Autumn is in full swing, and with it comes an endless array of pumpkin recipes popping up everywhere. Don’t worry—I’m not here to flood you with yet another recipe for pumpkin spice latte or pumpkin bread, which seems to be baking in every household. Instead, I’ll show you three unique, simple, and absolutely irresistible recipes […]
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All Italian cuisine purists should stop reading now to avoid the risk of a heart attack. I’m about to take another traditional Italian recipe and break it down to its basic elements. This time, it’s risotto. The classic traditional Italian dish – wonderfully creamy, velvety smooth, full of rich flavor. It has found millions of
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The title might make it seem like I’m undermining my own authority. But keep reading, and you’ll understand what I really mean. It’s easy to come across recipes online that are labeled as “the best,” “ultimate,” or “top-notch.” I have no problem praising my own work – and I know my recipes are truly good.
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This cake recipe came about, like many things in the kitchen, completely by accident. The kids unexpectedly brought home a huge amount of foraged blackberries and were craving cake. It was just a few days after we’d returned from vacation, and I hadn’t had time to do a proper grocery run, so the cupboards were
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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
Green liquid gold – pesto Read More »
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
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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
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