Dear Pumpkin Pie, how you’ve forsaken me. Every Thanksgiving, I look forward to your orangey, custardy chew; yet, year after year, there’s nothing but apple or banana cream to consume. Why, oh why, am I alone in my obsession with pumpkin pie? It’s just me and my brother-in-law, sad-eyed, staring […]
Desserts
Classic Italian Easter Pie (dairy-free!)
Classic Italian Easter Pie (dairy-free) Inspired by a classic Italian Easter dessert (as well as a traditional Romanian Easter dessert called Pasca), this pie has all the same creaminess, bursts of citrus and chocolately goodness without any of the dairy. The best part? The biscotti crust brings another layer of […]
5-ingredient Romanian Sugar Cookies “Cornulete” (gluten-free and vegan)
These are the cookies I left out for Santa as a kid. But rumor has it Santa is watching his waistline 😉 so I updated the classic using gluten-free flour (and they were already vegan!). They are super crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookies with a hint of lemon. A simple, classic […]
One-Bowl Chocolate Cake with Nutella Frosting (gluten-free)
This. Is. Divine. A divine accident. Truth is, I was trying to make brownies and instead stumbled on cake… (horrible, I know!) 😉 I tweaked a failed recipe in hopes for fudgey brownies – so I eliminated the avocado, added cocoa powder and crossed my fingers. The result was one of the most […]
Epic Banana Cream Pie Recipe
So my banana cream pie set and apparently the world stopped. I stopped writing. Stopped cooking. Stopped obsessing over food. It’s almost as if that one simple accomplishment was the pinnacle of everything I could handle up until that moment. My banana cream pie set. Subsequently, my brain turned to […]