My Favorite Time of the Year!

My Favorite Time of the Year!

My Favorite Time of the Year! The ‘BER’ months have always been my favorite time of the year.  The new school year, football, cooler weather, bonfires, apples, pumpkins, flannel, that crisp smell of fall and the holidays always make me smile.  This time of year always reminds me of how beautiful it is to let things go and to hunker down for a long winter of reflection before the Spring

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I’m Back!

I'm Back!

What a long trip it’s been and I am back, ready to go!  I took an unexpected “longer than I wanted to” break from Black Dog Bakehouse.  I moved back to Michigan in June of 2019 and put the bakery on hold intending to start back up within 6 months.  Well crazy things happened and COVID was the first hindrance, kitchen remodel was the second, finding a home was the

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For the Love of Food and Pets

For the Love of Food and Pets

What a long gap in between postings.  Forgive me for that but I have been quite productive during that time.  I completed the Feline Nutrition portion of my Clinical Pet Nutrition Program studies.  I was finally able to purchase Dr. Karen Becker’s book Real Food for Health Dogs & Cats for the course and I love how simple it is to prepare foods for our pets.  In her book she

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Bone Broth

Bone Broth

I was blessed to have grandparents who spent countless hours in the kitchen creating lovely and delicious food.  There was always some sort of meat bones simmering on the stove on cold winter days as a base for wonderful soups.  The tantalizing aromas wafting through the house always made me feel like home. But did you know how good the simmered bone broth is for your dog?  Bone broth is

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