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 [...]
before this year i didn’t know what a parsnip was. it looks a bit like a blond-colored carrot that gets much wider at the top, and it tastes a bit like a carrot too! but it has a clean fresh note to it as well, which really creates a bright flavor in any dish you [...]
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 [...]
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this is one of those recipes that happened on accident, based on the limited contents of my fridge. thankfully, the lemon and cilantro’s bright flavors compliment the hardiness of the whole wheat and toasted almonds in all the right ways. at first i thought it might be a sort of pasta salad, served cold and [...]
i used to throw a lot of tea parties. i would get a few girls in sun dresses together and ask everyone to bring a dish. i’d brew up some tea and lemonade, throw some table cloths on tables in my front yard, and from there the parties seemed to takes care of themselves!
it’s been [...]
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