My future (in 8 days!!) sister-in-law and I spent a couple of days in the last few weeks making about a couple hundred cupcakes for her wedding and freezing them. My poor, celiac mouth watered as I surveyed them all lined up like an army across my kitchen counters. “Aren’t there a few other gluten … Read more
I told you all the other day on Instagram that I had a story to tell. Well, I’m about to tell it. It all begins on the day that I looked out the window and saw that almost all of the apples on our two little apple trees were so ripe that they had fallen … Read more
Well, my friends, this has been quite a week for me. My toddler is getting three molars in right now, so we are experiencing terrible twos to the max. Diaper cream all over couch and both children? Check. Almost all leaves plucked from my favorite jade plant? Check. Bottle of honey unscrewed and dumped on … Read more
Seriously you guys. This is exactly like Panera Bread’s broccoli soup. It is so thick, rich, creamy, and cheesy. The bread bowl is so crackly on the outside and tender and soft on the inside. It brings a tear to my eye. You know how whenever you walk into a restaurant and you’re trying to … Read more
A few weeks ago I made macarons for the first time ever. I was blown away by how much easier they were to make than I expected. For some reason I just had this instinctive fear of making them, but it proved to be unfounded. Other than the fact that it’s sort of annoying … Read more
Seriously. This is the best German chocolate cake I have ever made. In fact, it’s the best cake that I’ve ever made period. And I’ve made a lot. In the few months since I first invented this recipe, I’ve made it so many times by popular demand that people are no longer requesting “that one … Read more
Okay, I’m not going to comment on the snow or the -37º temperature because I’m sure your eyeballs have already jumped out of their sockets to escape the annoyingly huge number of weather related posts that you’ve been forced to look at all week. Well pick those eyeballs up off the floor. You’re gonna need … Read more
Okay, so here’s the situation… I was not actually ever going to post this. I had all these photos in my iPhoto album titled “Dumb” where I keep all my second rate photos. I go to “Dumb” once in a while when I’m really bored and edit all the photos that live there in the … Read more
i posted another recipe from the dumbs today! This time it’s gluten free, flourless, peanut butter brownies! They’re dairy free, butter free, and totally fudgy.
It’s official. The high and honorable duty of being the head grocery shopper of the family has been passed down from my dad to me and two of my sisters. The job of shopping for our family of nine had simply become too much for one man. He would often run through Sam’s club, fill … Read more