Baking

Banana Nut Granola

July 11, 2019 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

Lately I’m doing less cooking. By that I mean I’m cooking in a more minimalist way. For dinner I might have grilled zucchini with burrata and homemade bread. For breakfast I put a fried egg on some leftovers. This means much less grocery shopping and more relaxing. Something I never ever thought I’d make is granola. I was always a fan of savory breakfasts, so cereals and granola never quite made the cut. But on a whim, I made some granola last month and I realized that store bought granola is the problem, and homemade granola is the best thing ever. This Banana Nut Granola will blow you away. It’s made with mashed banana, and the whole pecans get crispy when roasted, which is my favorite part. My friend gave me this idea since she made some granola with bananas in it for her toddler.

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Strawberry Crumble Pie

May 21, 2019 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

I think the most forgiving of desserts is pie. You could really screw it up and put it on a plate and it would probably still taste like pie. Pie has always been my vice. Especially jammy pies filled with berries or lemon curd. Though I love a good crisp or crumble, it’s clearly lacking a pie crust. So I combined the two to make the most perfectly jammy Strawberry Crumble Pie.

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Spring Vegetable Chicken Pot Pie

May 14, 2019 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

Baking has always been a form of healing for me. When I was home sick in high school, I’d bake a pie. Or if I was going through any sort of personal pain, I made muffins. There’s an order to it that takes your mind off things. So in true form, I quit my day job a couple months ago, and I made a pie about it. A dinner pie, to be exact, because my love language is savory foods.

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Olive and Fennel Focaccia

May 7, 2019 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

When I first started baking, I stayed away from making bread, thinking that you have to have some sort of super power to be able to bake bread. I thought that life was too hectic to spend a whole day baking. Eventually, I dipped my toe in the water, and I ended up with a full on sourdough obsession. It turns out, I was only half right. Sourdough is a LOT of work. Focaccia on the other hand is delightfully low maintenance, and it takes less than two hours from start to finish. Now that’s some bread I can get behind.

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