Got Milk?
A vanilla pudding infused with hazelnut praline, in honor of World Breastfeeding Week.
Category Archives: Dairy
Tzatziki Shrimp Skewers
These grilled shrimp skewers, served over spinach salad with feta and tzatziki dip, were bursting with flavor but in need of some tweaks in presentation.
They Go Together Like Quiche and Cookies
Big chocolate chip cookies pick up the slack (and extra yolk) from making a crustless spinach-sausage quiche. While the latter was tasty, the crunchiness of the cooled cookies disappointed us.
Meant to Happen
Homemade gianduja (chocolate-hazelnut) gelato is heaven in a bowl (or cone, or any other chosen delivery system).
Now How Often Does That Happen?
A surplus of egg yolks gave me the perfect excuse to whip up a quart or two of tin roof ice cream, chock full of fudge ripple and chocolate-covered peanuts.
Just Try Not to Think About It
Savory goat cheese souffles stay light as air even after deflating, and perfectly complement tender pork medallions with a mustard-caper pan sauce.
How to Use Up Sweet Potato Puree, Part 3
Julie vs. The Orange Blob, part 3. Sweet potato ice cream with wet maple pecans.
Easy and Elegant
A basic green salad with balsamic vinaigrette, dried cherries and toasted walnuts is dressed up with some warm, crispy goat cheese medallions.
Yogurt Made from What?
A review of Woodstock water-buffalo yogurt, naturally thick as cheesecake.
Icy Olive Oil and Upside Down Apricots
An apricot-almond upside down cake with olive oil ice cream, both of which I found attractive but remarkably unpalatable. Good thing my husband enjoyed them!
Chocolate Coma
Creamy chocolate ice cream shot through with my own concoction: brownie batter developed to stay gooey while frozen. This may actually top chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream on my list!
Nectarine Frozen Yogurt
A refreshing summer treat, just pureed nectarines, sugar, and plain yogurt, this is a great use for over-ripe fruit.
A Berry I Can Get Behind
Sweet local boysenberries are perfectly at home in these individual cobblers with a hint of coconut.
Now Bring Us Some Figgy…
Frozen yogurt flavored with fresh figs and honey is a perfect match-up for lacy oatmeal wafers, purportedly a favorite dessert of Norman Rockwell's.
The Banana Calamity
These frozen banana and mascarpone mousse parfaits did not remotely cooperate with my freezer, but they tasted good topped with homemade chocolate sauce and slivered almonds.
SHF #32: Carrot Cake Cravings
This moist, spicy cake is filled with bits of carrot, apple, and hazelnut, and topped with a gooey honeyed cream cheese frosting.
Pork Ricotta Meatballs
Slow-cooked pork and ricotta meatballs pack a huge flavor punch.
The Incredible Edible etc.: Turkish Eggs
My introduction to the savory applications of yogurt: Poached eggs over a creamy, garlicky sauce, all drizzled with brown butter infused with sage.
Here’s to Hoods
In which I gush over the glory of Hood strawberries, and make the best strawberry ice cream you could ever imagine.