One of my closest friends Amie, a yoga teacher, moved to Kansas City a few years ago. We talk regularly, so I wasn?t surprised to see a text from her one weekday afternoon. What I was surprised to see was a photo of her with Kathryne Taylor of Cookie and Kate. To be clear, this is completely in character for Amie. She?ll walk up to just about anyone and strike up a conversation ? and apparently ask for a selfie.
I?d been making Kathryne?s recipes for a couple of years at this point. Although I visited her blog a few times a month, I can?t say I would?ve recognized her in a yoga class. Or exclaimed, ?It?s Cookie and Kate!? for that matter. But I?m glad Amie is the kind of wild, unabashed person who does crazy things like that.

I reached out to Kathryne a few months later with a request to write an endorsement for Frugal Vegan, which she graciously did. When I paid a visit to Kansas City to surprise Amie for her birthday, Kathryne and I met up for a drink. We swapped cookbook-writing stories and talked about our silly dogs, and the next day we practiced our half-moon poses at Amie?s birthday party. My only regret is that we don?t live closer (I?m convinced Cookie and my dog Rex would fall in love). Today, we?re sharing Kathryne?s recipe for Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies from Love Real Food. Carrot cake has always been one of my favorite treats, so I was thrilled to find that Kathryne had adapted it into a format that?s acceptable for breakfast. Between the oats and nuts, th...