Who doesn’t love apple pie? Apple Pie is a family favorite, so when apple season comes around I’m usually making apple pie. A tedious project, but a fulfilling one with every bite due to our obsession with apple pie. As I was selecting which recipes to adapt while looking through the Williams Sonoma Thanksgiving Catalog (see my first post here, in case you missed it), the apple pie on page 26 was an obvious decision. I have never made one with pretty cutouts before. The catalog inspired me to do so. This is one of the desserts I will be serving this Thanksgiving, with pretty cutouts of course.
Halloween Gingerbread Spiced Spider Doughnuts
Looking to make something fun for Halloween? How about creepy crawler spider doughnuts.
The kids and I had fun making these creepy crawler spider doughnuts over the weekend — my younger boys helped glaze while I webbed them, then they put a plastic spider on top (found those at Target for two bucks) for the extra creepy effect.
Pumpkin Brown Rice Pudding
Tis’ the season for pumpkins. Pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin spice cupcakes, pumpkin cookies, you get the idea, it’s pumpkin palooza time. That includes pumpkin brown rice pudding.
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Blueberry Tartlets
This recipe is from The Golden Door Spa. I had to get the recipe because it is the perfect summer no-bake dessert. I will admit I have been feeling pretty lazy with all the hot days, but not lazy enough to make dessert! First of all it is delicious, second I didn’t even turn on my oven. Raw dessert may be your new thing after you try this refreshingly light dessert. With blueberries at their peak of the season I thought I must try this recipe NOW. A treat you can get the kids to help out with (always good to have some help, right??). The citrus soaked blueberries perfectly balance the sweet almond-date shell. This is definitely a dessert that does not weigh you down. Great dose of antioxidants and fiber from those yummy blueberries. Also protein, and healthy fats, thanks to the almonds. Low calorie (under 250!) and so easy. We need desserts like these on hot summer days…enjoy!
Peach Crostata
I made this peach crostata recipe last night, served warm, for movie night with the family. Forget the popcorn when you can have peach crostata. What is a crostata you ask? It’s the Italian word for a free-form pastry crust (sweet or savory) with a filling exposed, and essentially the same thing as a galette, in French.
Pear Clafoutis
Banana Cake w/ Cinnamon Streusel Crumb
To all the Moms out there Happy Mother’s Day! In honor of the hardest working women, here is a cake that will go perfectly with your morning cup of coffee and gossip magazine. Isn’t that what the weekend is for? Sugary carbs for breakfast.
Speaking of weekend, I just love looking through the different categories on Pinterest, especially food. As I scrolled I came across a banana bread with crumb topping from the blogger littlebitsof.com on Pinterest that looked delicious. I had to pin it. The recipe was not gluten free, or dairy free, but that didn’t stop me from pinning it. All those recipes that look too good to resist go straight into my “Inspired to make gluten and dairy free (and soy free to be exact)” board. You have to come visit me on Pinterest and see all those pretty pics.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Tart with Maldon Sea Salt
When I think of Valentine’s Day I think of chocolate.
Rich, dark, sinful chocolate. But for me, that’s not enough. I needed more. As if chocolate wasn’t enough. Hey, why not add peanut butter, with a sprinkling of maldon. There, now that is one sinfully satisfying dessert that will embrace all cravings for decadence. It’s Valentine’s Day. This sweet, yet salty, crunchy, yet creamy chocolate tart will have your partner weak at the knees. Now is the perfect time for any bribery. It’s that good. This tart does have a few processes to it, but worth fussing over in the kitchen. As with most of my recipes, each component can be made a day or two in advance.
Carrot Cake
I was craving some carrot cake, but I didn’t want to bake a huge multi-tiered cake for our drive out to Palm Springs for the weekend. Imagine that in the trunk on a 3 hour car ride! Being a family with food allergies, I cook and bake everything. We always stay at a hotel with a kitchen, when available, or stow our food in the hotel kitchen (yep, lots of planning). So I thought a simple carrot cake, still in it’s pan, and frosting on the side should be just fine. And it was the perfect traveler. I don’t know if I can say that about my kids, well I guess they were for 2 out of the 3 hour car ride.
Ginger Cookies dipped in Chocolate
Happy 2014 everyone!!! Make it an amazing one, with lots of good health, good food, and good times.
Here is the ginger cookie recipe, the last of three from my trio of holiday gift cookies that I had given for Christmas… Here are the Oatmeal Cranberry Orange Glaze and Red Velvet Crinkle cookies.