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Blueberry Lemon Cake or Bread

Maris Callahan — Sun, 08 May 2016 05:00:20 +0000

Blueberry and lemon are two of my favorite flavors. Though I have the willpower to resist most pastries when I want to (let’s just not talk about soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies), the tartness of lemon and blueberries tends to balance out the sweetness of coffee cake, quick bread, cookies or scones. Or Blueberry Lemon Cake. So what if I talk about baked goods like most connoisseurs talk about wine? When fresh blueberries and bright, tart lemon zest are involved, it’s hard to go wrong. I mean, there are ways. You could sub baking powder for baking soda, and you could mistake the salt for the sugar, but I don’t really know how you’d manage that. Let’s not overthink this. It was hard to decide whether to call this a bread or a cake. It has all of the qualities of a quick bread, with all of the wondrousness of a cake. Because people like cake (like, a lot), I’m calling it a cake. I’m nothing if I’m not a people pleaser. Regardless of what we call it, what we have here is a really lovely and simple Blueberry Lemon Cake or Bread recipe. It’s perfect for brunch, perfect for effortless […]

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Easy Banana Bread

Maris Callahan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

When I was in college I lost some weight on Weight Watchers. The program was excellent and I saw the results I wanted but looking back, my diet consisted almost entire of highly processed foods full of chemicals in attempt to eat fewer calories. I participated in a community message board where I, along with a group of women all losing or maintaining weight, would post our daily menus for accountability. At first I was embarrassed that I relied on this anonymous Internet support to keep my diet under control, but eventually I realized that I was picking up valuable weight loss tips, healthy recipes, and as a result I participated in the group for several years. It was this group that finally led me to a perfect, easy banana bread recipe. In my opinion, the healthiest foods and recipes have real ingredients in additiob to a lot of flavor. Sometimes people equate food as being healthy as a result of being “low calorie.” Though that’s certainly true in some cases, it can be the opposite for foods that have been chemically altered in order for calorie reduction. If real, natural food is available to me, I’ll almost certainly choose that in a […]

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