Yesterday for Mother’s Day I made a very simple and elegant dessert for my mama: eclairs filled with vanilla bean whipped cream and macerated strawberries. First, I started by making the eclair shells. This dough is called Pate a Choux. Fancy, huh? Well, this is an extremely easy dough to make and can be used… Continue reading Strawberries & Cream Eclairs
Here’s a great recipe I made for company the other day. Really easy and pretty! You will need: 1 Package: Puff Pastry *Preferably all butter puff pastry. I had some leftover in the freezer that I made. Email me if you would like my quick recipe!* 3 Apples (any kind), peeled, cored & sliced 1/2… Continue reading Apple Crostata with Almond Cream
This recipe for banana bread is wonderful and simple. The smell it creates in the house is mouth watering! Another added bonus, no electric mixer needed- just a handy wooden spoon! For this recipe, I like to blend 3 types of flours: all purpose, whole wheat and almond flour. I just think it adds great flavor to… Continue reading Banana Bread
I work at a small cooking studio teaching young children how to cook and bake. It is so much fun and the kids are always interested. This week we made gluten-free brownie sundaes. They all helped make the batter and each scooped out their own brownie into the cupcake tin. We also made homemade hot… Continue reading Gluten-Free Brownies with Spiked Whipped Cream
This weekend we made doughnuts. Glazed and sugared. This is one of my favorite school recipes and one of the easiest doughs to prepare. I made them three different ways: maple glazed, vanilla glazed and vanilla sugared. The vanilla sugared was my favorite. Feel free to be as creative as you’d like with this! Jelly… Continue reading Glazed & Sugared Doughnuts
Hi everyone! Sorry it’s been awhile since I’ve posted something new. I have been pretty busy being sick and recovering from having two wisdom teeth pulled out….eek! I am finally starting to feel like myself again, which is awesome because I really miss being in my kitchen! This weekend we had a craving for homemade… Continue reading Homemade Pasta with Bolognese Sauce & Braciola
This was a very last minute dessert I made this week for company. I really love pound cake, but sometimes I find it can be dry and boring. I knew I wanted to spice things up and make an elegant dessert. I had a little over an hour to create and this is what I… Continue reading Vanilla Lemon Pound Cake with Ginger & Basil Macerated Berries
AKA- Lemon meringue tart. I like my fancy title 🙂 ! We had company over this weekend and of course, I had to make a dessert. It was a cold, wintry day and I was in the mood for something refreshing and light. Rather than a warm winter dessert. After flipping through my cookbooks and… Continue reading Lemon Curd Tart with Marshmallow Meringue
We had a free Saturday this past weekend, which is very rare, but nice! Trying to think of something to do to keep us all busy wasn’t too difficult! So, what did we decide to do? GO HIKING! The idea seemed great for a while. We bought some good food- hamburgers, steaks, wild salmon, brussel… Continue reading Winter Hiking & Cooking Over an Open Fire
The first time I made these crackers, it was my last year of culinary school and I was in an advanced baking class. It was one of my favorite classes. We learned how to bake gluten-free, vegan, no sugar added, reduced fat, etc. There was so much information to be learned in such little time!… Continue reading Spice & Cheese Crackers-2 Versions!
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