Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies with Cardamom Icing

It is fall and there is beauty all around.

Blueberry Bread Pudding

 I love making these breakfast bakes!

Cinnamon-Rhubarb Muffins

After  I brought home a bunch of fresh rhubarb from the farmers market recently, my 9 year old daughter asked if I could make rhubarb muffins.

Coconut Muffins

As I am posting this, these muffins are receiving rave reviews from my teenage daughters!

Lussekatter (Swedish Saffron Buns)

On December 13 Norwegians celebrate Lucia day. It is a celebration imported from Sweden.

Apple, Carrot, Pumpkin Spice Muffins

This is a hearty and healthy muffin you can feel good about sending your kids out the door with in the morning or serving as a filling afternoon snack (move over goldfish!).

Grilled Chicken Pita Sandwich With Tomato Salad And Spicy Yogurt Sauce

I look at the local newspaper from my hometown Bergen, Norway almost daily.

Grilled Pita Bread

I just found out that making pita bread from scratch is incredibly easy, and of course it is incredibly delicious!

Tomato, Egg, and Prosciuttto Tarts

These individual tarts look very sophisticated, but are easier to make than you may think!

Norwegian Cinnamon Knots (Kanel snurrer)

These fancy looking cinnamon knots are apparently all the rage in Norway at the moment. They show up all over the foodie blogusphere. 

Hamburger Buns

I did a lot of cooking over the week end. And I think I am back in the game after a period of feeling unmotivated and uninspired in the kitchen.

Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf

I love the sweet breads they serve at Starbucks. The lemon bread and the pumpkin bread, but most of all the gingerbread loaf.

Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Bake

During the week breakfast is not a priority  around here. My husband leaves at the crack of dawn and my two teenage  girls are gone by 7 o'clock.

Focaccia Bread

I am super excited about this recipe. Although bread baking really isn't my thing I have wanted to make Focaccia bread for a while.

Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake

Today is a glorious fall day!  It is nice and warm, but there are clear signs that the season undoubtedly is changing.

Turkey, Caramelized onion, Roasted Pepper and Provolone Naan Panini

This is my all time favorite lunch, a Naan Panini filled with caramelized onions and Roasted red peppers.

Norwegian School buns

These pretty buns are a favorite treat of mine from the homeland. When I go back home one of the first things I will do is find a bakery and get one of these along with my hometown's famous cinnamon rolls.

Norwegian Christmas bread (Julebrød)

This cardamom raisin bread is a must have for me at Christmas time. Here in the States it is also commonly known as Julekake, but for me it is simply called Julebrød which translates to Christmas bread.

Gluten-free banana muffins

During these warm summer days it seems that bananas have an extra short shelf life. I constantly have browning bananas staring at me from the fruit bowl and I say :" it is too hot to turn the oven on!"

Gluten-free Chocolate Banana Bread

Ok, so here's the deal: I recently decided to remove wheat from my diet. I do not have Celiac disease, but I have many friends who for different reasons have gone gluten-free and experienced great health benefits from doing so.