A Sweet Treat

Sometimes a girl just needs dessert.  And sometimes a girl wants to virtuous.  And sometimes she’s just lucky enough to have both.
While some buy themseles lavish gifts as congratulations, I’ve been known to go grocery shopping.  That’s right, I know some of you out there can appreciate this.  I’d rather by my “indulgence” ingredients as [...]

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Coconut Bars of your Dreams

Lest you think that I’m a fairweather coconut fan and only like the oil, let me reassure that is not the case.  In fact, I love almost everything made with coconut.  I put coconut milk in my coffee and tea, go crazy for coconut tapioca pudding, and drool over coconut shreds on my oatmeal.
But I [...]

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Healthy Carrot Cake?

Yes! Thanks to a few of my favorite cooks
Heidi already had the fruit sweetened carrot cake portion down and I can’t say enough good things about her recipe.  Seriously, I implore you to check this out and make it.
However, in order to cut back on some of the gluten in the recipe (I’m [...]

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Having a hard week?

Make a creme brulee!
My friend, Brie, gave me a torch set about two years ago and for some reason I never had the guts to try it out until now.  Emboldened by a coconut custard (dairy free) in class, I decided that I wanted to try a dairy free creme brulee as well.
Little did I [...]

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Fermenting Your Own Cream

I’m baaack.  And this time I promise that it’s for good.  After a much needed break and some wonderful camping with my family, I’m back at it.
In fact, this weekend I spent some time treking over to the Next Food Network Star tryouts in San Francisco.  I haven’t heard anything back yet, but all in [...]

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