Summer fruits and herbs go together like peaches and blueberries, strawberries and chocolate, and of course pie and ice cream — the best pairing ever! No the lovely pairing of fruits and herbs aren’t ones that automatically come to mind when you think of summer flavors, or any flavor pairing for that matter, but they…
French Vanilla Coffee Ice Cream
If you follow me along on Instagram and saw my story last month, then you saw me using up the last of that darn gallon of milk used in this Salted Caramel Ice Cream and these Milk Tarts “Queijadas de Leite.” I was experimenting and testing my luck with a highly caffeinated ice cream, I…
Milk Tarts {Queijadas de Leite Portuguesas}
Do you have an excess of milk just staring at you, waiting to be used up? Because how many glasses of milk can one drink if they’re not a growing child. Well today I’m digging into my traditional Portuguese roots and sharing a very typical cultural dessert with you. One that is a great use…
Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Ice cream makes everything in life that much better. I wholeheartedly live by that mantra. The comfort a creamy sweet scoop brings when a random craving hits or whenever you’re feeling sad, the joyful memories of hearing the ice cream truck sing its tune when you were a child or the times spent enjoying a…
A Healthier Triple Chocolate Loaf Cake
With Mother’s Day this weekend, the end of Spring nearing then Summer and Autumn and Winter holidays, a reason to bake an effortless chocolate loaf cake isn’t really needed. And when that sugary sweet tooth is calling, and if yours beckons for chocolate as does for most of us, then a go-to quick chocolate cake…
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
I see your yummy comforting banana bread, and I challenge you with a classic Zucchini Bread, a chocolate chip one at that!! Don’t get me wrong I do enjoy a nice thick slice of banana bread, but there’s something a bit more subtle and simple about zucchini bread and cake that I savor just a…
Whole Wheat Arugula + Spinach Cake :: Bolo “Shrek” de Agrião e Espinafre
Spring has bloomed! And yet with all that’s been happening around the world, many of us missed it or didn’t celebrate it like we always do when the flowering trees once again brighten our days. At the first sight of tree’s flowering buds, I’m outside as much as the weather and time permits, taking walks…
3 Homemade Pizza Recipes that are Better than Takeout
Everyone loves Pizza! I think I’m with 99% of the world when I say that this is an undeniable fact, Pizza is an universally cherished meal. Even if you don’t like cheese, you still like some sort of version of pizza. And I know this because even though I don’t have children of my own,…
d’Anjou Pear + Marmelade Tart
I confess, I much prefer a pear tart over any form of a pear pie. The thinly baked slices of honey like pear, often layered atop a thing layer of the seasonal jam of choice, the mid autumn, well into winter, it’s Marmalade. I quite like Quince marmalade, particularly when it’s homemade, and even better…
Apple Clafoutis
But what is Autumn without Apples. It simply isn’t. Not without cinnamon, and warm spices to go along with it. So many varieties so many different flavors and very very many sweet ways of taking Autumn apples and turning them into even more heavenly creations. It’s only fitting today we share this simple and yummy…
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