As some of y’all may remember from last year, I give up sweets for the Lenten season. I dream of doughnuts, cakes, muffins and cookies.This year is no exception.With today being National Banana Bread Day-all I can think about is those tasty little treats with a hot cup o’ joe! I have to admit it
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Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
As some of y’all may remember from last year, I give up sweets for the Lenten season. I dream of doughnuts, cakes, muffins and cookies.This year is no exception.With today being National Banana Bread Day-all I can think about is those tasty little treats with a hot cup o’ joe! I have to admit it
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Meyer Lemon and Cranberry Scones
Scone of My Own As you might remember, I have a Meyer lemon tree and I keep trying to think of ways to use up the fruit. First I made Meyer Lemon Curd and today I’m doing Meyer Lemon and Cranberry Scones. These turned out so well, I might even like them more than
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Christmas Tree Pancakes
Believe it or not I imagined this last night when I was falling asleep. I thought… I’m going to try and make some Christmas tree pancakes for the boys in the morning. Lucky for us all they turned out really cute (which is never a guarantee when you’re experimenting with food). This would be such
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Ricotta Pancakes
Remember when I made those to-die-for Ricotta Fritters? Well now, everywhere I look people are adding ricotta into anything and everything. I decided to try my hand at this as well, and thus, my ricotta pancakes were born. These are light and fluffy, and oh so crispy on the outside which is what makes them
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Mini Breakfast Skillets
This last weekend we had the very first “official” overnight house guests at Bird’s Nest. What’s Bird’s Nest you ask? Oh, that’s just the name of our house… yes, I named it, just like Martha Stewart or George Washington! I plan on having specialty robes made for the guest room and putting a sign out
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Gluten Free Peanut Butter Banana Muffins
I’m at it again! Trying to alter recipes can sometimes be a trial and error. So, I was skeptical about making a muffin with no sugar…but these muffins turned out amazing! So amazing I ate about 15 of them. Thankfully they were mini. I bet that no one will be able to tell you made
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Cooking Lessons: King’s Highway Chilaquiles
For years now I’ve been obsessed with a hotel in Palm Springs called The Ace. I found this quirky little getaway when I was planning my five year anniversary party and wanted something that would require guests to stay the night thus making it more of a celebration. I looked at all the hotels in
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Fruit and Yogurt Parfait
I’m really into brunch starters lately. Mostly because brunch is delicious, and who doesn’t want a pretty little surprise like this parfait or this Smoothie to start you day? But also because I have no kitchen and items like this are fairly easy to pull together in my makeshift cocina. I imagine serving this at
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Sunrise Smoothie
Years ago I went Maui and at the hotel breakfast every morning you would sit down on this gorgeous veranda overlooking the ocean and before you’d even ordered your coffee your waiter would stroll over with small glasses of the featured smoothie. “A gift from the chef” he’d say, “have a great morning”. It was
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Eggstraordinary Spring Entertaining