pumpkin cake with gingerbread buttercream
The perfect sweet treat to segue between autumn and Christmas, am I right? A tempting two-layer pumpkin body enrobed in a spicy molasses-based…
Category: Desserts
cardamom sugar swirled cider pumpkin bread
Comfort baking is essential in this period, and pumpkin may be teetering on the edge of a toothpick but I firmly believe it…
sugar cookie protein snack bites
I could not contain my credit card when I saw that Wild Friends released their seasonal peanut butter flavors a week or so…
cheddar & chive focaccia
Bread baking defined my quarantine activity list. Truly, it felt like finding home. Bread, after all, is the building block of human cuisine.…
black & white funfetti oat bars
Let’s have some fun with sprinkles, shall we? This snack, breakfast, dessert, whathaveyou, boasts heaps of delectable chocolate goodness sans the nasties. Never…
cinnamon toast crunch banana bread
The cereal namesake of this recipe occupied many a childhood bowl. Really, even teenage and college-year bowls. So, in homage, I went full-circle…
chai spiced dark chocolate almond butter swirl muffins (vegan)
Muffins dominate the Venturing East sweet treat arsenal. This is my second recipe of the sort. That’s because muffins are so wonderfully diverse:…
lemony basil pesto white bean hummus
If nothing else, right now we require comfort. I personally have shifted daily, hourly, between restful and restless. I haven’t slept much or…
soft double dark chocolate espresso cookies
Hello, quarantine. I believe I am winning this war against boredom and isolation. Losing it against carb and chocolate cravings. Woe is me.…
healthier greek yogurt bran muffins with mandarin orange, candied ginger & coconut
Admittedly, this title is a bit of a lie: I used Icelandic skyr rather than Greek yogurt. The end result is the same,…