Strawberries add such a sweet happy note to any morning. I created a new granola flavor featuring strawberries and vanilla for a touch of joy in my breakfast. Using powdered freeze dried strawberries in the granola mixture allows for a rich strawberry flavor, accented by the sweet note of vanilla. Together they taste like strawberries…
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Lemon Poppy Seed Snack Cake
My daughter left her apartment in NYC and came back to California due to the Covid-19 shut down — I’m grateful that she is safe and with me for the moment! One of the things she misses from her life on the east coast is a lemon poppy seed muffin made by a cafe next…
Yogurt Cheese
What’s a flavor cross between yogurt, chèvre and cream cheese — equally happy with savory or sweet flavors layered on top? Yogurt Cheese, of course! I recently created this simple cheese and was delighted with the results. What inspired this was a quart of amazingly lovely local Jersey yogurt left over from a big brunch….
Cocoa Cherry Smoothie
What if your smoothie tasted so good that you’d gladly enjoy one for dessert . . . but it was actually loaded with superfood? Well, wonder no more! This smoothie is tastier than a slice of 1970s era Black Forest Cake, but will power you up with the goodness of cherries, cocoa, and chia. I…
Corona Beans with Preserved Lemon and Rosemary
The mammoth Corona Bean is a splendid legume. Smooth, white and impressively big dried beans cook up fat and pale beige after a soak and simmer. I love these mighty beans as a cocktail nibble. Perfect with a Negroni or glass of wine. I flavored mine with two garden grown items: salt-preserved meyer lemon and…
Buttermilk Waffles
While I do nearly all the cooking and baking in our home, my husband John is the Waffle Master. He’s an engineer by training, and has dialed in the perfect waffle recipe. I’m trained in nutrition, and am always looking for ways to make my food the most delicious and nutritious it can be. So…
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