Hi friends! How was your weekend? Mine was super low-key - which worked out since it was my first weekend home in a month. The San Diego area got a rare weekend full of rain and stormy skies, so I spent a lot of my time taking care of housekeeping stuff for the blog and actually for my house - it's amazing how both my virtual mail and actual mail piles up when I'm out of town! - and in the kitchen baking and cooking. I even made homemade bread, which I haven't done in quite awhile. Making bread from scratch isn't hard, there's just a lot of time waiting for the dough to rise - but, being home doing about half a dozen loads of laundry, it fit in perfectly with my weekend. I decided to sprinkle some everything bagel seeds on top of the dough, and it came out like one giant everything ... [Read More]
cookie recipes
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies [vegan + gluten free]
Hi friends! Hello from San Diego, where it is hot, hot, hot! We're having a heatwave here, and today is warmer than any summer day I've experienced here. I'm working from my pool this afternoon after seeing that temperatures were hitting the triple digits. There's this strong hot breeze going on and it's pretty crazy for us spoiled San Diegans (many of whom do not have AC, myself included)! The heatwave started a few days ago, so I spent a ton of time at the beach over the weekend. Coastal walks with the pup, a burrito picnic dinner at sunset, the dog beach, watching NFL Sunday football games on my phone with my feet in the sand.... I practically lived at the beach for a few days! No complaints there! Rewinding back to two weekends ago when it was feeling more autumn-ish, ... [Read More]