This month's installment of HP Saturday is inspired not by a dish eaten in the Harry Potter world but rather by one of the unique passwords to the Gryffindor common room. The Fat Lady is the infamous keeper of the common room, and her creative passwords are an iconic and fun element in the books. … Continue reading HP Saturday! Ft. Banana Fritters
Hello social distancers! Welcome to another installment of HP Saturday. As you may recall from my post on our COVID-19 experience, HP Saturday will now occur on the first Saturday of every month. Not a bad way to start a month, if you ask me. 🙂 As the pandemic continues to heavily influence our lives … Continue reading HP Saturday! Ft. Crumpets
Hello and welcome to another installment of HP Saturday! As indicated in my last post, each Saturday I'll be trying HP recipes from The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook, putting them in context for how they're relevant to the story, and letting you know how the recipe works for me. Like puddings, pies have an important … Continue reading HP Saturday! Ft. Apple Crumble Pies
Chocolate is one of my most recent (and most powerful) pregnancy cravings. I can't get enough of it. So, today, we're going with a classic dessert: chocolate pudding. Obviously, the Harry Potter books are set in England, and "pudding" can mean different things across the pond. Today, we're going to do a creamy pudding, not … Continue reading HP Saturday! Ft. Chocolate Milk Pudding
This week really seemed to fly by. It's already time for another Harry Potter Saturday! Today, we're exploring one of the HP universe's most iconic treats–butterbeer! Butterbeer is first mentioned in The Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book in the series. Enter Sirius Black. Recap Time–Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban This book is … Continue reading HP Saturday! Ft. BUTTERBEER
