Food

I decided to try going vegan for a week. I’m on day 4. So far, it’s actually much easier than I imagined. I’ve already noticed my digestion has improved dramatically and I have also noticed less food cravings. The one thing about any healthy eating program – you have to get used to cooking a lot more. Plus, meal prepping takes the guess work out of what you’re going to eat each day, so you’re a lot more likely to stay on track.

Have you ever made scones before? I know it might seem complicated, but I’m telling you, it is so easy! This orange scone recipe took me less than 20 minutes to make. Scones are super straight-forward baking, even for super novice bakers. The other great thing about this particular recipe is that you can use any type of citrus or you could even swap out the orange for another fruit if you don’t like orange flavoring.

I’ve made a lot of apple recipes over the years. You can check out my apple recipes here. But I haven’t tried baking with pears. It is pear season, so I thought I’d try to find a really easy recipe that still looks elevated. That’s why this simple pear cake recipe is perfect. It is honestly the easiest recipe ever. It’s totally fool-proof and you can substitute apples if you don’t have pears.

Who else is excited about pumpkin spice season? It’s the most pumpkiny time of the year! The weather in LA is not very fall-like, but this is the best time for baking if you ask me. I love pumpkin spice baking recipes most of all. There is something so nostalgic about pumpkin spice flavors. Looking back on all of the posts I’ve written in the last 7 years, I realized I am kind of obsessed with pumpkin spice recipes. I have more than a dozen pumpkin spice recipes, but today I’m sharing my 8 favorite pumpkin spice baking recipes.

Fall is my favorite season for the weather and for baking. I love to bake with apples so I thought I would share my 5 apple recipes for fall I would make again.

I’ve been obsessed with the Starbucks bacon gruyere egg bites for a while now. Before quarantine, I used to go to Starbucks several times a week for a change of scenery. I’ve worked from home since 2018, so going to Starbucks was my home office away from home.

A few weeks ago, I bought a few jars of marshmallow creme so I could make edible slime with my kids. That was a huge hit, but I ended up buying too many jars. Since I had the marshmallow creme on hand, I decided to seek out a recipe so I could use it. That’s why I decided to create these peanut butter banana bread fluffernutter muffins.

Cauliflower is one of my favorite vegetables. I love it roasted, I love it steamed, and I love it as cauliflower cheddar bites and cauliflower breadsticks. There are so many amazing things you can do with cauliflower to lighten up a meal or make it low-carb. That’s why I decided to try making this cauliflower hummus recipe.

I had a few lemons and limes on hand and I wasn’t sure what to do with them. I’ve made many lemon recipes on my blog over the years, but I have never tried a lemon tart. Since I also had limes, I decided to try making a lemon lime tart from scratch.