Yesterday, I was craving this Carrot Currant Cake I made a few months ago.  It was so easy to whip up, in the oven in under 15 minutes, and I had everything I needed to get started.  Only snag was the few bananas sitting on the counter in my fruit bowl, begging to be used… Continue reading

We went to our first picnic last week, a sure sign that summer has finally arrived.  I was put in charge of sides for the festivities. So tell me, do you consider desert a side?  Or more in a category all of it’s own?  Well, I wasn’t sure either, so at the last minute the… Continue reading

I often lament here that gluten free baking is a chemistry project with some astronomy thrown in. Because, often it seems that not only do you have to have the perfect combination of flours and starches, but also the stars have to align for the whole thing to work out. Some combinations work, while other… Continue reading

I didn’t plan to share this Mexican inspired Bean Dip with you today. Didn’t plan to have it for dinner either. We normally eat dinner foods not appetizers at that time of day. But Summer does that to us. It throws all the dinner rules out the window. Life slows down and relaxes a bit…. Continue reading