holiday

Best Gingerbread Cookie Bake Off

I must confess up front that I'm not the biggest gingerbread fan. It's not a cookie I ever crave or gravitate towards because I'm not a huge spice cookie fan. But I was curious to see if I could find ...

Campfire Crunch Cookies

by erika 10 Comments

This post was done in partnership with Reynolds Kitchens®; all thoughts and opinions are my own. I’m excited to be working with a sponsor whose product I’ve been using for years in my kitchen. Thank ...

Best Sugar Cookie Bake Off

by erika 19 Comments

Looking for the best sugar cookie recipe around? Me too. My memories of cookie baking include tons of time: getting out the heavy KitchenAid mixer, waiting for the dough to chill, rolling out mounds ...

Mini Avocado Toasts

by erika 2 Comments

While I will likely never reach the brunch heights effortlessly pulled off by my talented friends (check this birthday brunch spread that Lisa threw--complete with an utterly gorgeous crepe cake, ...

Chickpea Gingersnaps

by erika 43 Comments

Awhile back, I had the opportunity to develop some recipes for the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council. I was so excited to partner with them since I'm already fully in love with all things chickpea ...

Vegan Spinach and Artichoke Dip

by erika

Getting out of bed was soooo hard today.It’s getting down into the 30s and 40s (Houston, WHAT??), so I doubled up on my comforters and wore sweats to bed and now I remember why I slept with two ...

Baked Brie (with homemade pie crust!)

by erika

And now for something truly fatty...I signed up to bring an appetizer to my office’s holiday gathering. Two days ago, I fretted over what to bring as my friend and I raided the dairy fridge at ...