I love soup anytime of the year but a lot of people have this misconception about soup being only fall or winter appropriate. Soup doesn’t need to be steaming hot, served on a cold afternoon, or simmered for hours. I love how this chilled sour cherry soup breaks all of these rules and will still leave you…
Month: July 2012
Lime Bars with Walnut Shortbread
I love lemon bars because their flavor is so assertive. And its one of those sweets which I know exactly how many slices I’ve had. With dessert it’s easy to blank out on how many helpings you’ve already ate. I see this all the time, a whole plate of cookies disappears, the amnesia sets in, and all that is left are…
Meringue Topped Mocha Brownies with Raspberry
I haven’t been doing much baking this month. I blame the weather. It’s during the hot summer days that the need for cookies and cakes, unless they are ice cream sandwiches or ice cream cakes, dies down. And recipes such as “Meringue Topped Mocha Brownies with Raspberry” don’t help. If a dessert has this long…
Raspberry-Banana Smoothie
When I get my hands on fresh raspberries various recipes flood my brain. Raspberries are delicious whether fresh, baked into a pie, or whipped into a mousse but in my opinion there is nothing that beats a glass of raspberry smoothie. This is actually a raspberry-banana smoothie but the star here is the raspberry. The smoothie is simple and…
Apricot-Pistachio Tart
A couple of days ago my friend Patricia came over and we went crazy baking. We made these two beauties. The one on top is an apricot-pistachio tart. We are both not big fans of pistachios so we made it with my sister in mind, who loves pistachio anything. Turns out it was delicious, tart and juicy. The…
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