New from my kitchen: baking with natural yeast
It's been a busy spring with more craziness coming as summer really gets into gear. As I turned over all of the LDStorymakers conference responsibilities to the new co-chairs, I've been working to turn over a new leaf in my own life--eating healthier. I've...
Brownie recipe and book excerpt
Last week I promised a taste (ha,ha) of my new book so below you'll find the first two chapters of Brownies & Betrayal, at this link, and the recipe for Rocky Road Brownies below--it's super delish. This started out as a family favorite brownie recipe that was...
Orange-Cardamom Cupcakes
If you know me at all, you know how much I love to bake, and cake and cupcakes in particular, so when I found this gourmet cupcake flavor as I looked through offerings as cupcake shops, I thought it was perfect for my book, and even more perfect to develop a version...
A Camping Themed Cake With Strawberry Mousse Filling
It's been ages since I've taken the time to decorate a cake for fun--working full time, writing, preparing for the conference this weekend (Yay! Can't wait!) and my various other responsibilities have meant fun stuff like this has had to take a back seat. But this...
Pasta with a Mexican flare
In my pursuit of healthiness, I've been making up recipes in addition to playing with other people's. The other day I wanted something pasta-ish, easy, and healthy, so I rummaged through my cupboards and came up with this: This was a big hit and I'll definitely make...
Yummy Whole Wheat Rosemary Pizza Crust!
So I've been doing a diet game with a bunch of ladies where we break into teams and add up points for eating right and exercising throughout the week. A little healthy competition has helped me stay far more on track than trying to go it alone. Basically we eat five...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe
I mentioned on Facebook that I'd tried this recipe and had to tweak it last week and that it turned out really well. Since several people requested the recipe, I thought I'd post it here. [mv_create key="11" type="recipe" title="Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe"...
Root Beer Float Cupcakes
Okay, so you know I like to do cakes and play with new thing, right? And I believe I've talked about this fun cupcake book more than once but I haven't had many chances to actually try the recipes in "101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes." So tonight, since I had a few...
Great bread recipe
Yes, I know, I've been a terrible slacker about blogging this week. I have big news to announce tomorrow, so check back and see what's going on. =) My sister asked for a good bread recipe, so I thought I'd post it here as well. I make this all the time, and we totally...