Well, I asked for it and I got it. I have enough ice cream flavor ideas for at least the next two years. Thank you to subscribers for all your banana ice cream ideas! Wow. While I ponder all the fabulous flavors offered up, I’ve landed on this one first. Thanks, Sherill! You win a …
Raw Blackberry Cheesecake
Summer has indeed come to an end. Everyone is heads down in school, the yard is empty, the roses have slowed down, the dog is lonely, and it’s getting darker earlier. But the blackberries are going strong. The 2012 Seattle eternal summer brought quite a bounty of blackberries. All along the streets in my neighborhood …
Chocolate Macaroons
What do you get when you bring cocoa (cacao), coconut, and almonds together? In this case, very decadent chocolate macaroons. And while I’m not a huge consumer of shredded coconut, I enjoy a few macaroons every now and then, including these lemon, vanilla, chocolate-coated macaroons. I’ve been playing around with coconut oil and cocoa butter …
Tangy Curry Chicken Salad
Do you have any leftover chicken from roasting or grilling chicken? We invariably do because I roast a chicken once a week – my kids love it – they negotiate who gets which crispy parts. This salad recipe is a great way to use up leftover chicken in a salad for lunch or dinner another …
Baking with Almond Flour
The first time I baked a recipe with almond flour it was not at all what I expected. And then I discovered that almond flour can mean a lot of things: almond meal, ground almonds, and blanched almond flour. Since then I’ve found that finely ground blanched almond flour works best in most cases. Blanched almond flour …