• Candy

    Peppermint Swirl Marshmallows

    It’s sadly been another long period since I posted here, but I am back with a great recipe! The reason for my long absence this time was partially technical difficulties with WordPress, but mainly technical difficulties with my life. As I write this, I am 34 weeks pregnant with my first child. My husband and I are thrilled (and nervous, and scared) to be becoming parents, but there has been a lot to do to get ready. Just being pregnant in general is hard on the body, so its been difficult to find the energy to bake, take pictures, and write blog posts. When I have been in the kitchen,…

  • Quick Breads

    Chocolate Zucchini Bread

    Well, I guess now it really has been a while since I posted. Sometimes, life gets in the way of our best intentions. A few things happened in my personal life that unintentionally amounted to a summer blog break. Happy to be back! One of the many things I did this summer was work on my backyard urban garden. I am lucky to live in an area of the city where houses have yards, and even luckier to have one the larger yards on the block. When we moved in, I put in several raised beds that I use for a vegetable and herb garden each spring and summer. As…