The Perfect Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe

In case you haven’t guessed from my pen name, sweet potatoes (AKA yams) are pretty much my favorite thing ever. So why has it taken me almost seven years of blogging to finally post my favorite recipe for my favorite food? I can’t tell you. All I know is that I’m here doing it now. … Read more

Candy Cane Brownies

I’m back! And in hopes that you will forgive me for my brief absence, I bear gifts of fudgy, flourless brownies topped with a fluffy peppermint cream cheese frosting and studded with the delicate crunch of candy canes. Am I forgiven? So how is it that my kid was perfect for 9 hours straight in … Read more

Homemade Candy Cane Brownies

I’m back! And in hopes that you will forgive me for my brief absence, I bear gifts of fudgy, flourless brownies topped with a fluffy peppermint cream cheese frosting and studded with the delicate crunch of candy canes. Am I forgiven? So how is it that my kid was perfect for 9 hours straight in … Read more

The Perfect Chocolate Mousse

Hello, and welcome to my first post of 2018! January may be half over, but (as usual) I have some great excuses! First of all, Samuel now has an official deadline to finish his thesis to get his degree (after which he will have to fly all the way back to Berlin to defend it), … Read more

Homemade The Perfect Chocolate Mousse

Hello, and welcome to my first post of 2018! January may be half over, but (as usual) I have some great excuses! First of all, Samuel now has an official deadline to finish his thesis to get his degree (after which he will have to fly all the way back to Berlin to defend it), … Read more

Amazing Carrot Cake Loaf With Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting

So if you have been following me on Instagram, you have seen that even though I do not possess the time/sanity to cook you new recipes to post with a 1 1/2 year old and a newborn around, I somehow found the time/sanity to create 8 new homemade photo backdrops (see here). Well maybe not … Read more

Carrot Cake Loaf With Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting

So if you have been following me on Instagram, you have seen that even though I do not possess the time/sanity to cook you new recipes to post with a 1 1/2 year old and a newborn around, I somehow found the time/sanity to create 8 new homemade photo backdrops (see here). Well maybe not … Read more

Small Batch One Bowl Oatmeal Cookies {Gluten Free}

Let’s be honest, when you find yourself in a situation where you need to make gluten free cookies, you usually don’t need to make five dozen. Whether it’s for you or for your poor, pitiable celiac friend. Of course, sometimes, in the case that you are the celiac in question (which happens to be my … Read more

Small Batch One Bowl Oatmeal Cookies

Let’s be honest, when you find yourself in a situation where you need to make gluten free cookies, you usually don’t need to make five dozen. Whether it’s for you or for your poor, pitiable celiac friend. Of course, sometimes, in the case that you are the celiac in question (which happens to be my … Read more

Construction Truck Birthday Cake

Hello again! After a short (heh) break from posting so that I could enjoy the summer with my two babies, it is now October, which means that one of my babies has abruptly stopped being a baby and turned into a two-year-old. He started off the terrible twos just as you would expect… I constructed … Read more