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Happy Easter! Lemon Ginger Bundt Cake

April 20, 2014 By Katrina

Happy Easter! Lemon Ginger Bundt Cake

Happy Easter! This post is popping up a little later than planned, but I suppose that’s life with a newborn and a toddler in the house. And a puppy. Yep, that puppy is wild, too. In case any of you are still on the lookout for an Easter-ready dessert (or a feels-like-spring dessert for that…

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Filed Under: Baby bliss, Fresh from the oven, Life, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: Baby bliss, baking, bundt cake, dessert, Easter, egg hunt, food, fresh from the oven, ginger, lemon, lemon ginger bundt cake, life, Martha Stewart, recipes

Taste of sunshine: Lemon sandwich cookies

August 21, 2013 By Katrina

Taste of sunshine: Lemon sandwich cookies

When I’m in the thick of summer, smack in the middle of the steamy heat and mosquito-ridden evenings, I have a hard time appreciating the season for what it is. I love cold weather, and my grumpiness level automatically shifts up a few notches when the temperature reaches 80. I know, I would have had…

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Filed Under: Cookies, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: cookies, dessert, food, fresh, fresh from the oven, lemon, lemon sandwich cookies, Martha Stewart, sandwich cookies, sugar, summer, sweets

Delicious endings: Easy chocolate sugar cookies

June 26, 2013 By Katrina

Delicious endings: Easy chocolate sugar cookies

I’m pretty sure that cookies are one of life’s great triumphs — at least in the world of dessert. Where else are you going to find a sweet that’s so universally loved? A treat that can be baked quickly, travel easily and please grandparents and toddlers alike? They’re like the stuff of fairy tales, really….

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Filed Under: Cookies, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: baking, chocolate, chocolate sugar cookies, cookies, dessert, easy recipes, food, Martha Stewart, sugar cookies, vegetarian

Strawberry tarts forever

May 31, 2013 By Katrina

Strawberry tarts forever

Our farmers market basket overfloweth! It’s a happy problem indeed, though it’s one that necessitates a rather concentrated effort to cook, bake and nibble our way through the abundance of produce as fast as our tummies can take us. Our kitchen always feels more creative in the warmer months because we tend to do a…

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A reason for messes: 10-minute strawberry jam

May 9, 2013 By Katrina

A reason for messes: 10-minute strawberry jam

I could talk on and on about the value of simplicity — simple ingredients, simple work, simple living — but sometimes, I can honestly say you just have to make a royal mess of things to appreciate a job well done. Last night, while I scrubbed a few dishes and Jared helped tend to a…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Jams/Jellies, Most Popular Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, canning, cooking, dessert, easy recipes, food, jam, jelly, Martha Stewart, preserves, quick jam, strawberry, strawberry jam, vegetarian, vegetarian jam

A tale of time and taste: Sour cherry cream cheese coffee cake

April 1, 2013 By Katrina

A tale of time and taste: Sour cherry cream cheese coffee cake

Some recipes are wonderfully simple and can be whipped up in a flash. You don’t really have to plan for them (aside from having the ingredients), they’re easy enough to make while your mind juggles other matters, and you can mix them up in the time it takes for your toddler to pull out everything…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: baking, breakfast, brunch, cherries, cherry coffee cake, coffee cake, cream cheese, cream cheese coffee cake, dessert, food, fresh from the oven, Martha Stewart, recipes, sour cherry cream cheese coffee cake, yeasted coffee cake

Wrapping Week 2012: Martha-Inspired Shopping Bag Bows

December 5, 2012 By Katrina

Wrapping Week 2012: Martha-Inspired Shopping Bag Bows

It seems the holidays just aren’t the holidays without a little Martha Stewart-inspired craftiness, and this wrapping idea from the woman in blue was actually months in the making. Back in early spring, I watched as Martha and a fellow crafter fashioned amazingly fancy-looking bows of out stiff paper shopping bags on an episode of…

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Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: bows, Christmas, crafts, DIY, eco-friendly, eco-friendly wrapping, gift wrap, holiday, holidays, Martha Stewart, recycle, reuse, shopping bag bows, shopping bags, wrapping paper

Let’s go camping: S’mores cupcakes and a campfire baby shower

September 19, 2012 By Katrina

Let’s go camping: S’mores cupcakes and a campfire baby shower

Having a little girl is the best, most fun adventure I’ve ever been on, and I sure wouldn’t trade our little Beany for anything in the world. I happily shop for hair bows, dresses and bunches of pink, and I dare say there’s nothing cuter than our girl in a tiny pair of jeggings. But…

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Sweet reflections and hopeful cookies

May 23, 2012 By Katrina

Sweet reflections and hopeful cookies

Life has a funny way of dealing us its highs and lows simultaneously. It’s probably for good reason. Without the lows, we might not appreciate how good we have it. And without the baby smiles and sweet husband’s birthdays, getting through the tough times would feel infinitely more difficult. Seasons come and go, and as…

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Filed Under: Cookies, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: baking, chocolate, chocolate cookies, cookie recipe, cookies, dessert, food, fresh from the oven, Martha Stewart, recipes

The best things in life are sweet

January 16, 2012 By Katrina

The best things in life are sweet

Ah, dessert. Whether it’s icy cold outside, you’ve had a rough day, you’re feeling under the weather or you’re incredibly sleep-deprived, sometimes all you need is a little something sweet to make all seem right in the world. The older I get (yes, it’s all relative, I know), the more I’ve come to appreciate the…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Pies/Tarts Tagged With: dessert, food, fruit, galette, Martha Stewart, pear galette, pears, pie, pie crust, recipes

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