The One Where Crouton Makes the Huffington Post // Pretzel Bread Bowls

There I was, nonchalantly checking my site statistics (which I nearly never do anymore because it depresses me), and I noticed something unexpected — a click-through from the Huffington Post. So it wasn’t Crouton herself that made the site (though they don’t know what they’re missing), but it turns out my sweet corn cake with spiced blueberry topping was included in a roundup of sweet corn recipes. What a nice and unexpected surprise!

It’s the time of the year to not only cook with pumpkin, like I mentioned in a previous post, but also with the fantastic seasonal beers on the shelf right now. I chose to make a cheddar-beer soup, but wanted a fantastic vessel to serve the soup in — enter these soft pretzel bread bowls.

Coconut Muffins

Do you need a tropical vacation? I sure do. Luckily, it’s only one month and one day until my husband and I go to Jamaica for our long-awaited “honeymoon” (aka our one-year anniversary). But I needed a little tropical pick-me-up, and these muffins did the trick. I look forward to experimenting with additions to these, perhaps adding blueberries, pineapple, even chocolate chips!