Day 4 of Strawberry Week (only 1 day left!). Another classic: strawberry jam. This was my first time attempting to make homemade jam or to can anything. I wouldn’t wholeheartedly recommend this recipe – it’s a lot of effort for little return. On the other hand, it uses a lot less sugar most other jam […] Read more…
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Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
Day 3 of Strawberry Week is a simple classic: chocolate dipped strawberries. Strawberries + chocolate = yum. I made these on a whim one night with milk chocolate chips I had on hand. Chocolate chips actually work really well for this recipe because they melt easily and quickly. However, you can use any kind of […] Read more…
Week 19: Lavender Lemon Sugar Cookies
My lovely best friend Hannah gifted me some local organic lavender sugar. It is incredibly aromatic – as soon as the jar opens, you are overcome with the fresh scent of lavender. However, it has a surprisingly subtle flavor when eaten. I made soft sugar cookies, replacing some of the sugar in the dough with […] Read more…
Week 18: Nopales
Nopales means cactus stem. They are the pads on the prickly pear cactus, the fruit of which we’ve also covered here. The pads are purple or green, flat and about the size of an adult hand. They’re fairly common in Mexico, the plant’s native country, and used in many Mexican dishes. They are most commonly […] Read more…
The Ultimate Bacon Chocolate Cupcakes
After doing research, trying out some new things, and using your ideas, I’ve come up with the Ultimate Bacon Chocolate Cupcakes: First, I cooked some bacon and reserved the fat drippings, which were used to replace half the butter in the chocolate cupcake batter. The bacon was then diced and dipped into milk chocolate, creating […] Read more…