One last post before Christmas. We made these wintery cupcakes using a Trader Joe's gingerbread baking mix as the base, adding some grated carrot to mix to moisten the cake and give them a little more texture. A simple lemon buttercream frosting with some sugary sprinkles and rosemary sprigs make them extra special Christmas treats. Find the recipe below. I hope your Christmas is magical! Until then...
Read MoreT'is the night before Christmas, and when Santa makes his way to the house tonight we will wow him with the most delicious cookies in the world. They are toasty, chewy, and gooey. They are sooo chocolately. And amazingly, they are gluten and dairy free, made with just 6 ingredients that you probably have in your pantry right now. You should go make some...
Read MoreI'm in the middle of two projects right now, one that I'm working on for Apartment Therapy's Holiday DIY Gift Guide, the other a new iteration of the paper lantern project that involves collecting hundreds of leaves. I hope to bring you at least one of those by next week. In the meantime, here's what we were snacking on this week. I followed my usual peanut butter cookie recipe, and added a couple of ingredients to the mix to give them a little something more, one being baking cocoa, the other cracked sea salt. The result is a soft at center, crispy at the edges cookie with a peanut butter cup flavor. Here are some glamour shots of cookie eating and the recipe. Have a great weekend!
Read MoreToday's post comes from Jasper my almost 2nd grader. Yesterday we made this treat together and he shot all the pictures (I snapped a couple of him). We used the iPhone with various VSCO filters. We talked about the different kids of pictures he'd need to get to tell a story. This is a fun summertime collaboration, because he gets to see how to do a post project from start to finish, he practices his writing skills, and we get to do it together. He picks the projects and writes about them, and here's what he has to say today:
Read MoreI found the perfect popsicle molds at World Market. They are the classic shape and they use regulation sticks, which make them better than the usual plastic handled set or even the Zoku Pop Maker in my book. I've had today's recipe in my head for a little while now. By using coconut water you add some electrolytes to the treat (good on a hot day), plus it's sweet, but low in sugar. I added a teensy bit of fresh ginger to the strawberries in the juicer to add a little kick. The kids didn't seem to mind. Here's the recipe:
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