A stand-up carrot cake recipe is always a good thing to have in one’s repertoire, in my opinion. This recipe is stand-up. It’s flavorful without being over-done. It’s moist without being heavy or greasy. It’s loaded with fruits and, therefore, fiber (which must mean that it’s healthy-right?). And to top...
I have always loved the dry and crumbly nature of an Irish Soda Bread. It’s barely sweet, fairly dry at the crust, moist near the center, and just plain lovely. Problem is that the way my family recipe read was not very healthy so I set out to re-make the...
I don’t know about you, but when I was young my Mom used to make chocolate chip cookie bars every once in a while and they were a thing of beauty. Thick, chewy, sweet, and addictive. The tops were kind of crunchy and if you had one while they were...
If you’re anything like me then until now you’ve only ever had graham crackers from a box, off the grocery store shelf, and thought that they were fantastic (especially smeared with a little bit of peanut butter and maybe even a drizzle of honey). If that’s the truth, and you...
This recipe is reminiscent of fall with the use of fresh apples and cinnamon, but hearty for winter with those steel-cut oats. It’s not too sweet at all, just the sweetness of the apples & raisins, really. I think that the recipe would do grandly with the addition of walnuts...
So when I’m complaining in March about my weight while running up hills in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Road Race, some please remind me about these cookies and my decision to make them… and to eat them…. You see, my neighbor has been wonderful this winter in helping me...
I love to bake, and I love to eat desserts. What I do not love are overly-sweet and/or rich desserts that make my teeth ache and my conscience wish that I had said “no” after I begin digestion. That is where this recipe comes in: a moist cake, rich with...
…and all I have to have finished by Friday afternoon is: two batches of applesauce one sweet potato pie a few dozen mini corn muffins a bittersweet chocolate tart a dozen panna cotta one goat cheese cheesecake on molasses cookie crust, topped with honeyed cranberries a dozen peanut butter and...
So a coworker shared a recipe this week for a lemon ricotta cookie. When I found out this morning that Mom would be bringing Gram by for tea this afternoon I knew that I had the perfect reason to try them. They came out very nice. I have tweaked the...
Also in this month’s Food & Wine mag was a recipe for Spicy Asian-Chicken-Salad Lettuce Cups. I wanted to bring something healthy to the party for those who don’t eat cherry ganache-stuffed chocolate chunk espresso cookies. I liked the idea for a moist chicken salad that used rotisserie chicken,...