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Cheese Cupcakes & Tokyo for Kids

Hello friends! How were your Easter holidays? Whether you went adventuring to new frontiers or cozied up in familiar shores I hope it was wonderful, and everything you wanted it to be. I did a ...

Chocolate Oat Muffins

Happy New Year!! Yes, I know it’s a bit late, but both the holidays, and the subsequent catching up with everything else after the holidays, have been an absolute whirlwind. But I can’t be sorry. ...

Hello! This will be a very, very quick post. I leave for Barcelona in a few hours! The first part of the trip will be work, our yearly hunkering down and planning session. The second will be part of ...

Banana Swiss Miss Muffins

One of the things I told myself I wanted to do this year, aside from try to wear a little more makeup (somewhat achieved!) and use moisturizer (still trying! The effort though…), was to reach out and ...

Super Easy Any Chocolate Chocolate Sauce

It’s been busy these past days, what with the school season starting and all. And whereas I’ve had only one child in school for the past three years, this week I officially have two. Yes, my little H ...

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

My daughter has just told me that she does not like nuts in her cookies. My head whips around, my eyes wide and disbelieving. What?? For one horrible split second I imagine endless days and ...

Caramel Croissant Pudding

Have you ever had one of those days when you just needed caramel, croissants, and rum in the morning? Don’t we all just have days like that? When only sugar, booze, and French boulangerie, will ...

Double Chocolate Pancakes

When it’s time to do the grocery I always (ideally) like to fly solo. When the whole brood comes along, things no doubt get crazy with all sorts of stuff mysteriously appearing in the cart by ...

Guava Bars

So, I’ve been walking lately. A brisk morning walk several times a week, as well as walking wherever I can vis a vis taking the car. Although I have always espoused a life of decadence ...

Double Chocolate Brownie Bites

Never enough hours in the day! I often find myself thinking this, wishing for a magic wand or time-management fairy godmother to grant me some extra hours to get just a little bit more done. Finish ...