Confession time. I don’t have a big sweet tooth, and I know I’m not alone in this. When I taste a dessert that is really sweet, all I’m tasting is one dimension of flavor. What I really want are varieties of flavor, and this recipe delivers exactly that. The sweetness from the maple syrup in…
Category: Sweets
Apple Tarts with Jam Glaze
Easy, yet impressive is the motto over here on the blog. These apple tarts are just that. I recently hosted a small dinner party of four and did not want to fuss over the dessert after making a full dinner. This was the perfect recipe for that. The store-bought puff pastry does all the work….
Snickerdoodles (with Almond Flour)
Is it possible for a vegan, grain-free and refined sugar-free snickerdoodle cookie to be better than a traditional snickerdoodle cookie? Yes! And the folks at Sweet Laurel Bakery in the Pacific Palisades here in Los Angeles would make you a believer. They made me one. It is my favorite thing to get at the bakery,…
Mixed Berry Smoothie with Bee Pollen
I know, a smoothie recipe isn’t really a recipe. As long as you have some fruit, a thickener, and a liquid, you can pretty much create any kind of smoothie you like. But this mixed berry smoothie is my go-to breakfast and too good not to include on the blog. It is high in protein…
Rhubarb Compote
It’s rhubarb season for a hot minute. But what is rhubarb? Rhubarb is a vegetable that looks like celery, except the stalks are reddish. It is quite tart and not so pleasant eaten raw, but when cooked down with sugar, rhubarb shines and reveals its amazing taste and beautiful color in a jam-like consistency. And…
Banana Oat Pancakes
If you’re going to post a recipe for pancakes, it better be damn good. So I’ll take the position that these banana oat pancakes taste even better than traditional pancakes. To make the flour for these pancakes, rolled oats are blended to form an oat flour. This gets mixed with the sweet flavors of oat…
Mini Chocolate Cake
Do I ever want to bake a whole chocolate cake? Not really. Do I ever crave an individual slice of chocolate oozy goodness? You bet. With this recipe, you can satisfy that craving without going through the fuss of baking a whole cake. Chocolate cake for breakfast? Yup. I won’t judge. I may have done…
Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal
A classic. Homemade oatmeal tastes nothing like instant oatmeal. Cooked correctly, oatmeal is a creamy and delicious breakfast. Oatmeal should have a little bit of liquid in it, should not be mushy, and should not lack flavor. You can top oatmeal with whatever accouterments you fancy, but this is my version using the classic flavors…
Baked Berry Crumble
This simple but delicious brunch dish uses items you likely already have – frozen mixed berries and pantry staples like oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, and butter. It uses unprocessed raw sugar (and not too much of it), is full of healthy and filling oats, and is ready in under an hour. I call this my…
Lavendar Syrup
Not your basic sweetener. A simple syrup infused with lavender blossoms infuses it with that floral lavender essence. Use lavender syrup to sweeten up your coffee, matcha, pancakes, anything. My favorite is to use it to make an iced lavender matcha latte. Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 tbsp fresh or dried lavender…
Sunday Kitchen Table 