Strawberries & Cream Bars
After the creamsicle cloud pudding, I was asked by someone to try to replicate a Strawberry Jello Salad with Pretzel Crust recipe using all-natural ingredients. There are several ways I could have...
View ArticleAvocado fries & eggplant soup
Thanks to reddit, I found a recipe for avocado fries. I’m a sucker for avocados, and a sucker for crunchy fried things, so I HAD to make them. No really, it was a total compulsion. That’s my story and...
View ArticleRecipe: Hybrid Hot Cocoa Mix
Recently I found a commercial hot cocoa mix that included finely chopped chocolate. I’ve had plenty of “normal” hot cocoa mixes, as well as the delight that is chopped chocolate melted into hot milk,...
View ArticleRecipe: Bacon Cheddar Deviled Eggs
I stumbled across a recipe for bacon jack deviled eggs today—but I didn’t have all the ingredients, and there were some changes I wanted to make. So here’s the result. The most obvious difference is...
View ArticleRecipe: Minimalist Blueberry Crumble
I can’t give up dessert entirely, but I’m working on making it higher in fruit and lower in carbs & fats. Here’s my minimalist blueberry crumble, designed to be lean(er) but have the texture and...
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Recipe: Strawberries and Cream Pie
We found a bunch of really good strawberries on sale this weekend, and some gorgeous farm-fresh heavy cream. I decided to improvise the following: Two pie crusts, prebaked and cooled* Two one-pound...
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Recipe: White Chocolate-Raspberry Decadence
We found some gorgeous raspberries on sale this week, and I had a package of frozen puff pastry in the freezer; this inspired me to make the following. It has four parts: white chocolate pudding;...
View ArticlePerfect, quick & easy weeknight pizza
I couldn’t even bring myself to call this one a recipe in the post title. That’s how easy it is. I loooove pizza. But the price adds up, much of it is really greasy, and it’s hard to find one with the...
View ArticleHow to thicken a slow-cooker stew at the end
Yesterday my husband and I set a stew going in the crock pot bright and early in the morning. Being bright and early in the morning, I totally forgot about thickening it. I went on line to look for...
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2012 gift guide for cooks posted on reviews site!
Gift Guide for cooks: Today I wrote my 2012 gift guide for cooks, tackling the new modernist cooking trend. It includes a link to my review of the original “modernist cuisine” book set, as well as...
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