30-Minute Holiday Baking: Sesame-Almond Crackers
If it’s December, it’s Oh Nuts season. Every year around this time they contact me, to see if I’d like to try out some of their uber-fresh, dizzyingly varied bulk nuts, dried fruit, and candy in my holiday baking. And every year I say yes, please. I opted for blanched almond flour. While I’m not ...Keep Reading
Strawberry Hurricane Muffins
You may have heard. It’s, um, stormy. I was going to write a playful post about how waking up to pre-Sandy howls inspired me to bake these not-too-sweet, fruit-filled, whole grain muffins, but two things are stopping me: First, my desk is next to a window facing our small, bricked-in backyard, which becomes a wind ...Keep Reading
Easy Snack for the Class: Homemade Wheat Thins
PLACE: the kindergarten playground. TIME: approximately 3:10PM. PLAYERS: moms, with occasional pint-sized interrupters. Me, noticing that Harry’s lunchbox still contains his snack, yet again: [Sigh.] Why do I bother? He never eats what I send… Mom #1: Is that his snack? Mine never eats his either! Mom #2: I stopped sending snack, since she keeps ...Keep Reading
Chocolaty Almond Butter Banana Smoothie
I had root canal a few weeks ago, after intermittent pain that started when I was pregnant with Harry—that’s right, I lived with twinges for five years before I finally did something about it. It would flare up every couple of months, bother me for a day, maybe two, and then just when I’d think, ...Keep Reading
Magic, 1-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream
We’re having a bit of a sweets problem around here. I’m pretty sure I emerged from the womb with an obsession for sugary treats (wonder how I got to weigh 260 pounds?) and even with Weight Watchers as a constant in my life, I have yet to conquer it. Instead I aim simply to manage ...Keep Reading
