What can I say? We inadvertently took a six month sabbatical from blogging, but we never took a break from cooking, eating well, and listening to great music. Thanks to you all that have continued to follow us anyway – – we hope to get back into the swing of this. There will be some… Continue reading Peach Upside-Down Cake (Gluten Free)
Tag: sweets
Strawberry “Pink and White” Cream Cheese Pie
Our CSA box from Rise ‘N Shine Organic Farms has been bountiful in the strawberry department. So far we’ve netted around 9 pints of perfectly ripe, beautiful berries. After eating lots of strawberries in salads, and just by themselves, I decided to make one of those old-fashioned cream cheese, whipped cream, and strawberry pies. Browsing… Continue reading Strawberry “Pink and White” Cream Cheese Pie
Dark Chocolate Creme Brulee
Modified from Bon Appetit (March 1996), via epicurious.com Isn’t it some sort of rule that you must indulge in chocolate on Saint Valentine’s Day? If not, there should be! Indulge we did, in this rich, dark chocolate crème brûlée. Under the thin, crackly layer of caramelized sugar lies a dense but creamy chocolate-truffle-like pudding. Not… Continue reading Dark Chocolate Creme Brulee
Apple Pecan Torte (grain free)
“An Old-Fashioned Dessert from Southern New Mexico” (source unknown) One day I received via the USPS a plain envelope with only a recipe card tucked inside – for Apple Pecan Torte. It came from our dear, sweet friend Malcolm….and he is indeed sweet, through and through. This man also possesses the biggest sweet tooth known… Continue reading Apple Pecan Torte (grain free)
Lemon Blueberry Cake (grain-free)
James surprised me the other day with a copy of Wheat Belly, which I had just added to my reading list. This book, written by a cardiologist , exposes the fallacies behind what we’ve been told for decades – that we should eat whole grains for better health. Dr. Davis postulates that not only is… Continue reading Lemon Blueberry Cake (grain-free)
Molten Chocolate Almond Cakes
Source: 5 second rule I don’t remember the last time I had chocolate cake. Giving up wheat flour and cutting down on sugar hardly endorses the consumption of cakes and pies, and we have strayed little from our primal eating pathway to better health. However, we are on our first week-long vacation since November and… Continue reading Molten Chocolate Almond Cakes
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