We had a very busy weekend…again. Preparing a house to put it on the market is more of an ordeal than I ever imagined. Especially when you’ve put off painting projects for two years. My husband and I worked incredibly hard this weekend, trying to get it in tip top shape, and we are still…
Category: Dessert
Gingerbread Cookies
Amid the chaos that the holidays bring, the shopping, cooking, traveling, decorating, some traditions are really worth the effort. These cookies make the cut. No leaving the house, no battling crowds, no sleepy toddlers fighting to stay awake for Christmas lights. I plan on making them every year. They’re classic, warm with spices, and so…
Dairy Free Chocolate Cream Pie
Growing up, my family was all about traditions during the holiday season. If we did it once, we had to do it every year. We used the same old flannel shirt of my dad’s to make the scarecrow for Halloween, the same dressing recipe for Thanksgiving, and we watch the recorded cartoon How the Grinch…
Christmas Cookies
Every year when I was young, I looked forward to my Christmas cookie marathon. For weeks before, I would scour cookie recipe books picking the perfect combination. One chocolate mint, one oatmeal chocolate cherry for my mom, a challenging stained glass butter cookie, and a sliced peppermint. I’d get so carried away that we would…
Sweet Potato Pie
This pie y’all. Sweet potato pie is my absolute favorite. It’s the one that my mom makes especially for me every year. My brothers are all about the chocolate cream pie, the cherry, and the pecan, but for me, it’s not Thanksgiving without a Sweet Potato Pie. Warmly spiced and sturdy enough to hold up…
Simple Mills Vanilla Cupcake Mix: Product Review
Let me preface this post by saying that I don’t consider a cupcake “true food”, strictly speaking. However, food plays a variety of roles in our lives, and one of those is celebratory. Our family doesn’t celebrate very often, for instance Friday is not a cause for dessert in our house. That being said, when…
Simple Fresh Fruit Popsicles
We are on a popsicle kick at our house lately. I don’t know if it’s the heat or the abundance of fresh, delicious summer fruit, but we have an afternoon popsicle snack almost every day. Because of this, I want my popsicles to be as healthy as possible. For me, that means no added sugar…
Summer Strawberry Crumble
I think I purchased my last batch of strawberries for the year. I am afraid, here in Houston, strawberry season has peaked and is on it’s way out. I thought we should pay this incredible spring fruit some respect and go out with a bang! This gluten and dairy free strawberry crumble is the perfect…
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