Calling any muffin the perfect muffin is a big claim. Probably every blueberry muffin recipe you read describes it as the perfect blueberry muffin, but I did some research (and so did America's Test Kitchen) to find the ultimate blueberry muffin because I have been craving a fluffy muffin with plump and juicy blueberries for some time now. These...

Chocolate and cherries are a perfect flavor combination, so when I saw this recipe for cherry chocolate muffins, I thought this would be a great way to use our copious amounts of fresh cherries (and eat chocolate for breakfast). The best part about these muffins were that they don't have a ton of sugar in them. They are sweet, but not...

Back in late July, Dustin and I went whale watching on a tour out of Anacrotes, Washington, about an hour and a half north of Seattle. It was a tour of mixed results. We did see a few Minke whales from a distance, which was nice, but if we're being honest here, the real point of the tour was to see some orcas. Anyways, the company gave us what...

I've mentioned our love of Indian food here a lot, and one thing we always, always order now when we eat Indian are mango lassis, a sweet and fruity yogurt drink. They are like smoothies except so much more rich and addictive. So when I saw a recipe for a mango lassi inspired muffin with a really interesting sounding crunchy filling on Scarletta...

Zucchini is one of my favorite vegetables, drizzled with a little olive oil and placed on the grill, so I've always been curious about how it would taste in baked goods. With the abundance of fresh zucchini at the market, I figured now was as good a time as any. Making a chocolate zucchini bread has been on my list of foods to make for a very...

Making homemade bread is so satisfying. Tell people you baked homemade bread, and you'll get a lot of wows. Take the compliments. You don't have to tell them how easy it was if you followed this recipe for Honey Oat Bread from Sweet Pea's Kitchen. This kind of loaf is my favorite. It's a hearty, slightly sweet, almost nutty flavored bread...

Chocolate for breakfast! These biscuits from How Sweet It Is, sprinkled with powdered sugar, taste a lot like chocolate cookies with a fluffy, buttermilk biscuity texture. I made them into drop biscuits because I didn't have a biscuit cutter, so mine don't look nearly as pretty, but they were tasty, especially covered in delicious blackberry...

While I was out of town, I had Dustin go shopping for me. One of the things I asked him to get was lemons. When I arrived home, I noticed Dustin had bought an entire bag of Meyer lemons, not realizing there was any difference. After seeing these lemons sit in the fridge, lonely and unused for quite some time, I finally searched out a recipe for...

After the success of the cheddar bay biscuits, I definitely was ready to make another cheesy biscuit to go with dinner. I decided to make parmesan biscuits, which I thought would pair nicely with the leftover pesto from the homemade gnocchi that was just sitting in the fridge and would taste awesome incorporated into a biscuit. I played with...

Yes, you read that correctly. Homemade bagels. Done right— boiled then baked— as any self respecting bagel should be made. A few months ago, I never would have even thought about attempting to make bagels in my own kitchen. There are certain foods that just seem complicated, requiring special skills, and needing special equipment or...