Mousse in a blender? I may not be a mousse expert, but when I saw this idea I was fairly certain that one did not make mousse in a blender. I went ahead and tried the task anyway, tweaking the recipe to my own liking, just in case. As I poured the liquid blender mousse into ramekins…
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My best friend and I have been cooking together for quite some time. We are two peas in a pod ~ especially in the kitchen. We make messes. We laugh. We sometimes cry. We make mistakes. And, we make masterpieces.
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I must give a hint of credit ~ well, more like a brownie pan of credit ~ to my folks for the inspiration for this one. “Mom made Irish Cream Brownies for St. Patty’s Day this year!” We hail Irish in our household. We are all about green on that given day. “It was sooooo…
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Okay, so it’s 4-20 and I’m not posting a recipe for secret brownies this year, but these Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Bars will fit the bill. You’ll have to trust me on this one. After multiple attempts to create the perfect bourbon cookie, my cookie connoisseurs informed me there just wasn’t enough bourbon flavor. I…
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Springtime makes me smile. Baking causes my heart to sing. Time with friends feeds my soul. Pretty things make me melt. What makes you happy?
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I will absolutely never arrive as a guest empty handed. I insist on some sort of accoutrement gift as a thank you for my host or hostesses. This time, the gift from the hands of my heart happened to be an ever fragrant and brilliantly baked shortbread tart.
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Avocado Mousse is one of my favorite ways to both magically surprise staunch fruit and veggie eschewers, and to gently “trick” them just a little bit. You see, raw avocado mousse tastes nothing like the creamy goddess green fruit (often confused for a veggie). It also tastes no where near healthy ~ masquerading as mere…
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I had great intentions of gifting beautifully sweet mini lavender rose cheesecakes to a dear friend and his daughter. However, sometimes things in life don’t go quite as planned. This was one of those times. But I made it work. And it worked out quite well. Instead of little cheesecakes, these babies became little lavender…
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Remember those heavenly bourbon cookies I made just a few weeks ago. Well, I simply couldn’t get them off my mind. While they truly were amazing in every way – it still bothered me that I forgot the walnuts in the baking process – and I just didn’t feel the level of perfection in the…
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You may choose to allocate this variation of crèma catalana as a crème brûlée of sorts. Or, you may determine this dessert to be a fancy stirred stovetop pudding. But no matter how you spell it, there’s something extra special about this sweet, creamy, and rich vanilla custard. Yes, it’s brûléed for a sweet, glassy finish over…
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