Like I said in Sunday’s post, I mostly love Valentine’s Day because it’s an excuse to eat heart-shaped things and sweets. But as much as some of us would like to, we can’t just eat dessert all day, holiday or not. Chocolate for breakfast sounds awesome in theory, but isn’t quite so awesome in practice. [...]
February 13, 2013 // By : amybites //
I like your standard, plain banana bread as much as the next person—which is to say, I could take it or leave it. What really floats my boat is banana bread with chocolate chips. There’s just something about banana and chocolate together—it’s one of those classic combinations. I almost feel guilty that I’ve been making [...]
January 31, 2013 // By : amybites //
I know, I know. Pumpkin is so over. The season for blogging pumpkin recipes is past. It’s against the rules to blog about pumpkin in January. Blah, blah, blah. But the thing is…not all of us are totally pumpkin-obsessed. If you’re like me, you probably still have a lonely, sad can of pumpkin just chillin’ [...]
January 17, 2013 // By : amybites //
Poppy seed-studded baked goods are a divisive subject. You’re either a lemon person or an almond person. For most of my life, I’ve been staunchly pro-almond. I’ve only recently come around to citrus in general, but it took me longer still to come around to lemon-flavored sweets. I’d still pick an almond poppy seed muffin [...]
January 10, 2013 // By : amybites //
I recently found myself with an extra two-pound sweet potato. Yes, two freaking pounds. One potato. The size of my head. A girl can only eat so many sweet potato fries. (Ok, that’s a lie. I never get sick of those.) Since I’ve only ever used sweet potatoes for savory applications, I decided to make [...]
November 13, 2012 // By : amybites //
