Y’all these cookie butter blondies are unreal. With the toasty cinnamon notes from Biscoff cookie butter, plus dark chocolate and finally a little hit of flaky salt on top — it’s a little over the top. These chocolate chip cookie butter blondies are sent from heaven. Make these now. I travel a lot for work, […]

This is a fried chicken salad that’s inspired by my favorite fried chicken sandwich. It has all the crunchy, fried bites of a fried chicken sandwich, but made low carb by eschewing a bun for salad greens. This fried chicken salad is perfect for summertime and is my new favorite “unhealthy” salad. I make this […]

Here is a dead-simple recipe for mango popsicles, with just three ingredients: mango, water, and lime juice! If you’re feeling sassy and like the contrast of salty and sweet and mango with more lime. I thought these were really yummy with a dash of Tajin on top. In peak summer, it is just delicious on […]

Everyone needs a backup, quick to throw together, homemade dip recipe in their repertoire. This easy yogurt dip served with cucumbers makes use of ingredients you already have, and is completely foolproof. This dip is like a deconstructed tzatziki dip – so simple and easy. You should make this homemade yogurt dip anytime you have […]

One of my favorite restaurants in Seattle, ba bar, makes the perfect vermicelli bowl recipe. called bun, Vietnamese cold noodle salads combine sweet, salty, savory, crunchy, and vinegary flavors into a really satiating and healthy-ish lunch. This is a copycat recipe of Ba Bar’s vermicelli bowl recipe – as best i could reverse engineer it! ba […]

If you’re interested in whittling down your kitchen into a Capsule Kitchen, but don’t know where to start – here is a 21-day challenge where each day you take on 1 mini-task to streamline and declutter your kitchen. This Capsule Kitchen challenge is the *perfect* way to do some cleaning in the near year, spring cleaning, […]

Today I’m so excited to be sharing a recipe for a tea cake! This recipe yields a fluffy, light cake that’s flavored with chamomile tea and is covered with buttercream and decorated with fresh chamomile flowers. Read on for plenty of tips for making a layer cake that uses chamomile tea in it! I love baking with tea. Steeping tea into baked things like these […]

Home » sweets » rustic cakes + loaves This semolina rosewater cake is a savory, sophisticated tea cake that is great for tea, breakfast, or dessert alongside some whipped cream. Semolina flour makes the cake’s crumb hearty and earthy, almost like a polenta cake. it would be perfect with a dollop of creme fraiche or […]

Raw romanesco is beautiful, and spicy roasted romanesco is delicious! Here is a recipe for a spicy roasted romanesco. Romanesco is cooked quickly at high heat, and then dressed with olive oil, garlic, and red pepper. inspired by the blasted broccoli at Seattle’s Black Bottle, this is a spicy roasted romanesco. it comes together in […]

Here’s a salad recipe that plays on some great fall flavors – persimmon, arugula, pecans, and blue cheese. This Thanksgiving salad idea will surprise and delight your guests! Also, if you have some Fuyu persimmons, this is a great way to use persimmons in a salad. Hope you love this persimmon salad! I love crunchy […]

Here is a keto cheesecake recipe that levels up what a keto cheesecake can be. Tarta de queso, known as gazta tarta in the Basque Region, is a cheesecake that is crustless, creamy, tender, and really amazing — it’s known as Burnt Basque Cheesecake here in the states. It’s also less sweet than the New York-style cheesecake. […]

If you’ve been with me a while, you might know my love of boxed cake mix. Who needs to weigh out every dry ingredient if someone has already done it for you!!! This coconut cake recipe uses a regular white cake mix and spruces it up with a lovely cream cheese frosting + optional lemon […]

Here’s a recipe for roasted garlic bread, made on a sourdough baguette. This recipe could just as easily be for French bread – the proportions work for any long baguette-shaped bread. Roasting garlic infuses a sweet, umami flavor into your garlic bread spread that adds so much depth of flavor! This is a perfect side […]

Here is a recipe for how to make labneh- a Middle Eastern strained yogurt/cheese. Also known as strained yogurt, Greek yogurt, yogurt cheese, sack yogurt, labaneh or suzma yogurt. Labneh is yogurt that has been strained to remove most of its whey, resulting in a thicker consistency than unstrained yogurt. It’s sooo easy to make, […]