Danish Braid – Daring Bakers June

What in the world was I thinking? I think it was the pressure. All the cool kids were doing it. I wanted to too.

This is how I justify my decision to join the Daring Bakers. Despite some very strong reasons to the contrary

I am not exact in my cooking which makes me a generally awful [...]

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Thai Millet Salad

About a year and a half ago, I went on a very strict diet to combat some of the stomach problems that I had been having. As someone who loves food so much, this was an extremely challenging exercise to dedicate myself to. I was restricting myself from all of my favorite things [...]

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Blueberry Lemon Trifle

It’s been so warm and sunny out. And not just because I live in sunny California. I’m in Chicago this week and even here it’s beautifully sunny. It’s not quite as stiflingly hot as it was back at home, but what that means is that I can enjoy the summer without feeling like I might [...]

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Banana Coconut Deliciousness

I got home to my family and found the usual bunch of bananas slowly browning on the counter. By the end of my stay, they were almost black and needed to be used ASAP. So my dad packaged them up with a note – “Soon to be banana bread”. It was so cute that [...]

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Italian Chicken Salad

Another recipe that’s traditionally full of mayonnaise today. I must have mayo on the brain because I keep wanting things that you usually make with it but there’s no way I’m putting big globs of that stuff in my food. The regular is just more calories than I want and then the fat free is [...]

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