Quick Cook Chicken; Mirepoix to the Rescue

Basic Mirepoix

Shortcuts. We all love them. Whether it’s the shortcut at the grocery store line from the kind soul who is buying 50 items to your 1, or the early web check-in Southwest Airlines offers to guarantee Group A seating (boards first). When the opportunity arises, we tend to take em’. So this post is part [...]

Orange Poppy Seed Tea Cake

Orange Poppy Seed Tea Cake

So there seems to be a lot of birthdays in my life this month. And I thought baking would be an ideal way to show how much I care. On the way home, I scored a beautiful bag of organic oranges from Bob’s local farm stand in Santa Rosa. Always enjoy passing by Bob’s and looking [...]

Local Excursion: Salmon Creek Beach and Wild Flour Bakery

Salmon Creek

Sunny. 72 degrees. Day off. What a trifecta? The perfect ingredients for a beach day. Sonoma County not only has great wines and the splendors of every organic food you can imagine, it also has the beach. A laid back bohemia style Northern California beach to be exact. And I love it! Today’s carefree adventure [...]

Peanut Butter. Glorious Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Always been a sucker for a good peanut butter cookie.  Never could turn one down. And who really eats only ONE cookie? Someone with iron-will that’s who. After my recent horror of discovering that my favorite go-to “NutterButters” had High Fructose Corn Syrup in them, I let out a shriek.  I was in mourning. Nooooooo. But [...]