I have a major weakness for big, fluffy, vanilla chocolate chip muffins, available at many bakeries and grocery stores to tempt me, basically cupcakes without the icing. The other day, all I wanted was a cookie that tasted like those muffins. I took into account my love for soft and chewy funfetti sugar cookies and […]
Cookies ‘n’ Cream Happy Cookies
Growing up, my mom would sometimes make cute little sugar-coated peanut butter cookies with chocolate Hershey’s kisses plunked in the middle that we always called simply Happy Cookies. I was feeling in a bit of a funk for awhile this fall, and felt my cookies could use a bit of happy injected into them. Since […]
Mini Cinnamon Muffins
High school cooking class may not have prepared me for daily life in any meaningful way, but we certainly had a good time. There was nothing better than eating your work – so much more visually rewarding than finishing an essay, and so much better smelling than solving a math problem! The one recipe that […]
Ricardo’s Peanut Butter Brownies
February!! Have you all fallen off the healthy eating bandwagon yet? Are my Whole30 barely-acquaintances ready to become my real, fun friends again? Because brrrrooooooowwwnies! Basically I have (re)taken up exercising so I can (re)take up consuming more brownies. Ricardo (well, probably not him personally) kindly sent me a copy of this gorgeous magazine, and […]
Peanut Butter & Honey Krispie Treats
There’s a blanket on my couch that I’m very protective of. I bought it on a whim at Superstore last year, and ended up spending most of the first two weeks of nights with Jack under it on the couch. There was something about the softness of that blanket hitting us that calmed us both […]
Speculaas Squares
How many people have speculaas in their background, one of those cozy growing-up flavours your parents introduced you to? More savoury and spicy than sweet, speculaas flavour is really similar to chai flavour, the only real difference being the cardamom in chai. I’ve always loved chai tea and never really put two and two together […]
Homemade Oreos
There are few things I like better than a good giant Oreo entering my face. Oreos are one of my only hard cookie weaknesses (only the chocolate ones, not the goldens). Being able to make an even more delicious version at home can only be a dangerous thing. Thankfully they require the extra step of […]
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
So the time has finally come that I own a cell phone. Which means you can ask me if you want my number, or you can just follow me on Instagram, where I’m most excited to be back so I can take selfies with flamingos. I suppose it was really only a matter of time […]
Five-Banana Bread
Sometimes I get frustrated by the constant mess in my house and get on my kids’ case about helping out, putting things where they belong, etc. Then I notice my one-year-old puts his milk cup back in the fridge and brings his empty snack bowl to the dishwasher, and I wonder where all the mess is […]
Toffee Chocolate Chip Bars
Yesterday we did a bit of spur-of-the-moment back-to-school shopping, and the crowds at first shocked me, then it hit me – it is August. How did this happen? While some days may feel long, the weeks and months are indeed short, and all too soon I’ll have only two littles at home every day (at […]
