With soaring temperatures, we avoid cooking indoors whenever possible. This essentially means no baking in the oven for the summer! As an alternative, I decided to get my “baked” goods fix through steaming (on our grill’s side burner) instead. Since bananas are always plentiful in […]

Happy Spring!!! The weather may have been disagreeable these past few days, but it is officially spring! Woo hoo! The end is in sight! Ahhh…now that I’ve gotten all that out of my system, let’s celebrate with this simple and light but oh so yummylicious, […]

I have to admit that ever since I’ve made our new favorite banana bread last fall, I’ve not been too motivated to try any new banana bread recipe. 😀 However, I’ve recently decided to participate in an on-going Bake-Along event that is co-organized by Zoe (of Bake for Happy Kids), and […]

Update October 9, 2012: I just found out from Keith that the Chocolate-Cherry Banana Bread is now his favorite banana bread. 😀 Last weekend, we took Alex to the mall just to have Auntie Anne’s pretzels. Yum! Anyway, while we were there, I took the […]

I’m always on a lookout for kid-friendly recipes for Alex and when I saw this one in the latest Taste of Home magazine (October & November 2009 issue), I just knew Alex would have lots of fun making it. The recipe – Kelsey’s Favorite Cranberry […]

This is a belated summer post – I’ve never really liked zucchini bread simply because most of the ones you would find in the stores tend to be unappealingly dense and gummy, as well as bland tasting. However, with plenty of zucchini from our garden this […]

We always seem to have ripe bananas laying around in the kitchen and what better way to use them than to make banana bread. We eat banana bread a lot in this household. It makes a quick and delicious on-the-go breakfast or lunch, as well […]