A simple kale salad recipe with sliced pears, crumbled goat cheese, and salty toasted pepitas. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
oven-baked grilled cheese with brussels sprouts and mushrooms
Oven-baked grilled cheese sandwiches with sautéed sprouts, garlicky mushrooms, and nutty Gruyere and Parmesan inside and out. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
hot buttered rum cider
Unless you’re in on the whole bulletproof coffee thing, it can seem like a weird move to put butter in your hot cocktail. It is a weird move to put butter in your cocktail. But it’s also pretty wonderful. I can’t speak to the coffee thing, but hot buttered rum, and especially hot buttered rum cider is warm and bright and creamy and really, really sippable. [Read more…]
cinnamon orange baked french toast
I woke up this morning to the sound of pouring rain. Unseasonable warmth means we have the windows flung wide. This morning’s downpour has given way to a drizzle, and outside, birds chirp, geese honk, and rain drops plop. Inside, the tree is lit with a single strand blinking, its verdant pine fragrance enhanced by the humid air.
Brian’s running errands with the girls right now. Soon we’ll all be back home listening to Christmas music, making cookies, and probably bickering about some nonsense. Before I’m swept up, before you’re off to wherever you’re going, I want to wish you the merriest possible Christmas. [Read more…]
bittersweet chocolate pudding pie with dark rum
A silky, rich bittersweet chocolate pudding pie swirled with dark rum and sea salt. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]