Have you ever popped a cranberry in your mouth? They're awful. Truly horrid little things. Sour and bitter, they remind me a little of myself after enduring 2020. Yet, despite the obstacle of having terrible flavour, the lowly cranberry still manages to be the star in many stellar recipes like these Cranberry Streusel Muffins. So yes, this is a recipe for muffins so delicious that you'll definitely want to share them with friends and family, but it's a redemption story too. Simply put my …
Heavenly Homemade Marshmallows (Never Pick Up Store Bought Again)
I had never tasted homemade marshmallows until I was well into my 30s, but the moment the light as air sweetness hit my lips, I knew. I had been conned. Marshmallows that you buy, you know the ones in a bag that line the bottom shelf in a grocery store are sad, pathetic imposters. The problem of course it that true, homemade marshmallows don't have a fantastic shelf life but holy whipped heaven they are totally worth making. One caveat, you really need a stand mixer. They absolutely can me …
Decadent Kitchen Sink Brownies – Leave No Sweets Behind
After eight months eating my way through a pandemic, my baking cupboard is a little disordered with a little bit of this and a little bit of that leftover from previous recipes. In a quest to leave no sweet behind, I made these Kitchen Sink Brownies. So the most important thing to remember about these brownies is that you don't have to be married to the ingredients listed in the recipe. If you don't have walnuts, use pecans or peanuts. If you're 1/2 cup short on semi-sweet chocolate chips, …
Pineapple Carrot Quick Bread – The Pandemic Baking Comeback
We're baking again right? Because it feels like my need to bake all the things rises proportionately to how bad the news gets. Which brings me to this Pineapple Carrot Quick Bread, because immediately after seeing snow on the ground in October coupled with non-stop news from the south, I felt the need to eat my feelings in the form of a warm, baked, comfort food. Something I could slather with butter and pair with a cup of tea. I turned to this after I remembered a time when I worked in a …
Homemade Real Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
So today I'm going to share my recipe for real mint chocolate chip ice cream with you, but before I do, I'm going to spend at least 500 words just telling you a story. I WISH I could just share the recipe and move the eff on with my day but the Google gods insist that I blather on endlessly about my mundane life in order to get this ice cream for "real mint chocolate chip ice cream" (keyword alert) into the search engine. I don't make the rules people, I just follow them. So here we go. …
