We celebrated Helen & Jim’s birthday a bit early this year. I didn’t want them to miss out on a party if the baby decided to make an appearance. Good thing I planned ahead! Helen and James both love helping out in the kitchen whenever they can, so I decided to let them in on…
Dessert
Spiced Pear Pie
This Spiced Pear Pie is the perfect end to an autumn supper! I feel like pumpkin, apple, and pear are The Big Three of the fall baking fruits (if you count pumpkin as a fruit). But I feel like pears don’t get as much limelight as apples and pumpkins. Which is such a shame: they’re…
Sourdough Pie Crust
This sourdough pie crust is long fermented for health, and super flaky and a tiny bit tangy. I am continually amazed by the vast array of things you can make with sourdough. And it’s not just a healthy substitute for your go-to recipes. Oh no. Every sourdough recipe I’ve tried has been BETTER than any…
Matcha Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
This Matcha Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream is a wonderful way to enjoy the flavors of matcha! September is here! I know everyone else will be sharing baking, apple, pumpkin, and spice-infused recipes. But I’m over here hanging on to the last bits of summer in northern Minnesota. Fall is my favorite season, don’t get me…
Homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
These homemade peanut butter cups are dark chocolate and much more healthy (and tasty!) than store-bought. If you know me well, you eventually learn that I despise most candy. A mouth full of sugar just isn’t appealing to me. BUT one of the few sugary confections that actually tempt me is a peanut butter cup….
Helen & Jim’s Birthday Cake
This healthier Chocolate Cake with Raspberries and Cream Cheese Frosting is a scaled-down version (baked in 6-inch cake pans) for a child’s birthday party (it’s also lower in sugar). February is birthday month for my kids. Their birthdays are a week apart. So I decided it would be best to combine their parties into one….
Lemon Curd Ripple Ice Cream + Summer Fun
If you’re going to make one dessert to celebrate the last days of summer, let it be this Lemon Curd Ice Cream. Even if you’re a lemon skeptic, please give it a try. It’s so rich and creamy and tangy and flavorful. Reuben is in love with this ice cream. I think he was pretty…
Individual Lemon Soufflé Pudding Cakes
If you’re looking for a recipe to impress the lemon-lover in your life, look no more: here it is. These Lemon Soufflé Pudding Cakes look all fancy-pants, but they’re actually pretty easy to whip up. AND they’re delicious warm, room temperature, or cold. Totally not finicky. It’s pretty amazing how these cakes create a light…
Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake
This Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake is an easy winter dessert bursting with flavor. Is it spring yet? Hmmm? Northern Minnesota weather has been such a tease this year. It was sunny and in the 50s on Sunday, but the forecast this week is in the teens and twenties. Right now it’s snowing and blowing…
Grain-Free Carrot Cake Cupcakes + Jim’s First Birthday!
You guys. My little boy turned one year old this Monday. Ack! How can it have been 12 months since I birthed him already?! Yes, I am one of those pitiful moms that wishes their child would remain a baby perpetually. Well, not really. But it makes me sad to think that before I know…