Merry Christmas to my friends who celebrate the holiday! Happy holidays and I hope you have something sweet today! I’ll be back later this week! I love to bake and share buttery, sugary sweets with my and loved ones. I…
I love fruit in my desserts. It makes me feel mildly less guilty about eating a sugary treat and also ensures that I’m at least eating something nutritious (that’s my rationalization and I’m sticking to it). But baked fruit desserts…
I used to be a huge fan of Little Debbie’s snack size brownies. They are gooey, chewy, and have just a few walnuts for that tiny bit of nutrition/crunch (or that’s my rationalization!). I definitely loved to sneakily grab a…
I’m not someone that subscribes to having certain meals at certain times. I really love eating savory dishes, like delicate dumplings at dim sum (Cantonese style brunch where wonderful shrimp or pork dumplings are staples) in the morning. At the…
One of my favorite aspects of autumn is the plentiful, seasonal produce – especially apples and pumpkins. I’m not in a cool weather climate until the end of fall, but I still wanted to use apples and make applesauce (which…
I’m a little bit of a rebel when it comes to recipes sometimes. I rebel against too much sugar or try to decrease the amount of fat whenever possible. I first read this cheesecake recipe in Cooking Light a few…
*Sale alert – get an extra 25% off Shopbop sale items with code EXTRA25 through Thursday, 11:59 pm EST. This Rebecca Taylor silk shift dress would be a lovely versatile piece for summer!* A perfect morsel is one that is bite-sized, perfectly…
Do you ever get an intense craving for a certain food? I had a few small packages of Orea cookies sitting in my kitchen and thought “I have to make a dessert out of this!” and “How do I make…
Fact: fried food is delicious. But a moist delicious morsel also leads to a few extra pounds as well as an increased risk of health problems including heart disease. Not a delicious thing for your health. So that is why…
I’ll admit it, I get a little swell of pride when my husband tells me a dish I make is “SOOO good!” that he could eat it every day. This, my dears, is one of those beloved dishes. I was…