever since learning I was allergic to tomatoes a few months ago, I’ve been on the lookout for replacements for some common tomato staples. Even though …
Another day, another discovery of a food that contains corn. Today, it’s baking powder. Simple baking powder. A required leavening agent in many baked goods. Thankfully, I found it before really ringing in the holiday baking season! Corn seems to be in *everything* in the United …
Baking with M, Week 12 As I mentioned with last week’s recipe, we had several weeks of being busy. It’s been nice to have a couple of mostly relaxing weekends to recover. This weekend we were so lucky to have one of M’s friends and …
Baking with M, Week 11 We had a few weeks away from baking while we did some traveling. We had a very exciting trip to Park City, Utah, for a good friend’s wedding ceremony. Matt officiated (thanks to the Universal Life Church), and M was …
Baking with M, Week 10 One of the things I miss most about fall in the northeast are apple cider donuts. They’re practically a staple. In Connecticut, we would get them from Bishop Farm or Lyman Orchards, along with a hot chocolate or apple cider. …
