Minimalism. Mindfulness. Munchies.
It’s that time! We’re getting close enough to Christmas that we can start making baked goods—ones that keep well, of course—as we finish prepping our food gifts! I have had great luck giving gingerbread biscotti as a food gift. It makes an easy remembrance for groups of people, like coworkers, neighbors, etc. A few pieces in...
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and I know what you’re thinking about… Making preserved lemons! OK, maybe not. But making these puppies is so easy that you really could whip them up today, even amongst all your planning and cooking and prepping for the big day tomorrow. I was able to make these while...
Mmm… I love granola. In fact, I’m eating some right now! Granola with Greek yogurt and maybe a drizzle of honey is one of my favorite go-to breakfasts, snacks, desserts… A jar of homemade Christmas granola makes a great starting place for a gift. I like to package it with some nice coffee for...
Six weeks to Christmas and I’m making Christmas cookies. I swear, I’m not as insane as I look. It just isn’t Christmas to me until I have a batch of my grandmother’s Gingies in the oven. When I was small, we would get boxes of them in the mail, along with beautiful winter oranges,...
Some things I learned while doing this week’s food craft: Candy making is pretty easy. Candy making is also pretty hard. My husband will eat as much melted chocolate as you give him. The actual recipe for making hot chocolate on a stick is very easy: melt the chocolate, add powdered sugar and cocoa,...
These easy consumable gifts are about as simple as food gifts get. In the foreground, Christmas spice salt, adapted from a recipe in Nigella Christmas. Christmas Spice Salt 2 cups sea salt 2 tsp peppercorns (I used smoked) 2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes 2 tsp anise seed (or whole star anise) This blend...
It thrills me that there are people out there who are experts in chocolate. I suppose you could be an expert in anything. You could be an expert in Lima beans. Or in toast. Or plain white rice. But chocolate is just so much sexier. And since I got a tour of Ritual Chocolate‘s...
We’ve all seen those ubiquitous cookie mixes, cake mixes, and brownie mixes layered in jars to give as gifts, but what about pie in a jar? Well, not a whole pie. (Those are super cute, but they also look super labor-intensive.) How about just the pie filling? I was looking for a way to...
Before I had ever made plum jam, I thought it was hard. That was way back when I assumed that if a product was something people routinely bought prepared at the store, it must be hard to do. HA! Then I saw this recipe for raspberry basil jam in an issue of O Magazine. ...
While my parents are in town this weekend, I’m making these cinnamon rolls, which I first made two years ago. Enjoy! I have been craving cinnamon rolls for about a week. I blame the Pioneer Woman. But, after everything I’ve been doing lately to eat better and after attending the Green Festival in...