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Stop and Smell the Pancakes

February 25, 2017 By Katrina

Stop and Smell the Pancakes

Wonderfully slow, sleepy Saturdays. These are what dreams are made of. At least the dreams of sleep-deprived parents who do too much go, go, go and not enough stop and smell the pancakes. But today is a good day. It’s a slow-to-start, breakfast-at-10, happy-kids-and-so-much-sunshine kind of Saturday. And our hearts and tummies are very full.

Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: baking, breakfast, brunch, family, fresh from the oven, morning, pancakes, strawberry

Holiday Baking: Make-Ahead Cherry Scones

November 29, 2016 By Katrina

Holiday Baking: Make-Ahead Cherry Scones

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Shutterfly. All ideas and opinions are my own. Scones, you guys. Scones. The holiday season is here, my to-do list is a million miles long, and I’m over here making scones like they’re going out of style. They’re not, of course, because scones are delicious and will never be…

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Worth the Effort: Pain Aux Raisins

January 21, 2016 By Katrina

Worth the Effort: Pain Aux Raisins

We’ve been told time and again that hard work is worth the effort, but here’s the real deal: Some things aren’t always worth the effort. Wrangling two kids into coats and hats to traipse through a foot of snow to go buy diapers when Amazon two-day shipping is just so free? Not worth it. Getting…

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Becoming Bread Makers: Awesome Everyday Bread

April 6, 2015 By Katrina

Becoming Bread Makers: Awesome Everyday Bread

Years ago, I think during his early college days, my older brother took up bread making. Every so often when he came home from school for the weekend, he’d stay up into the wee hours of the morning baking loaves of a simple honey wheat bread. I say simple, but the process always seemed pretty…

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Filed Under: Bread, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: baking, basic bread, bread, breakfast, brunch, everyday bread, food, fresh from the oven, honey wheat bread, recipes

Dessert Fix: 20-Minute Apple Turnovers

February 2, 2015 By Katrina

Dessert Fix: 20-Minute Apple Turnovers

Some days are just ho hum, and you need a pick-me-up to turn things around. That, my friends, is when you must head to the kitchen. No, I’m not encouraging you to eat your feelings (though a once-in-a-while ice-cream binge never really hurt anyone, right?). But I am encouraging you to pour those feelings into…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Pies/Tarts Tagged With: apple turnovers, apples, baking, breakfast, brunch, dessert, easy recipes, fast recipe, food, Food52, recipes, turnovers

Dinner in a pinch, made to impress! Puff pastry with ham & Gruyère

October 17, 2014 By Katrina

Dinner in a pinch, made to impress! Puff pastry with ham & Gruyère

This time of year is so, so hectic (though we probably always feel like our lives are crazy busy, right?). When I think of an easy fall dinner, I often base its viability on a simple pre-trick-or-treating test. Basically, is it something that could be easily made and quickly served to a family (friends included!)…

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Filed Under: Appetizers/Sides, Easy Weeknight Dinners, Fresh from the oven, Meat/Eggs, Pizza/Sandwiches Tagged With: appetizers, autumn, baking, brunch, cheese, dinner, easy recipes, fall, fall recipes, food, Gruyere, ham, ham and cheese, ham and Gruyere in puff pastry, lunch, puff pastry, recipes, side dishes, weeknight meal

For the Pinteresty time of year: Applesauce spice cake

September 29, 2014 By Katrina

For the Pinteresty time of year: Applesauce spice cake

Like any other self-respecting, seasonally driven Pinterester, I’ve spent the better part of the past month searching the interwebs for fall-filled recipes and holiday décor ideas. There were the pumpkin spice latte copycat recipes, the “12 ways to decorate with gourds” kind of posts and plenty of outfits involving riding boots and scarves. And I…

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Tarts are for dreamers: Blueberry nectarine tarts

September 16, 2014 By Katrina

Tarts are for dreamers: Blueberry nectarine tarts

I think most people, buried in the to-do lists of their day-to-day lives, probably have some sort of pipe dream, an “I’ll do this someday when life slows down and the timing is right” sort of thing, that they keep coming back to when day jobs get too busy, overwhelming or stressful, and they just…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Pies/Tarts Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, baking, blueberries, blueberry tart, breakfast, brunch, dessert, food, Food52, fresh from the oven, fruit, fruit tart, nectarine, nectarine tart, peach, peach tart, recipes, summer, tarts

Sundays and sunshine: Lemon donut muffins

May 5, 2014 By Katrina

Sundays and sunshine: Lemon donut muffins

I always forget how much I love spring until it comes back again. The weather here has been amazing lately, and we’ve been soaking up some serious outside time (hence my frequent sneezes and ridiculously itchy eyes. Oh, allergies, you rascals!). I’m convinced that few things are better for a kid — particularly a high-energy…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Most Popular, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: baking, breakfast, brunch, dessert, donut, donut muffins, food, fresh from the oven, lemon

The world according to Beany: Chocolate banana muffins

May 1, 2014 By Katrina

The world according to Beany: Chocolate banana muffins

Anyone who lives with a 2-year-old knows that they are incredibly adept at rattling off every last detail they know about any little thing at any given moment of the day. This makes for wonderful bedtime distractions: “Goodnight, Beany.” “Mama, wait! Water! Bunny! Books! My wall! An elephant! It’s dark! More water! Please, Mama! Dada?…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: baking, banana, breakfast, brunch, chocolate, chocolate banana muffins, dessert, food, fresh from the oven, life, muffins, parenting, toddlers

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