Adventures in cooking and baking.
Girelles are an Italian breakfast pastry made with sweet laminated croissant - style dough and filled with cinnamon and raisins.
These pastries are made with half of the same dough as the cornetti, or Italian croissants I recently posted. I was so happy with how the dough came together that I decided to make these girelles.
This watermelon radish and cucumber salad with red onion and fresh dill is a classic combination of ingredients for serving as a summer side dish.
Bring this salad to a family barbecue or get together, or serve it for lunch on a hot summer day for a refreshing, cooling, and nutritional dish.
These carrot cake muffins are super moist and easy to make too. They are a great way to sneak in cake for breakfast.
These muffins have all of the signature spices of carrot cake. With a combination of oil, milk, and sour cream in the batter, they are super tender and stay fresh and moist for several days.
These individual no bake key lime pies are so refreshing and super easy to make.
You can assemble these in minutes, give them a chill in the refrigerator, and serve them for a fun dessert for your family or an elegant dessert for a dinner party. With no need to turn on your oven, this is a wonderful summer treat.
This Spicy Mini Cucumber Salad is crisp and refreshing, and wonderful as a summertime side dish.
These mini cucumbers are flavored with a chili crisp, rice vinegar, and sesame oil dressing, giving them an Asian-inspired flavor. This salad goes so well with grilled meats, seafood, and poultry. It's also a great side for braised meats such as short ribs or brisket.
These strawberry Neapolitan cookies are a mix of chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla cookie dough squished together to form a delicious combination of flavors, just like your favorite childhood ice cream flavor.
These cookies are fun to make and even more fun to eat. Everyone will enjoy taking a bite from each flavor. Do you start with the strawberry, chocolate, or vanilla? Do you start with your favorite flavor or save it for last? Or do you make sure to include every flavor in each bite? Decisions, decisions!
This Strawberry Whiskey Sour is so frothy and refreshing. It's sort of like a grown up smoothie... with whiskey! Even if you normally don't care for bourbon or whiskey cocktails, give this one a try.
Doesn't this drink just scream strawberry? I love the thickness from the fresh fruit, combined with the traditional whiskey sour flavor. It's a wonderful cocktail for an al fresco Sunday brunch or dinner. Use the freshest, juiciest strawberries you can find.
