A love for creating recipes, cooking, and sharing tasty food
My usual go-to for using up old bananas is banana bread or banana muffins, but I wanted to kick it up a notch. I dug up Ina Garten’s banana cake recipe. It turned out wonderfully and I only added some
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I am in love with my new cookbook (Saffron in the Souks) and have been picking out recipes like crazy. My latest selection was the sumac and seven-spice roast chicken. It was very good and I’m positive if I had
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I recently picked up a new Lebanese cookbook (Saffron in the Souks) and it had a pistachio ice cream recipe in it. Unfortunately, the recipe included clotted cream, and being lactose intolerant is a no-go. I first looked at other
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I picked up Gennaro’s Pasta Perfecto! cookbook and decided to try my hand at homemade pasta. It turns out that homemade pasta is not that difficult to make! I picked up a cheap pasta roller and set out to make
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I love lemon meringue pie! It’s a fine balance between the tart lemony filling and the slightly sweetened meringue. And lemon meringue pie with shortbread crust is even better! I like to use a shortbread crust that has a sprinkling
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I came across a photo of haupia pie and knew immediately I wanted to make it, on looks alone. Haupia pie is a fairly simple pie to make and reminds me of chocolate silk pie, but with a coconut kick.
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I was going through my spice cabinet the other day and noticed a packet of Moroccan seasoning. Later that week, I pulled a whole chicken out of the freezer and put the packet to good use for some Moroccan chicken
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For coffee lovers, we all know how good a fresh ground bean tastes. If you add fresh-roasted coffee beans to the equation, it’s even better! Hubby bought me a wee home-sized coffee roaster for Christmas and I have to admit
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Pork chops in mushroom gravy is one of my favorite old-school dishes. I’m not a huge fan of pork chops, but there is something about adding mushroom gravy that makes it divine. As I’m lactose intolerant, I can no longer
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I wanted to make some scalloped potatoes, old school style, but of course, kicked up a notch. I looked up Julia Child’s recipe, but it looked to be a bit of fuss to make and ended up settling on scalloped
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