Hi, My Cooking Spot Readers! My name’s Megan and I am the creator of The Emotional Baker, a blog focused on creating tear free vegan treats. For my first post, I thought I would share one of my favorite breakfast foods – & that’s granola.
I love creating new recipes. I’ve made Chai Tea, Cashew Butter, Chocolate – the list goes on and on – and ideas keep coming.
With the holidays coming up, we are all making plans to be on the road. We are super fortunate to have both sides of our family in the area, but I know many of you have to travel by car and plane for great distances to see family over the holidays!
Since the moment we walked into our apartment from our honeymoon, my husband has been asking for doughnuts. The idea of getting a homemade version of his favorite treat was a huge thrill for him. I pinned away many hours looking for fun new recipes to try, along with the newlywed dinner recipe collecting and home decorating “research” I was doing.
But, despite my recipe collecting, my sweet husband continued to consume greasy, frosted doughnuts from the corner shop for the last couple of years. I didn’t have a doughnut mold! Finally this Christmas I put it on my gift list… as a gift to him of course!
It’s priceless watching his eyes light up as he notices a batch of freshly baked doughnuts on the kitchen counter.
Hi, Marcella Rose here! I often find that I make some of my most exciting recipes out of necessity. Needing to use this or that before it goes bad or to make room in the fridge or because “surprise!”, you have guests staying for dinner. It’s where I shine because you really have to be creative to make it work.
It is a skill that was honed while being a ranch cook 45 miles from anything for 5 years. I would open up a cook book and decide on a recipe only to find out that we don’t have half the ingredients. I got really good at substitutions and clever ways around things and it made me feel empowered. I didn’t need to be limited by recipes. So strict and to the point. Why not let your palate decide? You know what you like, what flavor combinations taste best together. So tonight why not take off the saddle, untie the reins and just run free? Make something up, be spontaneous, and try something new! Who knows what could happen, you could invent a new favorite dish!
