I’m not sure why but I always though that cheesecakes are complicated and that’s why I tried avoiding them, although I just love cheesecakes, I mean, who doesn’t? So I decided to take advantage of the fact that these past few days were a Jewish holiday that focuses on eating dairy (“Shavuot”) and dived in, […]
It’s May. It’s spring. And for the past few days it’s been gorgeous! I must admit that there are days when I’m sitting in my office at work, looking out the window and wondering if we’re not missing out on too much in life. Not that trip overseas, not that final sale at the mall […]
Yesterday night I had this weirdest craving. I really wanted a cinnamon bun. I looked for a good recipe but of course the only ones I could find are the good old fashioned yeast cinnamon buns. I adore yeast pastries. They are my favorite, but in this instance I just had to have my cinnamon […]
Weather is starting to get warmer and we definitely see a bit more sun these days. While most normal people would prefer spending a sunny day on their decks just soaking in vitamin D, I would probably prefer to work in the garden or surprise- surprise, bake something. So the other day I went to […]
I’m one of those crazy people that like their kitchen cupboards as clean and empty as possible. Well, not empty per say, but functional. I mean, I don’t like it when I have stuff lying around, perhaps expired or just no longer usable or needed. I like to know that when I open my cupboard […]
I recently discovered that you can actually bake pancake batter and get a whole different thing than pancakes. So of course, I decided to try it out with Spelt flour which is very low in gluten and so much better than the traditional white flour. This was super easy and ended up being so good. […]
I’m always looking to keep the kids busy while trying to make sure that whatever they do is potentially productive. So for example, they like washing dishes, fine with me! Whatever keeps them busy 🙂 they like to beat the eggs when I’m baking and to help me out with baking and cooking; so all […]
Well, summer is most definitely over by now. It’s colder in the evenings and even during the day. I had some ice cream cones left from the summer but of course no ice cream. While I agree that ice cream is a great thing regardless of the season I wasn’t planning on buying a bucket […]