Herb & Cheese Buttermilk Biscuits

Herb & Cheese Buttermilk Biscuits This recipe is a modification of Mom’s Buttermilk Biscuits Ingredients: 1 egg 185g (3/4 c.) buttermilk 65g (1/3 c.) canola oil 200g (1 1/2 c.) all purpose flour 65g (1/2 c.) wheat flour 2 TBS flaxmeal 1 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 TBS baking powder 3 TBS mixed dried […]

Winter in LA + Chili Time!

Three years in — four if you’re counting this one — and I’m still not used to these Los Angeles winters. I just took an hour walk in sunny 70-degree weather whilst wearing shorts and a 3/4 sleeve t-shirt. Sitting at my desk, having just returned to my apartment, I feel a smidge sweaty and dehydrated. […]

Eggnog Waffles

I don’t know about you guys but I still have a lot of food leftover from Christmas. All sweets, of course, since it’s been hard to keep up with them. Christmas cookies, candy from stockings, stollen, sparkling grape juice and eggnog. I’ve chucked the cookies and stollen in the freezer for later, I’m slowly but […]

Mom’s Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits

I have a love-hate relationship with mornings. I love waking up early. But I hate getting out of bed. Haha, I am sure some of you can relate! I’ve discovered that the only thing that helps me to wake up is looking forward to a good breakfast. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a huge […]

Rosemary & Lemon Butter Cookies

Today was my last day teaching garden classes before summer starts. What better way to close the fun-filled year than to make sweets with one’s students? ;-) The idea for this lesson was to introduce some unique & easy recipes using ingredients from the kids’ garden. One of my students suggested cookies. At first, I was slightly […]