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Sunday Baking Series: Our First Homemade Macarons

Sunday Baking Series: Our First Homemade Macarons

Actually, “first” is a lie.  I’ve made homemade macarons 4 times in my life, with progressive success (“success” being a relative term), but this time I had a teammate.  That teammate happens to be a materials engineer who fixates on following instructions perfectly, so I 

Lentil and Root Vegetable Salad

Lentil and Root Vegetable Salad

Lentil and root vegetable salad is one of my favorite meals on a cold winter night.  This warm and cozy salad is the perfect entrée if you like feeling satisfied but not stuffed after dinner, maybe with some room for hot chocolate leftover while you 

Kitchen-Scraps Granola

Kitchen-Scraps Granola

I don’t do granola with yogurt often for breakfast, but I know a lot of people do.  Usually, both the yogurt and the granola are store-bought, which means they tend to have lots of added sugar (which isn’t required to be disclosed on labels- yet).  

Sunday Baking Series: Apple Cake, or “The Best Homemade Dessert We’ve Ever Had”

Sunday Baking Series: Apple Cake, or “The Best Homemade Dessert We’ve Ever Had”

Hubtastic has decided that he’d like to become The Baker of the family, while I remain The Cook.  I love that idea, because he’s a scientific-perfectionist and I’m much more about whimsical improvisation, which I hope is evident from the entire premise of this website.  

Why “A Sprig of Time?”

Why “A Sprig of Time?”

When I first unveiled my new website name, after transitioning away from my old blog, I had several well-meaning followers let me know that I’d spelled “thyme” wrong.  (I am aware of that…) I chose the homonym “time” intentionally after months of brainstorming my intention