A food blog balancing sweet treats & healthy eats.
I am always trying to get my family to give me requests for baking. I am always happy to indulge an idea, or make something out of an idea. But I feel like I so rarely get requests! They’re happy with me making whatever I want, but frankly I enjoy a bit of direction. So…
This recipe probably didn’t need it’s own post, because it’s incredibly simple and I made it just to use up some brownie scraps I had. But… I wanted to show off my new pottery! And I also have said before that I consider this more of a baking diary than a blog! Peanut Butter Brownie…
As I work on my State Fair Baking plan, I’ll need to decide which categories are worth entering. I think I can make a great shortbread, but… can’t a lot of people? How do you stand out in a category where the the basic form of the recipe has three ingredients? It’s butter, flour, and…
My strategy for coming up with State Fair baking ideas was to pour over the list of options and pick categories that I think won’t be too overrun, and that I know how to bake for. Then I made a list of flavor combinations that I like. And now… it’s just about pairing those ideas…
In the final Lord of the Rings movie, they don’t do a lot of eating. And they really don’t eat much dessert. Not shocking, considering they’re waging war and trudging through Mordor. I don’t think Mordor has many great bakeries. (The Orcs are not a great market I guess?) You’d think they might have a…
The Lord of the Rings marathon continues, and for the Two Towers, Lembas bread was the clear answer for what to bake. This reddit post that I referenced before shows that they eat Lembas bread 3 times in the Two Towers. And while it is part of a pivotal plot point in the Return of…
My siblings and I are doing a Lord of the Rings (Extended Editions) marathon, and I wanted to do themed food and dessert every night for it. In my search for idea, I found this reddit post that details every time they eat on screen. And I was very confused when I saw “cupcakes” listed…
I feel like a presidential candidate or something, because I am now “announcing my intention” to enter into the State Fair baking competition this year. I’ve been pouring over the rules and trying to make sense of all the categories, and now I’m trying to come up with what I want to enter. I’ve got…