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lemon curd with brooks cherries
i get nearly all my fruit from sweet tree farms. they sell next to us at the silverlake farmers’ market so we often trade veggies for fruits, and they have the most incredible stuff. it’s all organic and in the summertime their stand it overflowing with all sorts of types of stone fruit – plums, [...]
spring fruit and rosemary oat cobbler – on the grill
happy memorial day! this recipe would be perfect if you’re celebrating today with a barbecue: after the winter – the season of lots and lots…and lots of oranges, and maybe a few apples or pears – even once the weather warms up it takes a while for the good fruit to start coming back. but [...]
almond and dark chocolate chunk ice cream
ever since i got an ice cream maker i have played around with different ice cream recipes. the problem is the milk substitutes i was using are so much thinner than cream, they never thicken up in the machine, so they froze into a solid block in the freezer. the beauty of this recipe is [...]
sweet and salty seedy nut bars
sometimes inspiration will carry me to the kitchen to bake something, but when i open the cupboards the ingredients are dismal. i wanted to make granola bars but as i eyed the most discouraging amount of oats i had ever encountered, i thought it might not happen. just then i spied small amounts of different [...]
grapefruit and mandarin oranges in chamomile jelly
i saw the inspiration for this post on foodgawker a while back and the idea has since stuck in my head. i wanted to make the dish with my own twist so i chose chamomile tea instead of white, agar agar as a vegan alternative to gelatin, and a mix of seedless mandarin oranges with [...]
marmalade cookies for my valentine
it’s probably too late for anyone to actually make these for valentine’s day but i thought i would share what i made for my valentine. a few weeks past i exclaimed that it is the peak of orange season. i also mentioned that i used many of the seedless mandarin oranges i got from the [...]
chocolate chip gingerbread cupcakes with cardamom infused frosting
this recipe started as a far cry from what it ended up as. it began with a gingerbread persimmon upside-down cake that was a true disaster. all the persimmons stuck to the pan, the cake wasn’t sweet or moist enough, and most of all it had no chocolate. but 4 or 5 tries later and [...]
raw hot chocolate
you’re probably asking yourself how it can be both raw and hot at the same time. without actually cooking, if blended on high for a few minutes anything will warm up. it’s a tip often used by raw foodists to make raw soups more appetizing. after a few minutes of blending the combination of fresh [...]
vegan thanksgiving: cookie-crusted sweet potatoes
we got a bit caught up – as is expected of foodies on the most culinary-centric day of the year for some – and didn’t find the time to post this recipe. but luckily, these would be great for christmas too, any time of the year really! the topic of sweet potatoes vs. yams has [...]
naturally sweetened yam and asian pear sauce
last year i made homemade pumpkin applesauce, a real fall favorite. packed with cinnamon, vanilla and brown sugar, it was a decadent traditional treat made fresh with organic ingredients. but i’m on a low sugar kick lately and wanted to make a much lighter version. instead of brown sugar, i sweetened it with the fresh [...]
