Blueberries are my favorite berries and luckily they are everywhere. As a kid I picked them off a bush at my grandmother’s lake house. For years my breakfast consisted of Dannon blueberry yogurt. As my taste buds matured, I moved onto Greek yogurt with homemade blueberry compote. Blueberries are my go to berry. I use a blueberry drizzle on my lemon ricotta tart. Blueberry … [Read more...]
Red Cabbage Slaw with Ginger
I don’t like mayonnaise. There I said it. It becomes a problem when making summer standards like potato salad and coleslaw. My challenge is how to come up with a non-mayo alternative that can become part and parcel of my summer barbeque repertoire. And, this might be too much to dream, even be requested at the next get together. Wandering through one of the many ethnic … [Read more...]
Summertime Garden Party Menu Videos
When five food fanatics get together to cook and eat there's a lot of fun and food to be had. We joined forces to create a Summertime Garden Party Menu. Last week I posted the links to the dishes that these fab food fanatics created. This week I'd like to share videos that capture the fun we had cooking, talking and tasting the dishes we created. By the time we finished … [Read more...]
Summertime Garden Party Menu
My personal recipe for a wonderful life: Family + Friends + Food = Happiness. Thus far this summer has been a whirlwind of activity filled with the first two components of my equation: visiting family in New Jersey, friends from Copenhagen visiting me and, playing one of my favorite roles 'fun aunt' with various kids, related or not. Missing from my personal recipe for a … [Read more...]
Coconut Cream Pie
If you are looking for a show stopping, lip smacking dessert your search has ended. This coconut cream pie is to die for. Coconut milk adds to the rich taste of the cream filling while Trader Joe's Triple Ginger Snaps amps up the flavor of the crust. It's perfect for summer because the oven is only on for 10 minutes and the favor is to die for. In fact I brought this pie to a … [Read more...]
