A Birthday Activity

Remember how I said the chocolate covered strawberry pie fueled my birthday activities? Well this is what I did on my birthday... 24 miles for my 24th birthday! A few weeks ago, some friends were half-jokingly saying I should do it because they knew of people that did. I had been thinking about it ever …

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pie

This year I made my own birthday cake. How else are you supposed to get exactly the cake you want if you don’t make it yourself? Having returned from Puerto Rico that week, I wanted to keep up with the vegan deliciousness. Also, after eating so many whole foods and no processed sugar, cake and …

Snowflakes, Super Bowl, and Smoothies

I should probably add snowflakes in again at the end of the title. We have so much! A lot has happened in the past week, and it’s been a while since my last post! I have spent four of the last 8 workdays working at home as we have been bombarded by snow and freezing …

Starring: Apple Berry Pie

So I’m sure everyone is more than ready for a break from pie, but I had to make another one… Because I was working on all the days surrounding Thanksgiving, I missed most of the leftovers, as all 20 people enjoyed them throughout the day. Most upsetting to me was that I had no leftover …

A Cake Pop Reunion

Besides training for rowing last fall, some friends and I also started a company. Well, sort of. We created a cake pop business, which started off as a table on the Schuykill River path (strategically next to a regatta). Then we brought them to Vesper Rowing Club potluck dinners, team gatherings, created a Facebook page …

Fall Brunch–Vanilla Bean Fig Scones

Brunch is my favorite meal, hands down. Mostly because anything goes. You can have breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert—or a little bit of all of them! It’s late enough in the morning that you can work up an appetite and early enough in the day that you can digest afterwards. We always ate brunch on …

City Life

For the past two weeks, I have been “plant sitting” for my uncle and (now) aunt while they are on a beautiful honeymoon in New Zealand. This mostly means I get to live in Boston in an awesome apartment, with a roof deck and well-stocked with chocolate. I have not had much time to post …

Recipe Exchange

So I actually did take a break from baking this week… it was a long weekend so I gave myself a baking holiday as well. I’m using this week to write about salads, working out, and recipe ideas instead! You can be prepared for an extra delicious recipe once you have a healthy week. But …

Peach Perfect

Summer seems to be sticking around a little bit longer in Boston, but I’m certainly not complaining! After a pretty sweltering few days, Sunday was the perfect temperature. Perfect for a picnic on the esplanade, looking out at the sailboats on the Charles River. And because picnics involve food, obviously this was a perfect occasion …

Surprise Party

On Tuesday, I woke up and decided I wanted to have a party. Not really a big party, and not for any particular reason, but I felt like cooking something fun and having a nice dinner. I didn’t even invite anyone to the party except for my family (who I would have been eating dinner …