Something special from Mandy's kitchen...
Who doesn’t love apple sauce? There’s an acceptable childish feel to it; it’s just so basic and delicious and comforting. In my opinion, apple sauce should be completely unadulterated. Nothing needs to be added. Even if you start off with apples that are less than …
Food is a love language in our family and always has been. My grandmother, Mom-mom we call her, and I love sharing recipes with each other. Whether it’s new recipes we read about in a magazine or an email, or even a recent discovery in …
It’s been a really long time since I posted anything…..like over three years a long time. Sorry for my absence! I had another baby, my sweet baby girl, and now I am pregnant again with twins! Life has been busy in the most wonderful and …
My grandmother makes the best pumpkin pie. Her scratch-made pie dough is the perfect flaky crust for her creamy, sweet, and wintery spiced custard. And she bakes her famous pie in a well-seasoned, weathered, almost cracked ceramic pie dish that actually has a pumpkin pie …
My husband and I have recently discovered brewed cacao beans. Cacao beans ground up and brewed just like coffee beans. Pure genius. Absolutely divine. I only wish we had come up with this idea years ago! It’s still kind of a new thing just emerging …
This healthy, yet decadent treat is inspired by a recipe from Elana’s Pantry, New York Times best-selling author Elana Amsterdam’s website. A no-bake dessert with five simple ingredients layered thick for a perfectly divine summer sweet: rich, dark chocolate; wholesome dry-roasted nuts; raw cacao nibs; …
Nothing says a birthday celebration, or any celebration for that matter, than with a rich, moist, luxurious chocolate cake. And almost always, the best recipes have quite the story behind their genius. My husband’s birthday happens to be on Christmas Day, and every year I …
As you will start to notice in my recent blog posts, I have been experimenting more with grain-free cooking and baking. I have found that as much as I love grains, my body tends to feel better when I eat less of them, so I …
I’m back! I know it’s been a minute since I last posted, but life has been, well….full. Full in the most positive sense, in that time has become one difficult-to-find and very precious thing. And full in the sense that I am continually being abundantly …
I love pesto! That fresh, herby, garlicy richness is a concoction made in heaven! But, of course, traditional pesto is made with a mountain of Parmesan cheese, so finding a tasty vegan pesto is not easy. And this is where I take creative liberty to …