With summer in full swing s’mores are inevitably on the menu. While I would like to imagine that summers in northern states bring the need for bonfires in the night to warm up, in Florida sometimes it’s just too hot to stomach going out even at night. I spent my childhood years s’mores free. When…
Before the days of Pinterest worthy parties there was a mom who took all of her childhood dreams and turned them into realities for her child. One of those dreams was indoor camping. There was a pillow fort made from couch cushions and the sweetest little campfire made from paper, a strobe light, and tissue…
Chocolate chip cookies are a staple cookie, like the icon of cookies. The only problem with that is that they aren’t all created equally. I have bought chocolate chip cookies from big box stores and also small bakeries that like nothing. Was there a hint of chocolate flavor? Yeah. Did they taste like childhood memories…
A whole year!!!! I made this recipe a year ago and then I got sick, then strawberry season ended, and I just held onto it. So here, a year later, is my recipe for strawberry matcha parfaits using locally grown strawberries from Mick Farms and matcha from The Trading Post Cafe. If you read a…
I am a cinnamon roll snob. This shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone considering I refuse to eat the cinnamon rolls that come in a can and you pop them in the oven to bake them. Actually, a large part of my life, I assumed I didn’t like cinnamon rolls despite having an…
Growing up I only remember eating banana pudding for Easter or if someone had passed away. My grandma is the only person I know that makes it and let’s be for real, if I am asking that sweet lady to cook for me, banana pudding isn’t what I am asking for. After making it this…
So, I thought this posted back in April, and yet I found it in my drafts. Enjoy a post that is two months late. With my birthday approaching yet again, I knew I had to go search through the archives of my photos to find these Earl Grey cupcakes with lavender frosting. These are in…
Through the chaos of finding trains and wandering city streets with names we can’t read, we wander through Minato, Japan. I have never visited a “real” city before. Sure, I’ve been to Orlando but I have been told by pretty much everyone that that is not a “real” city. Standing in Minato, I get it….
Just down the road from my house is the cutest farm run by the sweetest family you will ever meet. I have watched Mick Farms grow for the past few years and every time they expand or add something new my heart is filled with joy for them. They started with a sunflower field and…