Have you ever had a craving for pie but you don’t want to make or buy an entire pie? It’s no secret that I love individually sized desserts, so when I saw the idea for mini pumpkin pies in a magazine, I jumped on board. The recipe was geared towards eating healthy, so they skipped […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Dessert’ category
Week 43: Mangosteen
9 months ago I promised to at some point cover mangosteen. I still haven’t managed to find fresh mangosteens but I did find canned mangosteen (the same company also make canned rambutan, so look out for that ingredient soon!). Above are a few of the canned mangosteens, which, by the way, have nothing to do […] Read more…
Week 41: Rose Water
Recently, I made a Moroccan themed dinner for a bunch of family. Along with a chickpea appetizer and chicken tagine with apricots, I served a simple fig dessert. Figs are just starting to go out of season, but for a while we had a limitless supply from a friend’s tree (one of my favorite times […] Read more…
Project Food Blog: A Classic Greek Dessert
The second challenge of Project Food Blog is to make a classic dish from another culture that is outside your comfort zone. After considering several different ethnic foods, I settled on Greek food in honor of Russ. He is half Greek, studied Greek history in college, and would have had a very cool Greek last […] Read more…
Week 38: Dragon Fruit
Dragon fruit, also known as pitaya, is the fruit from a cactus. Although native to South America and Mexico, the cacti are now also cultivated in Asia, Hawaii, and Australia. They only bloom at night, leading the fragrant white flowers to be nicknamed “moon flower” and “Queen of the Night,” and causing a dependence on […] Read more…