This recipe was actually discovered by my teenage daughters.  I guess they felt my banana bread recipe (which often is baked into muffins) wasn’t healthy enough (more…)

The East 62nd Street Lemon Cake is from the famous Queen of Cake, Maida Heatter.  Her famous lemon cake recipe was first published in the New York Times back in the 1970’s and soon thereafter it became insanely popular. (more…)

There’s really nothing more satisfying than making your own homemade granola.  You can choose the nuts and grains that go into it, make it gluten-free by using gluten-free oats, add dried fruit (or not) and control the sweetness.  It tastes 100 times better than the store- (more…)

The Torta Caprese is an exquisite Italian dessert.  It dates back to the 1920’s and is believed to have originated on the Island of Capri, hence the name. (more…)

Maida Heatter describes this Budapest Cake as the cake that produces love letters and a variety of proposals and propositions.  Need i say more?? (more…)

There are a million ways you can make a Red Berry Smoothie.  This is my version loaded with lots of red berries.  I also add in some frozen mangoes to this smoothie. It tones down any bitterness from the berries, and because the mangoes are frozen it helps (more…)

The healthiest drink you will ever have that also tastes great….that’s definitely the Green Smoothie! (more…)

Just because this recipe has the word ‘oatmeal’ in it doesn’t mean it’s one of those healthy pancakes that just ruined a perfectly good pancake recipe.   I assure you these Banana Oatmeal Pancakes are really delicious, and yes it’s actually really healthy too. (more…)

A Rainbow Fruit Salad never fails to bring sweet smiles and happy vibes.  Nothing fancy…just pure joy. (more…)

Lemons and poppy seeds go really well together in this Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake.  With the help of the buttermilk that makes it delicately moist, the zest and (more…)