Spring Cravings: Big Stinky Love

Spring Cravings: Big Stinky Love

On more than a few occasions this spring, my husband Christopher has walked through the door and asked, with raised brow: “You’re cooking onions??  Again?!”  Other times, he has made a point to let me know: “Whew!  You reek of garlic!”  Hmmph!  Not exactly verbal...
The Call of the Cupcake

The Call of the Cupcake

After 30 days of following a restrictive, no-sugar diet (for reasons that I’ll share in another post), I ventured to reintroduce a little forbidden sweetness into my life.  Call it a “test”!  Over the long weekend, I made my version of these Paleo vanilla cupcakes...

Maca Smoothie

Milkshake—for real? No, but it may as well be.  This is one green smoothie that goes down my husband gullet without protest.  In fact, my maca “milkshake” has become a midday elixir that he enjoys drinking after lunch.  (Lucky dude…his office is within easy...
Why Cook?

Why Cook?

One Saturday afternoon, as the still-bright rays of a waning afternoon sun streamed into our farmhouse kitchen, my friend Phillip, who had been watching me prepare dinner, suddenly asked: “Kathryn, do you enjoy cooking?”. It was a simple question, but one that gave me...
Coconut Layer Cake with Coconut Frosting

Coconut Layer Cake with Coconut Frosting

“I’m going to make myself a coconut cake,” I announced to my husband a week before my birthday.  It would be a layer cake, with frosting and all. “Really?” he asked, shocked. I didn’t blame him.  In all the years we’ve been together, neither of us have had an affinity...