Claire
Claire is a mama, recipe developer, writer and owner of Butterfly Bakery of Vermont.
Fitting in a Family Dinner After Work
My parents split up when I was 2, so both of my parents had a lot to juggle in the evening with 2 kids...
Navigating Social Norms and Putting Myself Out There
Recently I decided to write a satirical post about how sexy pregnancy is (spoiler alert: it ain’t).
I wrote it out and thought that it...
My Poor Second Kiddo
I’m a second kid. My husband is a second kid. We both know how this is going to go.
The first kid gets millions of...
Eating Locally in the Spring
I eat mostly local food.
Overall, this is born from the fact that I sell at a farmers market and have goodies left over at...
Dad’s French Toast
Every family has it's food traditions and Christmas morning always meant sourdough french toast for me.
My sister and I always did Christmas morning...
Business & Family
Before there was Maia, before there was my husband, there was my bakery.
I started Butterfly Bakery of Vermont only a year and a half...
Maia at the Market
What? Did Daddy say that it’s farmers market day? OK! Let’s go! No? Oh breakfast first. Toast with peanut butter and bananas? Toast? Toast?...
Homemade Pasta
Homemade pasta doesn’t usually rank high on a working mom’s to do list. But it’s worth it.
Well, on the weekend anyway. If you feel...
Losing weight is easy. And really hard.
Like most overweight people I had a general goal to lose weight, so for Christmas 2009 I asked for (and received) a pedometer.
I had...
My Parenting Approach: Sitting on my thumbs
I’m the parent who’s doing nothing. Or that’s what I feel like anyway. When I go out with my toddler to the open gym...
Pate for My Tired Pregnant Butt
This pregnancy has been nothing like my first pregnancy.
The first time around I was nauseous for most of the first trimester. Not the awful...
Maple Pumpkin Bread with Cousins
This year everyone came to our house for Christmas. I love hosting and hate driving in the snow, so this was perfect. “Everyone” included...
Mexican Slow Cooker Beans
I didn’t trust the slow cooker.
Add ingredients and walk away? Wha? No hovering, no regular stirring? But what if it burned?What if it turned...
Banana Cookies – A Toddler Treat
These cookies are my toddler’s FAVORITE.
I own a bakery and she will choose these cookies over my bakery cookies any day. In fact, she...