Posts in Seasonal Recipe: Winter
Dark Chocolate and Maple Candied Blood Oranges

With this recipe, I wanted to put a spin on Taste of Home’s classic candied orange recipe by removing all refined sugar from the equation. Maple syrup is the perfect sub for cane sugar and it adds an amazing depth of flavor. The dark chocolate dip and flaky sea salt add the perfect finishing touch to these beauts.

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Chai Spiced Buckwheat Granola

The perfect granola is elusive.

It needs to be clumpy, crunchy, not too sweet and definitely not brimming with dried fruit (sorry, not sorry). Also, it should almost certainly not include chia seeds. Hot take, I know. The chia flavor just doesn’t get along with yogurt, my favorite partner to granola.

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Single-Serve Eggnog

Homemade eggnog is super easy if you have an electric mixer. And if you don't have an electric mixer, it's a realllly good arm workout. I tried going mixer-less my first time making eggnog, not knowing how hard it would be. It took me and a friend about 20 minutes of hard beating to get the right texture. We were dying, but the mems and the flavor were worth it.

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Caramelized Onion and Parsnip Frittata

My frittata game started several years ago with Cookie and Kate's first guide to making frittatas (she's since created an updated version). The first few times I made frittatas, I just threw together some veggies, milk, cheese and eggs. I really dug the easiness and healthiness of this "chuck it together and wack it the oven" approach, but I knew frittatas could be better.

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Molasses Cornmeal Drop Biscuits

I originally found this cornmeal biscuit recipe in Dorie Greenspan's book Baking: from my home to yours. I had been looking for a cornmeal biscuit recipe that would check all the boxes: crumbly, craggy and a little crispy around the edges. This one nailed it on all fronts.

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