Recipes

At my house, pesto is something I make at least once a week, and I almost always have some ready in the fridge because it opens up so many possibilities for quick meals. It’s so popular with us that my youngest daughter even named her favorite toy horse “Pesto Pesto Pesto.” New potatoes with pesto […]

This is my go-to summer recipe when two of the following conditions are met: 1) I have lots of random leftover vegetables and can’t think of what to do with them and 2) the hot summer takes a break and presents a day when I can turn the oven on without turning my entire house

Ice cream is as much a part of summer holidays as mince pies are to Christmas. Without it, it wouldn’t be a true summer. In the past, I would happily buy ice cream anywhere and any kind without worrying about the ingredients. However, over the years, as I’ve become more conscious about my health, my

This is another recipe where the effort-to-result ratio strongly favors the homemade version. All you need is 5 minutes of active time and you’ll have a granola that is better, cheaper, and healthier than the average store-bought version in every way. And like most of my recipes, it’s highly adaptable, so you can customize it

I am baking this bread with a futuristic vision of new technology capable of transmitting not only images or sounds, but also smells through a computer. This bread would definitely be my first candidate for trying it out. However nice a store bought bread may be, nothing beats the smell in your kitchen as your