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Vegan Banana Muffins
Usually, I shy away from vegan baked goods. I enjoy the occasional vegan chocolate chip cookie, and a friend of mine makes a delicious vegan chocolate cake. But for me, butter, sugar and eggs are equivalent to air, water, and … Continue reading
Earl Grey Cardamom Pound Cake
I’ve seen a lot of recipes during the last few months for tea-infused cookies and cakes. Whether it’s chai snickerdoodle cookies or green tea matcha cake, it seems like everyone is finding inventive ways to use leftover tea. Initially, the … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Brunch, Cake, Dessert, Uncategorized
Tagged cake, cardamom, dessert, earl grey, earl grey cardamom pound cake, earl grey tea, pound cake, tea, tea desserts, tea infused desserts, tea infused sweets
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Chocolate Chip Banana Pancakes
A couple times a month, I get a craving for chocolate chip banana pancakes. It always seems to happen on a Sunday morning, when (usually) I have the time and energy to make them. I sleep in, wake up, and … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Brunch, Uncategorized
Tagged banana, breakfast, brunch, chocolate chip, chocolate chip banana pancakes, clean your plate buttermilk pancakes, crispy, fluffy, golden brown, light, pancake breakfast, pancake brunch, pancakes, sunday morning, sunday morning breakfast, weekend breakfast
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Challah French Toast
I’ll never forget the first time I tried Challah French toast. I was eight years old, and my family went out for Sunday breakfast at a local delicatessen, Pumpernickles. Besides having the most delicious chocolate upside-down cupcakes, rugelach and sugar … Continue reading
Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes
Growing up, pancakes were a breakfast staple item. One of my earliest memories is going to a (now, sadly defunct) restaurant in St. Louis called “Cocoas” for breakfast with my family. I remember my grandpa carrying me over to where … Continue reading
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Tagged breakfast, joy the baker, lemon, lemon poppy seed pancakes, m&m pancakes, pancakes, poppy seed
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Winter in Chicago (and ways I’ve cooked up to tolerate it)
This is what it looked like in Chicago on Tuesday: Note the car that is completely covered in snow. When I decided to attend Northwestern, I knew what I was getting myself into. I knew that winters in Chicago … Continue reading
Posted in Brunch, Dinner, Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged blueberry peach compote, bread, brunch, Bucktown, carrots, Chicago, dinner, edgewater, Feast, france, french recipes, french toast, garden, green, Lakeview, lentilles, lentilles au vin blanc, Lentils, local, lunch, lunch in paris, onion, Puy Lentils, Sauvignon Blanc, skillet, sustainable, tomatoes, Uncommon Ground, vegetarian, white bean hash, white wine
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Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
There are few breads in the world that I love more than Chocolate Chip Banana Bread. I think it all started many Thanksgivings ago, when my Aunt brought three different loaves of bread for a Breakfast potluck. There was a … Continue reading
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, Uncategorized
Tagged baking, banana, banana bread, bread, chocolate chip banana bread, chocolate chips, easy
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Blackberry Muffins for Sunday Mornings
Sunday mornings always bring back memories of France. It’s hard to believe that nine months ago, I was living and working in Orléans, just an hour south of Paris. On most Sunday mornings, I would wake up and walk down … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Brunch, Muffins, Uncategorized
Tagged baked goods, baking, blackberry muffins, breakfast, brunch, muffins
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