Archive for July 2017
Black Bean Brownies (shhhhh, no one will ever know).
Our family loves brownies! I mean, who doesn’t love brownies!? Their gooey deliciousness is reminiscent of every bake sale, church picnic and school function we’ve ever attended. Good alone, good frosted, good warm, good cold, good here and good there. Brownies are good everywhere. However, traditional brownie recipes are often bogged down by tons of…
Read MoreDeeeeeelicious Banana Bread Mini Muffins-Kid Approved!
The best part about buying bananas?? THESE! These muffins are jam packed with the good stuff. We have THE pickiest eaters in our family, and these go over Every.Single.Time. Each ingredient was carefully selected to create the perfect orchestra of flavors. Nothing processed. Zero refined sugars, and sweetened naturally with honey or maple syrup. I use…
Read MoreReflections…
Nostalgia : a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also: something that evokes nostalgia. (Credit: Merriam-Webster Dictionary) So many things evoke a sense of nostalgia to me. Vintage cookbooks. I often find them at thrift stores, estate sales or garage sales. The print is faded…
Read MoreStrawberry Honey Jam
Strawberry season is almost over! If you’re like us, we go through tons and tons of strawberry jam. Traditional recipes are absolutely laden with refined white sugar. In scouring Mr. Google, testing many low sugar recipes and using our children as taste testers, I landed on this gem of a recipe that I found online. It…
Read MoreHow it all began…
I grew up in Central Wisconsin in a middle class family. We lived in a suburban neighborhood with night games and bike races. I had both sets of grandparents close by and they were an important part of my life growing up. I have two siblings. A brother that is 2 years older than me…
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