Muffuletta Bread and Apple Raisin Bread Pudding

Have you ever heard of a  Sicilian bread called muffuletta? Until a few weeks ago, I hadn’t. But when I saw the recipe and pictures of the bread at  Rubber Slippers in Italy, I just had to try it to see what it was all about.

Muffuletta bread is made with durum flour, and it’s basically … [read more]

No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Earth Balls

One of my Dad’s favorite sweet treats has always been peanut butter and syrup and/or peanut butter and honey, and ever since I was a little girl, it’s been one of my favorite sweet treats as well.

Sometimes we’d mix in a little butter but sometimes not.

Sometimes we’d just eat it from the spoon while other … [read more]

Sugared Cranberries

Sugared cranberries are a festive treat for the holidays that require very little effort on your part.

It took me about 5 minutes to make them last night. Then I put them in the refrigerator, and when I woke up in the morning, I simply tossed them in powdered sugar.  Way easier than pie!

Make … [read more]

Goat Cheese Log with Pistachios and Cranberries

Need a quick and easy appetizer during the holidays…something that won’t take you forever to make but still looks festive and tastes delicious? All you have to do is buy a log of goat cheese and then roll it in chopped pistachios and cranberries.

It’s something you can also throw together on short notice. Serve it … [read more]

Quinoa Kefir Berry Cookies

Whose says cookies need a pound of butter in the dough to be good? And who says cookies can’t be tasty and healthy at the same time?

These quinoa cookies are extremely high in protein and much lower in fat than most other cookies. They have a wonderful crunch, and while they’re not sweet, buttery cookies … [read more]

Banana Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Bread

I usually eat my first meal of the day between 1 and 2 p.m. I like to keep it simple, and most generally I have 2 slices of bread with butter. For the past several months, I’ve been eating Yoga bread for breakfast. I love it because it’s sweet without being too sweet, nutty, and … [read more]