Apparently it’s going to be a great summer for cherries this year in France. I heard it on the news the other day, something to do with, well, honestly I don’t really remember, I only retained ‘abundance of cherries and early harvesting.’ Well who’s got two thumbs and loooves cherries? This gal. Come warm spring and summer months, the less time spent over the stove the better. Welcome, bircher muesli,…
Sorry if things have seemed a little quiet a round here lately. We took some time away and headed south for a few weeks (more to come on that later!), but a bit of quiet was really what was needed. At the end of the winter I was feeling so rushed, so many things to get done and I was putting pressure on myself to post some creative spring recipes…
This post was supposed to be a recipe for some lovely little spiced carrot cupcakes. You see, it was my birthday last week and I wanted to make you (me) something special. They were going to light and fluffy, totally healthy, slightly sweet and topped off with a orange and maple coconut cream frosting. Something that says, I’m 28 now, and I want a sophisticated cupcake. Except they weren’t. They…
Matt often takes one look at my breakfast bowl and asks who invited the birds to eat with us this morning. Yesterday, I opened up my ‘baking’ cupboard (it’s where I hide the good chocolate) and understood why. Unmarked, miscellaneous brown paper bags and jars filled with nuts and seeds. Too many types of flour that I know what to do with (anybody have a recipe for millet flour?) and…