Category: Recipe

‘My Common Table’ posted this dish awhile ago. But I found it buried in a search for yogurt recipes. Her photos, sense of writing and this recipe will cheer your day. I love this recipe. It’s so easy, quick and makes the house smell like pure comfort. Give it a try and check out her…

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Not mine however…ha ha ha. Don’t judge this photo by its looks. Nothing sexy about Ratatouille. Nutin! Buuuuut I have long loved Ratatouille and this is by far the best I have ever made. The recipe was brought to me by a coworker from the cookbook…

Who knew you could use your leftover beer for waffles. (Does beer expire??) I was looking for some fancy Belgium Waffles to make but realized I didn’t have the time to make this really buttery sugary Snooty concoction and then stumbled upon this. Cheaters written all over it. Time savers dream. These were good. Not…

It’s that time of year again and though I have been making this Pumpkin Bread for eons, discovered a new-er recipe from Mad About Maida. It’s an old post, but a good one. The only different thing I did was add 1 teaspoon of vanilla. I couldn’t find my tried and true old family recipe,…

My darling neighbors brought me some beautiful plums. The best I think I have eaten in years and hand picked from a friend’s tree.  I couldn’t wait to try this gorgeous Plum Almond Cake I found from “Cream Puffs in Venice” blog, darling food blog who got  it from Domenica Marchetti’s , “Rustic Italian” cookbook.…

I love my pear tree. It’s over 100 years old and if it could only talk!! It’s pear season and we are having pear pie, pear sauce, and yummy pear pasta! Here’s all you do for Pear Butter, which I under cooked and just made sauce. Healthier. ;-) Pear Butter Ingredients 3 lbs. ripe pears,…

As you all know, I Adore marzipan so when I bought some beautiful figs and discovered this tart from Spoon Feast it was instant love! It’s easy to put together and is really elegant if I do say so myself. I had it cooled and warm from the oven. BOTH are incredible. Here’s all you…

So I’m at it again. My dear pregnant friend visiting from another island is here for a few days and of course she loves pancakes. So I decided Blueberry Chia Almond Essence pancakes were on the menu. It was, it did and it will always be heavenly! Here’s all you do: Blueberry Chia Pancakes 2…

Love eggs. Love avocados. Match almost made in heaven. Saw this from “The Wicked Noodle” blog (Darling blog by Kristy Bernardo do stop by and check her out….Darling) and had to give it a try. I didn’t have limes but thought the lemon might be a simple substitute. And of course the sriracha gives this…

I love spinach. Really love spinach. Wish I could say that I have loved it all my life long, but it’s one of those veggies that as an adult I can’t get enough of. Sadly it is also one of the most pesticide ridden veggies, but I have grown my own and it is easy…

I was making my wonderful pear cake again when all of a sudden I thought “Why don’t I use almond extract instead of vanilla extract?” Oh, why had I not thought of that sooner. So while I added this in only at the second hour, so to speak, exchanged one teaspoon of vanilla for one…

  STILL The best banana pancake recipe I have found in a long time. I just decided to try to make these more healthy. It worked like a charm. Didn’t miss the buttermilk, hence I cut back the sugar amount. I want to cut it out altogether next time as the Pure Maple syrup I…

I have a wonderful friend that I work with who has cut out dairy, meat and sugar from his diet. When I baked him a cake he couldn’t eat it. Hmmm, plan B. So I was searching…… thinking maybe Granola Bars would make a nice thank you treat. Something fun, easy, light, filling and healthy.…