When I lived in Bogotá years ago I frequented a small restaurant called Aquí en Santafe in Chapinero (Carrera 7 # 62-63). If you weren’t looking for it you would probably walk right past it, because at the time the only thing that made it stand out on the busy street was the dark red [...]
Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins with Greek Yogurt
September 10, 2010 By 8 Comments
This year the squash were a big surprise all around. We planted just three kinds of zucchini squash (dark green, yellow, and light green), and of the three, only the yellow managed to survive the onslaught of the squash vine borers. We’ve had yellow zucchini coming in pretty regularly since mid July, and we’ve made [...]
BBA Challenge: English Muffins
February 10, 2010 By 4 Comments
Gingerbread Scones
December 21, 2009 By 6 Comments
With wide eyes and a booming voice, Top Gun shouted, “Mommy, are you making stones? I love those!” Our boys adore scones (even if they still can’t say it) and with all the excitement in the kitchen you would think some fabulous dessert was in the works instead of simple gingerbread scones for breakfast. After [...]
BBA Challenge: Cranberry Walnut Celebration Bread
December 20, 2009 By 5 Comments
Whole Wheat and Flaxseed Bread
December 9, 2009 By 8 Comments
This whole wheat and flaxseed bread is one of our favorites we have made from the new Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day (review). It truly is a whole grain bread, no all-purpose flour in the formula, just flaxseed and whole wheat flour. The flaxseed adds many important nutrients as well as flavor to [...]
BBA Challenge: Cornbread with Bacon
October 19, 2009 By 7 Comments
The Daring Cooks Make Vegan Dosas
September 14, 2009 By 8 Comments
For the Daring Cooks September challenge, we made vegan dosas adapted from the reFresh cookbook by Ruth Tal. Fresh is a popular chain of vegetarian/vegan restaurants in Toronto, Canada with three published cookbooks teaching how to cook Fresh food at home. Our host Debyi of Healthy Vegan Kitchen chose this fun challenge for us, and [...]
BBA Challenge: Cinnamon Walnut Raisin Bread
September 2, 2009 By 9 Comments
BBA Challenge: Ciabatta
August 25, 2009 By 3 Comments
I’m slowly catching up with the rest of the BBA Challenge crew, though summer keeps trying to derail my plans. Baking in the summer is always a challenge for me, whether it’s the heat making the kitchen unbearably hot or the distractions of three boys, each with his own agenda. The boys were my distraction [...]
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