With Fatima’s due date around the corner, we’re celebrating Christmas closer to home. One of the things I loved about last year’s Christmas, was the hot chocolate bombs I brought up to my parents’ house. This year I decided to try to make them from scratch so I could gift them to everyone in our family. Our first cup of hot chocolate this season was the Friday right after Thanksgiving.…
One of the bigger toys we gave to Liam is his play kitchen. It’s a cute model from Ikea; very Scandinavian and simple. He loves to make us food and especially loves to make me coffee in the morning. French vanilla, with milk and ice (although sometimes he surprises me with a dash of protein powder and corn). The setup is very simple and I love that the stove lights…
This apple cider doughnut loaf cake hits all the right notes. It’s not too difficult to make, it’s warm and spicy, has just the right amount of sweetness, and every bite screams ‘HELLO AUTUMN!’ Liam helped me bake this one. When I asked him what he wanted to bake, he said, “Let’s make pumpkin pie.” So proud that pumpkin pie was his first choice. When I said we were going to…
Ready, set, cook! If you’re gathering with family next week and making a bunch of food, or cooking all your favorites for yourself, you’ve come to the right place. Fatima loves cooking for others and finds cleaning therapeutic, which makes the time off around Thanksgiving one of her favorite times of the year. If your family is like ours, you have carnivores, vegetarians, pescatarians, and/or vegans who might join us…
In our house, we’re down for tacos wherever, whenever. Taco Monday, Taco Tuesday, Taco Wednesday, Taco any day! We’ve made fish, chicken, vegetables, you name it. On our journey to change up our tacos, we fried up some chicken and drizzled a luscious garlic ranch sauce all over them. They were a hit. We even just purchased a new book, Dragons Love Tacos, for Liam. It’s now one of my favorite books…
Every once in a while, we just get sucked into one channel for a few weeks. A little over a year ago, we were watching Food Network all the time. The last time we did that was during my entire parental leave with Liam. One day, I was watching GZ make a really delicious-looking meal on the Food Network. GZ was making a one-pan roasted salmon and vegetable dinner. The…
Our son has always been fascinated with how we make food. His favorite book, Stir Crack Whisk Bake, gets him involved in making cupcakes. From measuring to pouring to setting the timer, the book is very interactive. When he’s in the kitchen with us, Liam loves to help measure and then sets up the timer via Alexa. I love that he loves to participate, but he needed a more stable set…
The most wonderful time of the year is here: Fall baking season. Pumpkin bread, apple pie, muffins, banana loaves, sweet potato pies, and all sorts of holiday treats to come. These are some of my favorite holiday baking essentials to get you through all the holidays from fall to New Years. Gadgets and Gizmos Pie dish – What is fall without a pie? Pumpkin, Apple, and Sweet Potato are our go-to…
I blinked and now it’s Halloween. This year’s Halloween costume goes underwater and focused on something that’s both mystical and haunting. The leaves are a little underwhelming this year, but there have been some great pockets of color in and around the city and the Hudson Valley. Last weekend, we hiked upstate to a farm we visted last year, DuBois Farms. They have THE BEST apple cider donuts. Yes, more…
My go-to breakfast post-Peloton class is an egg sandwich on an English muffin. It’s usually something I make right before I log on for work, so I go for quick and simple: an over-easy egg with a drizzle of sriracha. Up until now, I’ve been buying so many English muffins. I might be keeping Thomas’ afloat. To try to save a little money, I decided to try and make these.…
It took me a whole year, but I’m finally writing about these apple butter bars. Finally getting around to this involved me being able to make them again. They are delicious. Unfortunately, I followed the directions and greased the pan. However, the entire sheet of apple butter bars glued itself to the pan. I should have used parchment paper like the first time. Hence the floppy mound instead of cute…
It would not be a proper fall on the blog unless there were two new posts: a fall dessert and a DIY project. The fall dessert is on the way, but here’s the DIY project. These DIY pumpkin pillows are inspired by Pottery Barn’s Halloween 2021 collection. Over the summer, Pottery Barn released their Halloween collection. Two pillows caught my eye: a ghost pillow and a jack-o-lantern pillow. I wavered…
Fatima and I don’t like lunch. We tolerate it rather than celebrate it. I really can’t explain why, but it’s more about having to make a decision about what to eat. However, in this pandemic, we’ve been spicing up lunch and one day, Fatima decided to make us some buffalo chicken wraps. When we were commuting to work, I’d be in charge of making lunch. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches…
Nothing says, ‘hello fall’, more than a fresh baked muffin on a Saturday morning. Well, maybe a hot apple cider donut being eaten at a pumpkin patch in your flannel shirt would say it more? But why was it so difficult to find a delicious recipe for blueberry muffins? It took me three tries. THREE. The first two recipes looked good. However, they turned out crumbly, dry, and bland. That…
Here’s a new way to make Lasagna. Make a near perfect (over?) portion by rolling it up, layering with cheese and baking. No need to cut into squares or make a mess. Easy to make, easy to cook, and you’ll be able to have your guest full in no time. For these lasagna rolls, we used the sweet pepper sauce we featured last week. These were an accidental surprise. I…
I love chocolate, but I’m not a fan of chocolate ice cream, cookies, cake, etc. Liquid chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate candy is more my jam. However, I don’t mind a bite of chocolate cookies or cake when I get the chance. The picture of these double chocolate Levain cookies sold me. I find baking anything chocolate is hard. Unlike a yellow or lighter shade of cake/cookies, you can’t see the…