Brown Butter Brioche Cinnamon Rolls

  Can we stop the world for a minute?  Let's stop the commuting, milk steaming, 5:00 AM-ing, money saving, and school prepping for just a bit.  Because I need to talk to you about something very very important.

  These cinnamon rolls.  The best.  The best best best best best.

Gluten Free Cinnamon Raisin Pancakes with Apple Topping

  Whoever you are, I want the pizza you're consuming or thinking about getting.  I want the scones you're baking, the bacon you're frying, the cheese you just bought, the gummy bears you got as your after-work treat.

  In other words, I'm on a diet.  I, Ellen, curator of the sugariest of blogs, am on a freakin diet.

  No, I'm not concerned about thunder thighs, love handles, or any of that stuff.  I'm on the Elimination Diet, a 3-week digestive cleanse in which you cut out all the good things ever and start incorporating them back in very slowly to see how they affect you.  Just...google it.  Everyone does it a little differently.

Salted Peanut Butter Cup Brown Butter Blondies

  Girl, where you at.

  I'm on doorsteps in nostalgic neighborhoods watching snow come down.  I'm in cafes in college towns.  I'm washing dishes and learning the art of making wraps and cappuccinos.  I've got my foot in my mouth about all the relationships going on in my life.  I'm wishing on the stars and walking the streets.  I'm browsing apartment listings with weary eyes.  I'm dissecting my feelings.  I'm dissing the drama.

  And I'm making blondies.  I'm keeping things simple where I have the power to do so.

Deviled Egg Salad with Bacon (When Your Eggs Just Won't Peel)

  I kind of like being unconventional, unpredictable, and coloring just a little outside the lines.

  However, at the same time, I hate not having some semblance of a schedule, not having an outfit picked out, or having deviled eggs completely turn on me.

  I'm a unique soul that embraces both chaos and calm.  I like having a blog centered around baking and pretty scones, until I feel like trying something new and photographing something I actually ate for lunch.  I really hope you don't think that I live on cookies and braided nutella bread.  I mean, that'd be pretty cool, but we wouldn't have a sweet world if there wasn't a bit of savory involved.

  I mean, have I ever told you how much I love pickles?  Seriously.  And a good salsa?  Salt, I need salt in my life.  And not just salted caramel.

Grapefruit Honey Yogurt Scones

  Guess what!  It only took me three years, but I finally got around to photographing these delightful citrus-y triangles of goodness again.

  In case you feel like you're missing something, let me just show you the stellar first photographs: