As I get older, I hope I’m getting wiser. There are many areas that need work, but I feel like I am getting ever-so-slightly better at keeping my mouth shut, at least temporarily and, more importantly, reserving judgement. I used to be a person who formed an opinion in the first 9 seconds, whether meeting someone […]
Peanut Butter & Jam Oat Breakfast Bars
It is truly astounding how much I hate babysitting. I love my own children with an intense, unending, smothering love and literally never get tired of the blessing of getting to stay home with them. But, schedule me to be in a room with 10+ children, such as in our church nursery, and I literally […]
Chewy Gingerbread White Chocolate Blondies
I feel like you probably think I’m the “homemade gift giving” type. Truth is, we eat pretty much everything I make ourselves, and not just because I’m terrible at sharing. I have an unending fear of giving someone an edible gift with a hair in it, a very real possibility 3.5 months post-baby. Also, the […]
Mint Chocolate Nanaimo Bars
I should really know better by now than to start my Christmas baking anytime besides the day before Christmas. I had the best of intentions when I made these no-bake beauties a couple weeks ago. A jump on my holiday baking, I thought. I’ll bake for the freezer, I said. I need to test a new […]
Butter Baked Goods: The Dunbar {Giveaway!}
I’m joining with some other fabulous bloggers today to tell you about one of my favourite cookbooks of all time: Butter Baked Goods, by Rosie Daykin. We’ve partnered with the lovely Rosie on this, so make sure you make it all the way to the bottom to enter the giveaway! This cookbook made a surprise […]
Chewy Pumpkin S’mores Cookies
I was going to go easy on the pumpkin this year, I really was. But you know how pumpkin is, right? You use some and there’s some left, so you find another recipe you simply must make, but that needs 1/4 cup more pumpkin than what you had left over, so you open some more pumpkin…the cycle […]
PB & J Thumbprint Cookies
Who doesn’t love good ol’ pb & j sandwich?Oh wait, um, ME. But like most things, once you put it into cookie form just TRY to keep me away. Yup, you can’t. Juuuuust hand ’em over.These are an adaptation born of 4 jars of jam passed on to me by my mother-in-law after she had […]
Chewy Monster Cookie Bars
Well, I think we’re officially ready for baby to make its appearance as finally, wonder of wonders, last night we settled on baby names we agree on. It’s nowhere near what I thought we’d choose for a boy, I’m not entirely convinced it goes with our current names, but with only 9 days till due […]
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Squares
We’re in trauma mode over here after family visiting from Australia had to go back to said land down under. My kids got deeply attached to these “new” cousins, and, while I wisely distracted them with fun visits to other cousins immediately following the departure, I neglected to anticipate the sadness that comes with the […]
Strawberry Oat Bars (with Strawberry Chia Jam)
While I’m still just as obsessed with chocolate as ever, I’m eating berries in at least equal amounts while the gettin’s good. But fresh berries don’t last forever, and sometimes you need to use a bunch quickly or risk crossing that fine line between sooooo juicy and sweet and ewwww gross my finger just went […]
