Question time! Did you grow up eating sweet potatoes? I didn’t. Or if I did, the memory is beyond me. Sorry mom! Either way, I’m certainly making up for lost time: I eat sweet potatoes almost daily, and I don’t see an end in sight to this spud love. Plus, they’re miracle food for skin and…
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Chocolate Covered Apples
Would I win the strangest-human-alive award if I told you I couldn’t be happier to find us back at Monday…? Monday… it’s a new week! After a week of sunken cakes, burnt cookies, emails from mean readers… (deep breath): I’m happy to be entering a week not yet stale from the downs life sometimes tosses at…
Continue ReadingCinnamon Oatmeal Scones with Maple-Cinnamon Glaze
It’s really starting to settle in over here. Fall, that is. The new season. Isn’t there something just oh-so… romantic about the arrival of autumn? There’s so much to look forward to! Pie crust crimping, and apple picking, and snuggie wearing! Oh and football. So much comfort in one season: how do you not fall…
Continue ReadingVegan Pumpkin Muffins
Welcome to my very first vegan post here at Baker by Nature! I know, I know: almost two years of my baking shenanigans and I’m just getting around to making something sans butter. The reason…? I don’t know the first thing about being a vegan! In reality, I’m a girl who takes comfort in close friends like…
Continue ReadingBacon and Cheese Roasted Corn Salad
Oh, fall. I see you. I’m ready to embrace what you’re all about. I’m looking forward to the boots, and the vibrant leaves that crunch under them. I’m ready for the pies and pumpkins and all the warm-cozy-little things that make this season so lovable. But you’ll just have to wait a little bit longer….
Continue ReadingOat Flour-Maple Banana Bread
Bananas are easily the underdog of the summer fruit world. They’re not exotic, or plump, or bursting with juiciness that’s only available a few weeks a year. But, oh, do they make some incredible bread. You’ve got to give them that. And everybody loves the underdog, right? I’ve been playing around with banana bread recipes for a…
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