VT eats

vermont has some incredible food, we had breakfast with a view at specialty pie shop and of course a trip back east wouldn't be complete without a trip to ben and jerrys.

cracker toffee

the holiday season is never complete until you make a batch of cracker toffee

no bake holiday treat

my new favorite twist on the classic cereal bar dessert but elevated a little for the holidays.  these are browned butter rosemary thyme rice krispy treats.  follow the recipe on the box but brown your butter and add 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary and 1/2 t of thyme to the butter to infuse.  remove rosemary sprigs before adding your marshmallows.  sprinkle with flaky sea salt and enjoy!!!

holiday cookies

our annual christmas cookie making and decorating day with our neighbor besties

cookie decorating

holiday cookie decorating at our local hardware store

holiday dutch baby

subbed the milk in the dutch baby for egg nog, it was subtle but a fun holiday take on our sunday breakfast

(3 eggs, 1/2 cup egg nog, 1/2 cup flour, 1 T sugar, 1 t vanilla)

 

kebabs

i love it when we cook together and try out a new recipe that we are both excited for (reminds me of when we first started dating).  we tried making doner kebabs, where you take your well seasoned ground meat and spread it really thin between two layers of parchment paper and roll it up like an accordion and bake.  it worked really well and we made gyro bowls with basmatti rice, greek salad and tzatziki sauce.

new tradition

picked up a almond kringle for post turkey trot run.  everyone loved it, new traditions were started!

happy hour

the kids are participating in a school play with after school rehearsals all week. jarad and i took advantage of the late pick up with a happy hour!

dutch baby

sunday dutch baby breakfast on point this morning 

5 T melted butter in pan

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup milk

3 eggs

1 t vanilla

pinch nutmeg 

coconut curry soup

made a real easy, fast and yummy soup with all traders ingredients:  

1 box of ginger miso broth

1 jar red coconut curry sauce

1 can coconut milk

1/2 head of green cabbage shredded

3 stalks of green onions

1/2 bag of chicken potstickers  

farmers market

this is what you buy when you go to the farmers market with papa

goodbye whistler

can't leave canada without a big bag of smarties for the road trip home

dirt cake

an oldie but goodie.  dirt cake made with instant chocolate pudding, whipped topping and crushed oreos, you can't go wrong.  definitely a crowd pleaser and the kids had fun making it too!

dutch baby

this has been our favorite recipe of 2025!!!  so easy and delicious it has become our sunday tradition.  this morning i see a heart in my dutch baby, reminding me to find joy in the small things.

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup flour

3 eggs

pinch nutmeg

1 t vanilla 

in a 10 inch skillet pan melt 4 T butter.  then add your batter to the pan and bake at 400 for 20 minutes.  then reduce oven to 300 and cook for an additional 5 minutes, dust with powder sugar.

family dinner

family dinner with our neighbor besties, and i just loved the label on this bottle of wine

holiday baking

 6 batches of granola for school staff and friends

2 batches of sugar cookies with friends for fun

3 batches of shortbread for teachers cookie bar/staff appreciation

this kitchen is officially closed and mom is spent!

cookies

keeping christmas cookie traditions alive with our neighbor besties

cracker toffee

we usually make this around christmas time, but we decorated with some spooky/fall toppings for a fun halloween treat. 

hyper fixation meals

our current high protein hyper fixation meals have been mousse (made with tofu and chocolate protein powder).  and our chicken crust buffalo pizza!  both are super easy, very tasty and pretty guilt free.