Leave me alone for long enough, and I will start cooking things. It’s just what I do. I’ve shared a few of my recent from-scratch health-food experiments, as well as my foray into the wild world of condiments, but last week my kitchen thinking went a little outside the box. Or perhaps I should say,…
Read MoreMuffins and Cookies and Cakes (Oh My!)
As many of you already know, my sister’s bridal shower was last weekend. In preparation for the party, I spent all day last Friday pretty much chained to my oven making various sweets. Well, almost all day. I spent some time in the morning at the gym creating a negative calorie bank for me to…
Read MoreThe Diet Diaries: #3 (A baking miracle!)
Over the years, the Internet has brought me countless hours of wonder and delight. Starting with the family’s first dial-up connection to Prodigy (technically more of an intranet, but I’m not here to split hairs) I have been glued to that magic portal. After all this time together, today I experienced my first Internet-related religious…
Read MoreNutella + Cupcake = Awesome
A few days ago I read a recipe online for Nutella cupcakes, and that’s pretty much all I’ve thought about ever since. First of all, I live for cupcakes. I don’t think I’ve ever met a cupcake I didn’t love, and that includes the deceptively delicious bacon and dark chocolate cupcake I indulged in with…
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Positively Natalie 