Home » sweets » layer cakes This carrot cake recipe is my personal favorite carrot cake ever. It’s not too sweet, has an enormous depth of flavor, and the cream cheese frosting is to die for. Everyone who has tried this carrot cake has fawned over it, and you will definitely impress your friends/family if […]

This soy-ginger glazed salmon bowl recipe is so easy for weeknight meals and pairs perfectly with dry roasted green beans. To boot, you’re roasting everything on one sheet pan, so cleanup is easy! Make this soy salmon and green beans recipe tonight! We all know that salmon is good for you, with all its omega […]

This is an incredible moist cornbread recipe; it has a tight crumb so it was not some crumbly waste-of-time BS cornbread. This is truly life-changing cornbread. Trust me when I tell you that this is the most moist cornbread you will ever bake. This cornbread veers more towards spoon-bread territory than your regular old lame […]

These braised baby new potatoes are tender, melt-in-your-mouth, dead-easy to make and versatile in so many ways. I love to make these braised baby new potatoes and serve as a side dish with chicken, or as part of a nicoise salad, with a fried egg on top, or on their own as a snack. I […]

Here’s a recipe for roasted brussels sprouts that’s sweet, tart, tangy and hot –a perfect brussels sprouts recipe for brussels sprouts haters! If you’re doing Paleo or are vegetarian, these honey-vinegar roasted brussels sprouts are totally friendly with those protocols. I’m always on the hunt for a way to dress up brussels sprouts with a […]

Home » sweets » pies + tarts Here is a recipe for a lemon meringue pie with mile-high meringue. Lemon meringue pie is in my top 3 favorite pies — after rhubarb and gooseberry (do i like tart things? apparently) — and this pie gets its name from its absurdly tall meringue topping. this pie […]

Here’s a recipe for a rhubarb compote that is lower in sugar but maintains that delicious sweet-tart balance that rhubarb is known for. Using just water, rhubarb, and sugar or a sugar substitute, this rhubarb compote recipe is ready in about 20 minutes and is delicious with yogurt, ice cream, on toast, or as a […]

This light and refreshing pomegranate cocktail with lime and mint is so delicious, you won’t even know there’s no alcohol in it! If you’re doing a Dry January, a Whole30 or just don’t want to imbibe, try this lime-mint pomegranate mocktail! While I def am one to love a Friday night cocktail (my go to’s […]

This Vegan 3-Layer Chocolate Birthday Cake is sumptuous, sexy, exquisite, chocolate-y. It’s vegan without trying too hard. No super weird ingredients, just a good old fashioned chocolate cake. Celebrate your next birthday with this vegan chocolate birthday cake! this vegan chocolate cake recipe comes from one of my favorite bloggers, ashley rodriguez of not without […]

Here’s a super Autumnal baking recipe: this pumpkin cake is all the best flavors of September + October in a bite. This is a slightly healthier than average bundt cake. It’s made with pumpkin, maple syrup, and cardamom, and topped with a yogurt-cardamom glaze. It’s my favorite pumpkin cake I’ve ever made, and the cardamom […]

This homemade roasted applesauce recipe is a sophisticated take on an apple compote/applesauce with the addition of onion and thyme. This adapted from the roasted applesauce recipe from the Food52 book Genius Recipes! I’m calling this a roasted apple compote instead of a roasted applesauce because it goes a little in to savory land with […]

Hi there! My name is Mimi Newman. I’m an independent food blogger, food photographer, and UX/UI/product designer. I’ve been an avid home cook since forever. I grew up in a family of cooks – my grandmother’s family was one of the original butchers at the Farmer’s Market in LA, and I was always the sous-chef […]

This turkey chili verde is one of those building block recipes hat everyone should know. it’s a low carb chili that is easy to customize, healthy, and tastes so good – it can be eaten for nearly any meal on whole30! this turkey chili verde is the protein-packed chili that you need. I love a […]

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. These Basque Cheesecake Bars have the flavor profile of the Basque dessert but […]