healthy... the tasty way
It had been almost 3 years since I made cinnamon rolls for the last time. I love making them, but always feel like it takes so much time. Although it is not that much work, waiting for the liquids to be at the right temperature, waiting for the dough to rise twice and waiting for the rolls to bake makes the endeavour last many hours. I
After a moment of inattention at the grocery store, I got home with an enormous bag of quick oats instead of my regular oats. I usually buy regular or extra-thick oats because I use them a lot for my homemade granola and like to have texture in my oatmeal. Instead of returning it (which I never do), I decided to experiment using the quick oats in
During my bachelor degree, I always went to Starbucks and remember I loved the gingerbread latte in the wintertime. I also made some at home, which were healthier and definitely had less sugar. I love gingerbread spices with the molasses, but coffee just brings it to the next level. This year, although I didn’t have gingerbread lattes at Starbucks, I had something even better: these
I love cranberry juice. While the extra tart flavour of cranberries is usually toned down by either sugar or sweet fruit juice, here beets have that function, yielding a hearty and not-too-sweet flavour (and beautiful color). There is even some greens hidden in there, and parsley to detoxify after some holiday partying!
Don’t know what dessert to make for a christmas party? How about some candy-cane-inspired mint chocolate cupcakes with booze in them?! I planned these cupcakes months ago when a potluck was announced for this week. I first planned on making candy cane cupcakes. Because everything is better with chocolate, they became candy cane chocolate cupcakes, which is really just a christmasy synonym for mint chocolate
