Dessert

I have been on the hunt for delectable, fudgy brownies… all my life to be honest. I am a fan of very dark, bittersweet chocolate and not at all a fan of milk chocolate so I have been known to make these with only 1/2 […]

A friend gave me the idea recently to make a breakfast friendly cobbler.  As I can’t do oats or flour or sugar this one is grain-free & sugar-free, but you can sub maple syrup or maple sugar if you prefer more natural sugars.  To say […]

My daughter Eva and I adapted one of my mom’s family recipes a couple of years ago and I’ve never posted it! But in honor of Eva’s Birthday this week as well as her serious baking skills for a ten year old… we are sharing […]

This is a paleo adaptation of my mom’s carrot cake, which was my favorite cake growing up. It can be adapted for keto cycling too by increasing the hazelnuts and subbing part of the figs or dates with allulose. This is usually the way I […]

This is a kid favorite (and mom fave, I’ll admit!) easy keto bake! It’s so quick and you can make it paleo/dairy free simply by substituting butter for coconut or avocado oil. Although for those I recommend using 1/4 cup. I tend to favor the […]

I have a small obsession with mint.  So does my whole family… so something like this would be dangerous if it were not so flipping healthy!  It takes only about 5 minutes to whip up and then you have to let it chill in the […]

This recipe has evolved over the years… it’s beginnings were close to my mom’s pie crust recipe…. It has been influenced by the Irish love of cream and the Scottish love of whiskey.  The credit for that goes to the lovely Cindy McGregor who once […]

Most of us are hopefully conscious about what we eat, but the holidays have a special way of triggering overindulgence and alcohol plays a big role.  The holidays shouldn’t be a time for guilt but for joy and celebration! Alcohol can be a vibrant part […]

Tahini cookies are a regular occasion in our home.  It took a while to bring my kids around to the flavor in place of peanut butter… but now they will eat them up with fervor.  These are a coconut free iteration of this recipe, and […]

Anyone who knows me or has hung around this blog long enough knows I am obsessed with tahini cookies.  It took me years to develop a cookie that had the chew, and texture of what I grew up knowing as a good and proper cookie.  […]