I always gravitated toward lavender scented things because there is something so calming about it and it has just the right amount of floral notes. But I never thought about adding it to food until I saw Meryl Streep in “It’s Complicated” make the world’s best honey lavender ice cream. There were many amazing foods…
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Homemade Coconut Milk
I think it’s time to confess my unconditional love of coconut. I think I mentioned it at some point, but since I am devoting a whole post to homemade coconut milk, I will stress this again. Coconut is my favorite ingredient to cook and to bake with. It has a unique taste and an exotic…
Peanut Butter-Coconut Cookies
Coconut makes anything taste better in my opinion. Yes, even soup ( check out my Indian Summer Stew recipe). Maybe I’m biased because I have sweet childhood memories eating coconut. I may even go as far as nominate it for my favorite baking ingredient. Yet, it’s not an ingredient I grew up on. It’s was very rare that supermarkets carried coconuts in…
Indian Summer Stew
I am not an expert on Indian food, but I am slowly learning about the wonders of the not-so-subtle flavors of this cuisine. The best thing about Indian food has to be the spices and the surprising combinations of flavors. I learned how easy it is to prepare Indian food from the Food Network show Aarti Party….
Tropical Panna Cotta
Last week, I bought two ginormous mangos but I wasn’t sure what to do with them. I searched around for some inspiration and found this recipe for mango panna cotta. The mangos were so sweet that I didn’t even need to add sugar to the puree. I also added kiwi slices and toasted coconut because I though it…
Banana-Coconut Muffins
I spend a lot of time on food blogs, because I love to look at what others create and the beautiful pictures they take. I have to admit though that I tend to judge a book by its cover. But that’s how I find my baking inspirations. It just drives me crazy when I am loving the recipe but…
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