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Banana Bread

My four-year-old has a bee in his bonnet about banana bread. He has been asking me daily if we could make some. Well finally, on this snowy March Sunday, we had the right combination of spare time and brown-freckled bananas. In the March issue of Bon Appetit, I remembered seeing a recipe for banana bread. [...]

Posted 03 March 2013 | baked goods   bread   breakfast   dessert   kid snacks | Comments (2) Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Oat Bran Muffins

Before the barrage of holiday cookie recipes envelope me in a flurry of flour and a shower of sugar, I thought I’d sneak in one full-of-fiber snack. A good bran muffin can be hard to find. Whole wheat flour and bran in the wrong muffin, can be dense, dry and tasteless. In the right hands, [...]

Posted 08 December 2012 | baked goods   bread   breakfast   kid snacks | Comments (0) Tagged: , , , , , ,

Grilled Pizza How-to

I’ve been MIA. Lots of other writing (I’ll share soon), lots of family illnesses (hopefully spring and a renewed commitment to probiotics will help), and not a lot of sleep. But there is cooking to be done and gardens to grow. You will be hearing more from me, more often in the coming weeks. If [...]

Posted 25 March 2012 | bread   comfort food   one dish dinner   pizza | Comments (1) Tagged: , , ,

Cranberry Almond Coffee Cake

The milking maids are exhausted, the leaping lords have shin splints, and the partridge has flown the pear tree. Christmas is almost here! My apologies for the total lack of cookie posts! I had grand visions, but some 2012 writing projects (stay tuned) have taken precedence. But the butter is softening on the counter right [...]

Posted 19 December 2011 | baked goods   bread   breakfast   dessert   seasonal   vegetarian   winter holiday | Comments (2) Tagged: , , ,

Pumpkin Pie Spice Toast

This can hardly be called a recipe (especially since I’m not giving you any measurements). It’s more ‘inspiration for bread’. Inspiration that made for a very nice afternoon snack with tea. Here goes: Toast your favorite bread. Spread it generously with butter. Sprinkle it with brown sugar. Sprinkle it with pumpkin pie spice. Enjoy. Here is [...]

Posted 16 November 2011 | bread   breakfast   comfort food   kid snacks   kid stuff   snacks   vegetarian | Comments (0) Tagged: , ,