Happy Saturday, friends! I’m thrilled it’s Saturday because that means I’m one day closer to Monday, when I’ll have a kitchen countertop again! I knew I loved cooking and baking but never really realized how much of my day it ate up until it was gone. These past 3-ish weeks have seen some looooong days. […]
Saturday Sweets: Lemon Raspberry Squares
I’ve been holding out on you. And, I’m sorry. I have been meaning to post these deliciously amazing squares for ages, but the world has seemed to be against me. Well, that, and my love for them. You see, it seems they never seemed to stick around long enough for me to be able to […]
“Why Women Need Fat” and Dark Chocolate Mousse Recipe
I have a few pieces of fantastic news for you today. 1) I am going to tell you (if you’re a woman) about a book that explains why you need to eat more fat and why the fat you have is a healthy thing. 2) I have an awesome chocolate mousse recipe made with […]
Mrs. Dykstra’s Amazing Brownies
Happy new year everyone!! I have been seriously slacking on my blogging duties for the last couple weeks, as I holidayed to the max with family and friends over Christmas and New Years, but now I am so excited to be back at it! Anna and I also had a great chance to catch up […]
Saturday Sweets: Apple Streusel Coffee Cake
Did you all think I might get sick of streusel one day? After eating these scones (my favourite breakfast), this cake, and these muffins? NEEEVVVVVERRRRRRRR!! Mmmm, streuselly streuselly streusel. Coommmme to meeeee. Ahem. Remember awhile back when I scads of apples and made apple pie filling? Yeah, don’t worry, I didn’t remember either. That’s what happens […]
Pumpkin Streusel Bundt Cake
Holiday season is in full swing, and many of us are just coming out of our fall pumpkin coma, just in time for one more delicious pumpkin recipe! This cake is definitely worth cracking open one more can of pumpkin, brewing up some chai tea, and inviting a few friends for coffee or dessert. Part […]
Orange Nanaimo Bars
Do you love Nanaimo bars? I do. I’ve seen many a good diets fall as helpless prey to a plate of nanaimo bars. You know what else I love? Orange chocolate. I search them out in the Pot of Gold boxes (I have to be faster than Anna), and I only really enjoy it around […]
Pumpkin Toffee Cheesecake
For us Canadians, Thanksgiving has come and gone and some of us are already in full Christmas mode. I may or may not be done my Christmas shopping already…it helps that I had all of one lovely lady on my list since we’re paring down this year, but I’m feeling accomplished nonetheless! I’m even more […]
Kuchen in the Kitchen
Is a kuchen just a cake? I feel very much like a German house-frau or something, whipping out a kuchen when people come to visit. White as I am, German is about all I can pass for when it comes to different ethnicities, being as it is very similar to the Dutch/English gene pool I […]
Reese’s Peanut Butter Crunch Brownies
I loooooooove brownies. And I’m not talking 8 year old Girl Scouts, though they are very sweet too, I’m sure. I’m talking sweet, dense, crackly-topped, stick to all the parts of your mouth, good cold or warm, with icing, ice cream, whipped cream, and/or chocolate sauce, want-one-right-now brownies. What’s that, you prefer those kind of […]
