Savvy Eats

Edible Gifts: Candied Citrus Peel from Shutterbean Candied Clementines from Saveur Chocolate Bark in 3 Flavors from Chasing Delicious Cranberry Mustard Hot Cocoa & Chocolate Mixes with Maple Marshmallows Flavored Salt from The Kitchn Homemade Extracts (with great printable labels) from Spoon Fork Bacon Lemon-Lime Marmalade Maple Cream Nut Clusters from Edible Perspective Popcorn Seasonings [...]

* This giveaway is now closed.  The winner is #17, Madeline. Congratulations! * So…I went a little overboard in my DIY Food Gift-making. I have extra jars of pretty much everything: marmalade, hot cocoa, cranberry mustard, maple cream.  And because I love all my readers, I want to share some of these delicious things with [...]

I may have overdone it on the homemade food gifts front this year.  Even after the popcorn seasonings, hot cocoa, maple cream and cranberry mustard, I couldn’t resist making one more thing.  I wanted something else canned, something my giftees could hang on to and open when the sweet cookies-crazed month of December was over. [...]

If you’re going to make maple cream, don’t do what I did: do not take a Pilates class that is heavy on the upper-body work mere hours before you make this confection.  And if you do, opt for the electric mixer method, rather than attempting to hand-stir.  Your arms and shoulders will thank you. I [...]

This year, I’m all about the food gifts, interspersed with small handmade or store-bought gifts. Simple little gifts that I am fairly certain they will all love. One family member (I’m not telling who!) is getting a box of cookies and a 2013 calendar from their favorite artist.  Another will receive a box of popcorn seasonings and a [...]

Candy-making is a tricky thing to master.  Every time I attempt to make some sort of caramel or fruit jellies, something goes wrong: I stir when I’m not supposed to, or I get nervous that it is taking too long and decide my thermometer must be broken, so I pull it off the heat before [...]

There are only a handful of situations in which plain or lightly salted popcorn is better than flavored.  Game nights are one, the nights that you want to grab a handful or two of popcorn while someone else takes their turn without getting cheesy fingerprints on all the game pieces.   These popcorn seasonings are for [...]

Last year, the absolute favorite gift I gave was the custom cookbook I made for Heather.  I liked it so much, I wanted to keep it for myself!  In fact, I have one or two more in the works for holiday and birthday gifts down the line. To make things a little easier on myself, I’ve designed [...]