I use to buy pita bread then the pandemic hit. Once an item that was always available was suddenly sold out, everywhere. I did the next best thing and started baking pita bread myself, at home. It was a glorious thing. Pillows and pockets of bread any time I wanted it. Why had I waited …
I had a similar kumquat scone back in February at one of my favorite breakfast spots. Kumquats are a love or hate type of citrus. I am on the love camp but did not always feel that way. It wasn’t until I tried kumquat marmalade that I decided to start using them more often at …
One of my favorite things to do each season is to create a new sweet roll recipe. We don’t eat sweet rolls or cinnamons often, so when we do I try to make it a little extra special. Besides I love creating new sweet recipes using seasonal fruit as the sweetener opposed to a lot …
This is one of those recipes which I intended on sharing a while ago, actually for Easter. Then life took over, and maybe I was a tad lazy too. It doesn’t matter when or why instead it is nice to share it for Mother’s Day. If I were going to see my mom or even …
I am so in love with this new recipe for Cherry Chocolate Hot Cross Buns and I have a feeling you will enjoy it too. I decided to take my traditional hot cross bun recipe and jazz it up with tart-dried cherries, chocolate, and apricot jam. Cute little buns that scream springtime. I am always one …
YAY for all the moms out there, this coming Sunday is your special day to to take some time to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor! Take off that apron, kick off your shoes, sit back on the sofa or out in the sun, read a book, and demand to be spoiled. And …
In my previous life, I was a nanny. Max was only three months old when I started, and I could not wait until he was big enough to bake cookies with me. I believe, if my memory serves me right, that began as soon as he could sit on the counter. I was overzealous to …
I have been traveling so much over the past few months that I have felt like my photography has become stagnate. I keep trying to make time to shoot for me; but, then work comes first. Every time I do shoot, I say to myself “I could, or I should be doing better than …