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  • 2024/11/21 15:21
• my muffins with a streusel
  
  We are taking a little road trip to spend some time on the beach with our family in Southern California this week. I can’t tell you how nice it is to be outside, and not instantly melt into a puddle of sweat! When I was little, we used to come here every summer and visit my grandparents, so I’m excited to watch my boys play in the waves, look for seashells, and dig for sand crabs like I used to do. Maybe even eat a literal SANDwich or two and start a seaweed fight!
  
  
  Before we left, I made these Healthier Raspberry Almond Muffins, and could hardly wait to share them with you. They remind me of my Raspberry Almond Crumb Bars, which are to die for, but are lightened up just a bit in the form of a muffin with the help of coconut oil and Greek yogurt. The nice thing about this recipe is that it is super quick to whip up. You only need a couple of bowls and a wooden spoon. You don’t even have to break out the mixer, and because these muffins are mixed by hand, the crumb is so tender!
  
  I think I already told you about my summer berry obsession, and so of course I had some raspberries that were ready to be used up in the fridge. The tart berries tucked away in the slightly sweet almond muffins are so perfect!
  
  When I don’t top my muffins with a streusel, I like to use a course sparkling sugar. You can find it at most grocery stores in the baking aisle, or at craft store with the cake decorating supplies.
  
  You may also notice that these muffins start out baking at a high temperature, but only for a few minutes. This really helps activate the leavening agents right away so they have that perfect muffin dome we all love!
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  • 2014/07/24 10:38
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• I love that name actually
  
  I suppose this would be called a coffee cake in the US; I love that name actually, coffee cake always brings to mind sunny, friendly mornings with friends.  In this case, it’s a morning tea cake, rustic, plump and soft, perfect to freeze if you prefer, to take to work buttered for morning breaks or to have at home when you feel like it.
  
  Despite the raspberries (I used frozen), this is more of a warm, cosy, cool weather inspired treat with spices, brown sugar, walnuts, oats and a crumbly topping.  Sliced warm out of the oven, it’s at it’s very best.
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  • 2014/06/10 10:33
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• balsamic vinegar
  
  There's nothing like a good cut of marinated meat to make a dinner salad anything but mundane. Add some fresh asparagus for a taste of spring.
  The weather is warming up, which means one thing when it comes to cooking dinner. That's right, it is time to fire up the grill. Cooking a meal on the barbecue is not only quick and easy, but the clean-up is a breeze. Whip up this quick marinade in the morning and let the steak rest in it all day, soaking up the flavors of the crushed rosemary, garlic and balsamic vinegar.
  
  Shortly before dinnertime, cook the steak on the barbecue, followed by the asparagus. The dressing can be whisked, the lettuce torn and the red bell pepper chopped while the steak is cooking to medium-rare perfection. If there is some steak left over, tuck it inside of a wrap sandwich the next day, with some store-bought pesto and fresh vegetables.
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  • 2014/05/08 15:29
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• sliced strawberries
  
  I FINALLY got my hands on some local strawberries this past weekend.  I'm pretty sure I ran over with a goofy smile on my face, picked up a flat (8 lbs), then ran back to my table before all of the market customers would come and inevitably buy every last berry.  Yes, I literally ran.  And my arms might have been flailing. And I may have almost tripped glaycial magic pore mask...
  
  The berries are awesome this year: bright red, plump, and bursting with that sweet strawberry flavor.  When they are this good, I like them raw.  It doesn't take me long to start finding ways to use/eat them in everything.  This past weekend, I felt like making a stack of simple pancakes on the one morning I get to sleep in and take it slow. I'm constantly messing around with gluten free flour combinations and I think this one worked out really well. They are soft and moist with a bit of a cakey quality to them.  They absorb the syrup really well and of course they provided a lovely canvas for the fresh, sliced strawberries Private Cloud.
  
  These pancakes can serve as a starting point for fancier versions.  If you want to go with a spring vibe, try adding some poppy (or chia!) seeds into the batter along with some fresh lemon zest and juice.  Or, if you are still feeling the late winter thing, add in some chai spices and toasted chopped almonds.  Have fun and go enjoy some pancakes my friends Exclusive manufactured knitwear.
  
  
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  • 2014/05/08 15:28
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• always Whoopie Pies
  
  They say you can’t pick the family you’re born into. You never know when you take your first breaths out of mom’s belly who you’re relatives will be. They could be Mimes. Circus people. Car thiefs. The possibilities are endless.  I myself was born into a family of bakers. For as long as I can remember, desserts were the main event for every gathering. No one got excited about the Holiday Ham or the Green Bean Casserole. It was a race to finish the ‘main meal’ so you could get to the good stuff  – the dessert .
  
  And Grammy Murphy was the matriarch of the baking dynasty that is our family – the ‘bake’triarch if you will. She did it all – pies ( homemade crusts obviously), cookies cakes and her signature dish, the one the only Whoopie Pie. Sometimes there were sprinkles on the edges – sometimes they were plain. They came in all shapes and sizes usually, but as sure as the sun rose and set, there were always Whoopie Pies Home Design.
  
  It wasn’t until she passed away right before Christmas that I finally got the recipe – handwritten on one of her kitty recipe cards, in her handwriting, with even some long division at the bottom, probably in an effort to figure out how many batches to make for Christmas or E
  
  They’ll probably never taste the same as they did at my Grandparent’s house on Christmas Day, surrounded by the chaos of aunts, uncles, cousins, new toys and mounds of krinkled gift wrap.  But every time I pull up the recipe, with those kittys staring back at me, and stand over my Kitchen Aid watching the shortening, cocoa powder, and fluffernutter come to life, it’ll bring me right back to watching Gram do the very same thing in her magical kitchen, dreaming of the day when I’d be old enough to make my very own batch iphone screen protector.
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  • 2014/04/08 16:28
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