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My 22 Goals for 2019 Goal #1 Spend More Time Doing What I Love Red alert people, RED ALERT. It was 6 degrees this morning when I woke up. SIX!!! That.Is.Chilly. The Girl and I were going to walk Lucy on the beach this morning but those plans have been scraped. Gaaaa. I think if its 6 degrees outside, all bets are off and you can most certainly declare it a pajama day. Whos with me on this? Goal #2 Garden, Garden, Garden Garden are done for the year. Yipee! Goal #3 Plant an Orchard {Calling it Quits on this...

Jump to Recipe As a kid I was obsessed with cinnamon swirl bread. Its like a less intense version of a cinnamon bun and makes THE BEST french toast ever. Whats not to like? This is a slightly modernised variation made with sourdough and dates instead of raisins. I made a double swirl by rolling the dough up into a log, cutting that in half and twisting the two halves together. Its almost like making a babka but a lot less messy! Sourdough Cinnamon & Date Swirl Bread Yield: 1 loaf (in a '2lb loaf tin') Prep Time: 20 minutes...

You stand at the snack table, pouring yourself another glass of eggnog. As you sip and survey the room, you mentally note that the mistletoe is hanging in the doorway between your friends kitchen and living room and pledge to avoid lingering in that doorway at any time during the night. Yes, friends, its holiday party season again. The holidays are a perennially great time to dust off your finest party clothes, see your friends, and eat, drink, and be merry. As December begins youll accept invitations with genuine excitement, but as the month comes to an end youll be...

This is the recipe that I prepare most often. I make a double batch at a time so that in the mornings, I can have a smoothie and a biscuit with peanut butter and honey. Yum, and its just enough to tide me over until our main meal around noonish. Before I talk about preparation, a note about flour: I HIGHLY recommend that you do not use the store-bought bleached white flour. It is wheat flour that has been poisoned by weed killer, soaked in glyphosate until it dies (wheat must die before harvesting), and processed-out of nutrients. The chemicals...

There is never a bad time to serve Bread Bowls for dinner, but with fall here and winter coming, this is the perfect season to start. Bread Bowls are great for all kinds of recipe ideas. They are great crowd pleasers filled with dips, but the family can enjoy them for breakfast, filled with soup, filled with stews and all kinds of comforting meals. My favorite is the French Onion Soup with the insides of the bread cubed for dipping. The best part of all you ask? You don’t even need to make the bread bowls yourself. I personally love...