Last night I made Vegan Orange Coconut Muffins, flavored with a little orange extract. Whenever I bake, something always goes wrong—maybe not horribly wrong but at least slightly wrong. Last night was no exception. I ended up spilling pretty much an entire bottle of orange …
On Friday night after work, I made muffins. Of course my cats were involved, since I plainly prefer my baking ventures to be as unsanitary as possible. Buntin, our black and orange tortie, really seems to relish the hustle and bustle of baking–and seeing what …
Today Rob and I made vegan meatballs. We’d been dreaming about them for weeks. Rob wanted to call them “Everything But the Kitchen Sink Meatballs” because they had so many ingredients—walnuts, oats, panko, tofu, nutritional yeast, sautéed mushrooms, and more. We baked them, then deep-fried …
The other day I made a vegan version of the pecan balls my mom always baked at Christmas when I was a kid. They were really good (rich and vegan-buttery) and they brought back lots of happy memories. In December when I was young, Mom …
A coworker of mine, Evelyn, brought a big pot of Sweet Potato Maafe to our office Thanksgiving party and passed out lovely color copies of the recipe. Well, I liked it so much I made it at home the very next night. A maafe is …
I love gingerbread; I always have. Gingerbread has always been my favorite. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of going with Mom to Heidi’s Bakery and choosing a cookie from the big glass case. My sister Kris always got thumbprint cookies, and I always …
Yesterday Rob and I planted five new citrus trees, and in between number three and four, we made this quick soup. We used our own homegrown peppers and garlic in it, but the rest of the soup came mostly from cans, which made it very …
Yesterday I made a batch of ginger molasses cookies with a recipe adapted from my favorite cookbook, Screen Doors and Sweet Tea by Martha Hall Foose. Have you all read this fabulous book? It’s full of gorgeous pictures and funny, lovely tales about Southern food …
I took the day off from work today, so to celebrate I made cookies last night. Everything seemed so festive and merry as I bustled about the kitchen, my whole day off ahead of me. Spilled sugar sparkled on the counters, and Buntin sat on …
