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Remember when I posted that I had to redeem myself

Remember when I posted that I had to redeem myself after over-cooking short ribs the other night? 😬

It’s really hard to mess up apple crisp. So much so that I felt confident whipping this together after botching the short ribs I paid $20 a pound for 😵‍💫

Any-who, the recipe is below!

For the topping:
1/3 cup almond flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup coconut sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup coconut oil

For the crisp:
5 medium granny smith apples
1/3 cup maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
1 tbsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

-Preheat oven to 350. Grease an 8x8 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.

To make the topping:

- Combine the flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon, salt and walnuts in a large bowl and mix until combined.
- Add in the coconut oil and use your hands to squeeze and combine until the mixture resembles wet sand.

To make the filling:

- Peel and core apples and cut into very thin slices, as thin as you possibly can.
- Place apples, maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla in a large bowl and toss to combine. Allow to sit and marinate for 5-10 minutes.
- Take 1/3 cup of the topping mixture and toss with the apple mixture. Place the filling in prepared pan and sprinkle evenly with remaining topping.
- Place the crisp on a baking sheet and bake for 45-55 minutes, or until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbling. Remove from oven and cool

I didn’t participate in hot girl summer but I wi

I didn’t participate in hot girl summer but I will participate in pie girl fall 🥧

My motivation to bake skyrockets 🚀 in the fall so get ready for me to pop off. I also have an exciting collaboration coming that you’re not going to want to miss out on.

This was an apple pie with cheddar cheese crust that I baked last year but might have to run it back…. 🍎🍏

#piegirlfall

I usually don't think about fish when I think abou

I usually don't think about fish when I think about Italian food but in reality, Italians probably eat more fish than they do pizza (I speculate). 🐟🍕

I'm still trying to use up all of the cherry tomatoes I bought this past weekend at @hollyhillfarmcohasset and was trying to think of ways to use them that didn't involve pasta so I kept it healthy tonight with this "Sicilian Style" swordfish recipe.

My boyfriend used the phrase "restaurant quality" but he also likes Carraba's so I'll take it with a grain of salt while still ultimately calling this one a win.

Recipe below! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

1.) Pat swordfish dry and season with salt, pepper & italian seasoning
2.) Place fish in a baking dish and drizzle ~ 1/2 cup italian dressing on top and flip over so the fish is evenly coated in the marinade
3.) Marinate for 1-2 hours (or longer)
4.) Preheat the oven to 400
5.) In an oven safe pan (I used my @calphalon ), heat 2 tbsp olive oil over medium high heat.
6.) Sear the swordfish for 2-3 minutes per side, then remove the fish from the pan and set aside
7.) In the same pan, sautee 2 cloves of chopped garlic and 1 diced shallot until garlic begins to brown and shallot softens
8.) Add in the tomatoes (I also added in some fennel and zucchini) and a sprinkle of dried or fresh parsley and cook until tomatoes wilt and release their juices
9.) Add the swordfish back to the pan and place the pan in the oven and let it cook for an additional 7-8 minutes or until the fish is cooked thoroughly
10.) Remove from the oven and serve with some of the tomatoes and sauce spooned on top.

Ideal Saturday: - Take a drive to @hollyhillfarmco

Ideal Saturday:
- Take a drive to @hollyhillfarmcohasset 🌾🚜
- Cook all day with items purchased at @hollyhillfarmcohasset 👩🏼‍🍳

I love finding places near me where I can go and buy farm fresh ingredients and see where my food is coming from. Since I can’t have a garden living in Boston, this is second best.

Lunch was a kale salad with roasted golden beets (roast in slices @ 400 for 20 min then peel), goat cheese and walnuts with the following dressing:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp walnut oil
- 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 tsp honey
- salt & pepper.

Loved finding @hollyhillfarmcohasset and def will be back! Will also be making something for dinner using the yellow tomatoes so stay tuned 😉

If I’ve learned one thing during the past year a

If I’ve learned one thing during the past year and a half, it’s how to make a homemade pie 🍕🤌🏼

I have not learned to wipe my hands on an apron or towel. 👩🏼‍🍳

Pasta alle Vongole 🍝🦪 I’m not a huge seaf

Pasta alle Vongole 🍝🦪

I’m not a huge seafood pasta person but this is my exception. Fresh pasta, fresh clams, bacon, white wine, lots of garlic, parsley, red pepper flakes and parm.

What overcast summer night dreams are made of.

NO COOK healthy meal for when it’s hot or when y

NO COOK healthy meal for when it’s hot or when you’re lazy. 👌🏼☀️

I got on the hype train and tried @traderjoes smoked Ahi Tuna and was pleasantly surprised. I’m weird about fish and was expecting to be grossed out by it but honestly it was great. Tasted totally fine and was perfect with this poke-bowl inspired meal.

Served with butter lettuce, shredded carrots, green onions, avocado and cucumber sesame salad. Recipe for cucumber sesame salad is screen-shotted in my story! 📱🥒

The inside of this carrot cake had good intentions

The inside of this carrot cake had good intentions: 🥕Made with almond flour, coconut sugar and no butter or dairy.

But I felt I’d be doing the cake an injustice without a real cream cheese frosting so that’s what I made and I’m cool with that.

Also I used natural food coloring and I was going for a pastel purple and got this ugly mauve but 🤷🏼‍♀️

Happy Easter! 🐣

When you wake up on Valentines Day and ask your bo

When you wake up on Valentines Day and ask your boyfriend what he wants for dessert and he says “those crunchy puffy doughs with the creamy layers” 🤷🏼‍♀️

K.

This was totally on the fly and I based it off of pictures from the internet. I made a custard, folded in fresh whipped cream and piped it between thin layers of store bought puff-pastry. I haven’t even tasted them yet but I licked the spoon of the custard and it was bomb.

I feel like I’ve seen things that look like this before in bakeries but I don’t know what they’re called? Does anyone know?

Crossing my fingers that these are approved of and somewhat similar to what he had in mind lol. Sometimes it’s fun to be creative like this and make something that even you don’t know what it is. 💕❤️🌹

What are you guys making? 🤗

You probably already have all the ingredients in y

You probably already have all the ingredients in your kitchen to make these soft, chewy pretzel bites.

They’re also easy to make and will impress your friends because how often do people say “I made homemade pretzels”? Not often. I mean, I impressed myself making these. 💁🏼‍♀️

Run don’t walk to the link in my bio and make these for the Super Bowl tomorrow. Serve them with mustard dipping sauce and then don’t @ me when you eat the whole plate yourself.

We were supposed to get 2 feet of snow last night

We were supposed to get 2 feet of snow last night in Boston so I had this elaborate plan to make a cozy meal and watch the snow come down.

I had the cozy meal covered but the snow turned to rain and then to sleet and then to ice, which honestly I’m not mad about.

Also not mad about how this gluten-free chicken and dumplings turned out. I made it in my instant pot and it took a little over an hour to make. I’ve never had chicken and dumplings in my life so I couldn’t tell you what inspired this 🤷🏼‍♀️

Have you guys ever had chicken and dumplings? Am I totally weird? Do you want the recipe? 😉

Back for 5 min to showcase this Yule Log. Gingerbr

Back for 5 min to showcase this Yule Log. Gingerbread sponge cake on the inside with cinnamon cream cheese icing. I’ve been MIA but this was too good not to share. Used @bromabakery’s recipe!

I’m only 16% Italian so I won’t profess to kno

I’m only 16% Italian so I won’t profess to know before yesterday that Chicken Milanese is actually just chicken parm with no cheese. 🐓

Whenever I go to Eataly I pick up these pre-packaged portions of Chicken Milanese and they are such a treat to have in my freezer. My boyfriend loves them, I love them, they’re great. However, going to Eataly is not convenient so when I bought thinly cut chicken breasts at the store the other day, I set out to try to make my own.

Cut to: me realizing I had no breadcrumbs. And to make Chicken Milanese, you need breadcrumbs. Otherwise you’re just eating plain chicken.

I remembered I had a pretty old looking loaf of sourdough bread in my fridge which ended up being the perfect amount to make breadcrumbs for my recipe. Also I felt like the sourdough bread was a healthier (and tastier) option to make breadcrumbs rather than plain old white bread.

This is a perfect comfort food meal that can be served as is, over greens, or with pasta. Last night I ate it with pasta with a spoonful of marinara and today I ate it on top of a salad which you can see in the pic. The pasta was better but I was too hungry to get a pic. You get it.

Recipe is on my site which you can find at the link in my bio!

I'm sorry in advance. You guys, this stuff is addi

I'm sorry in advance. You guys, this stuff is addicting. I need to immediately put it in jars and give it away because I have two freezer bags full of it in my fridge and justified it earlier as a "lunch dessert" and proceeded to snack on it like my life depended on it.

HOWEVER, I won't really say sorry because if you know me at all, you'll know that this recipe is HEALTHIFIED. Not "healthy" per se but definitely healthier than your classic puppy chow/muddy buddy situation.

This recipe is gluten free, almost dairy free (I added M&M's, sue me) and uses powdered monk fruit instead of sugar. You can feel free to tailor this recipe to whatever flavors you want, I happened to crave a sweet/salty mix so I added gluten-free pretzel pieces, peanuts and M&M's but you can add whatever your heart desires.

Did you grow up with this stuff during the holidays? I tried it for the first time a few years ago and was in awe. Also if anyone in Boston wants a jar plz let me know ASAP because otherwise I'll eat it all.

Recipe is at the link in my bio!

🎃💀Spooky Skull Pumpkin Breads 💀🎃 Even

🎃💀Spooky Skull Pumpkin Breads 💀🎃

Even if I only get to use this baking mold once a year I’m fine with that.

Used the @traderjoes gluten free pumpkin bread mix for these for a quick recipe!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! 🧡🖤

I’m not sure I believe in divine intervention bu

I’m not sure I believe in divine intervention but sometimes I wake up with a recipe or an idea in my head without any explanation. This morning, (without any prior thoughts about cinnamon buns in the past few days) I woke up and thought to myself, “I wonder if you can make cinnamon buns with pancake mix.”

And that was that. I slugged down a cup of coffee and got to work.

I used a mixture of @so_delicious coconut yogurt and @oatly oat milk with the @traderjoes gluten free pumpkin pancake mix to create a buttermilk-type substitute and kneaded the dough for about 3-4 minutes (not by hand, in my @kitchenaid with the dough hook obvi).

Then I rolled out the dough, dusted it with @earthbalance vegan butter, coconut sugar and cinnamon. I carefully rolled the dough hotdog-style into a swirly log (no better way to describe it) and cut into 1 inch slices and then baked at 350 for 15 minutes.

My honest opinion? They were good for being vegan and gluten free and whipped together without yeast or any rise-time. However you can see they don’t hold together perfectly around the edges (I’m a perfectionist so this bothered me).

That being said, if you’re looking for a quick way to whip up healthier cinnamon buns, this is a really good way to do it. Do you want the recipe?? 🥞

I didn't set out to make this recipe so decadent.

I didn't set out to make this recipe so decadent. 👩🏼‍🍳 I had all intentions of just making simple apple pie bars but then I saw a bottle of bourbon in my kitchen and also added pecans at the last minute because I love a good chopped nut vibe with my pies and crisps. 🍎

The best part? These are totally gluten free and I used coconut sugar and maple syrup to sweeten them. They're sweet without being a total sugar bomb and they won't make you crave a nap 30 minutes later.

Apple SZN is upon us and I am patiently waiting for the Macouns to arrive. ‼️IMPORTANT QUESTION‼️: do you say it like MA-COON or MA-COWN because my boyfriend and I strongly disagree on that. I always have pronounced it MC-COON and love being right so please comment below how you pronounce it so I can settle that once and for all.

Recipe is at the link in my bio!

Let me start by saying: I'm not a bread maker, and

Let me start by saying: I'm not a bread maker, and I'll tell you why. If I bake bread, I will eat it all, so making this recipe was a dangerous game. However, I wanted a challenge. I wanted to make something that required time and patience and even though this required some time, it was surprisingly easy. 🍞🍞🍞

Now? I want to bake bread all the time. Specifically, this Gluten-Free Apple Cider Brioche bread. It is INSANE. I added in some dried honeycrisp apples and a healthy dose of cinnamon and every bite is soft and pillowy with the occasional chewy apple bit. It really is perfect. I've been eating it toasted with butter but also think it would be the perfect bread to make BOMB french toast with.

Fun fact: this dough can also be used to make donuts or donut holes. I just don't have a donut pan and was too lazy to form it into donut holes because I wanted to eat it so badly.

Head to the link in my bio for the recipe and let me know if you make it! Also comment below with your favorite kind of bread to make because now I want to bake more! 👩🏼‍🍳

30 minute meal? ✔️ Tastes like fall? ✔️ Ca

30 minute meal? ✔️
Tastes like fall? ✔️
Can make it using one pan? ✔️

Yeah, I've got you covered with this one.

Sheet Pan Chicken with Delicata Squash and Fresh Sage is my new weekly must-eat dinner. I made it last night when I got home from work and had it in the oven and on my plate in less than an hour.

TBH I had never tried delicata squash before yesterday and in the words of my boyfriend, "It tastes like candy." He's not wrong. And the best part is you can eat the skin so you literally don't have to do anything (except wash it and cut it) before roasting it which IMO is a beautiful thing, and is part of why this meal comes together in 30 minutes.

I served this over a bed of greens with some asparagus and goat cheese and it was a total hit.

I can't even stress to you enough how easy this recipe is. The squash and the sage make it taste like fall which I am totally here for (despite it randomly being 80 degrees in Boston today).

The link for this recipe is in my bio - let me know if you guys make it or if you have any delicata squash recipes that I need to try!

Yesterday I had all intentions of making chili the

Yesterday I had all intentions of making chili the traditional way - tomatoes, spices, beans, you know the drill. BUT I also saw a can of pumpkin in my fridge that I had opened a few days ago and thought about how creamy and delicious the chili would be with the addition of pumpkin. I vowed to make "not another pumpkin recipe" on your newsfeed but #sorrynotsorry I did it anyways. ⁠
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Honestly, you're welcome, because this pumpkin chili is GOOD. I don't use any broth in my chili recipes because I like them to be really thiqq if you know what I'm sayin. The pumpkin adds to the thickness and creaminess and honestly just does a really good job tying this recipe all together. ⁠
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I also used bison in this recipe, and generally like bison more than beef when I can find it for a few reasons:⁠
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1.) It's leaner⁠
2.) It typically has 25% fewer calories than beef⁠
3.) It's lower in saturated fat⁠
4.) It tends to be more tender than beef (and tbh there is nothing worse than a chewy chunk of meat to ruin a perfectly good chili)⁠
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Served with cornbread muffins, you really can't go wrong. I even watched 5 total minutes of football yesterday so I guess you could just call me queen of Sunday's at this point.

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