Snow White Cake
It was like a dream: St Petersburg’s Eliseyev Emporium is overflowing with delicious sweets, from candy to macarons, to savoury treats, but it was these sugar-spun apples, delicate like glass…
Passion Fruit No-Bake Cheesecake
After months of mostly apples, oranges and bananas, our local grocery store had passion fruit on sale last week. It just seemed too good an opportunity to pass up, and…
Seared Duck Breast with Glazed Root Vegetables
With the frightful weather, everything snug and cosy had been higher on my priority list than smart dresses and fancy dates, but this week, I felt I needed a pinch…
Profiteroles with Cream and Strawberries
Wow, it’s been a while – work has been keeping me busy. In the meantime, spring has come, and with it heaps of fresh berries ready to be devoured. Just…
One Hour Dinner Rolls
I’d love to know what is better than FRESH, warm, dinner rolls. Really-what’s better. I like them more than actual DINNER. I could LIVE off of bread and butta, it’s…
Copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Aren’t copycat recipes the best? Aren’t biscuits the best? These biscuits in particular are the easiest little creations to whip up. You basically dump the dry ingredients into one bowl, the wet ones into the…
Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip
Ahhhh… the perfect game day recipe…Buffalo chicken dip. It just puts me in a good mood. I like dipping fresh celery into this creamy bowl buffalo goodness… and I always…
Mistakes Against Mac & Cheese: 5 Common Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
I’m not much of a musician, but I love mac and cheese so much that I’d write a song about it. Maybe that will be our next post, but today,…
Almond Banana Smoothie
I just made this smoothie – Actually I’m drinking it while typing this post. It’s been a while since I made a Green Smoothie, notice how I left the green…
APPLE CAKE
I love making loaf cakes because they are simple to put together, taste great and the perfect size for my little family. I had some apples so I thought a…
No-Bake Cinnamon Cereal Clusters
Question for ya. What are your favorite parts about a normal day? –(If by any chance you just said, “when the alarm goes off”, I have nothing more to say…
Pie Dough
Pie Dough Yield 1.75lbsEnough Dough for 2 -10 ” Pie Shells (Or 1 shell plus 1 top if you are covering your pie)AP Flour 2 3/4 c (356g)Sugar 1 Tablespoon…
Fresh Lemon Curd
Fresh Lemon CurdYield 3 cupsEggs room temperature 4Lg (200g)Yolks room temperature 4Lg (56g)Sugar 1 cup (200g)Lemon Juice 6 fl oz (3/4c)Lemon Zest from 1 lemonButter 1 Stick (112g) Mix Method:For this recipe you WILL…
Bavarian Egg Rolls (Sauerkraut & Ground Beef)
The result is such a great dish with surprising flavors :) No one would expect something Bavarian in their egg rolls and we all loved it!Served with some fried rice…
Oreo Peppermint Crunch Cookies
These cookies…. wow. Just, wow. We had a cookie contest last week at work, which was NOT to be taken lightly. Unfortunately I talked a big game before this contest,…
