Instant Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

Instant Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

This frozen yogurt has four ingredients. Four healthy ingredients. Yet it tastes like something you’d treat yourself to after a hard afternoon of gardening. Or in my case, after a hard night’s sleep. I had it for breakfast the other day instead of my usual 

What to Do with Less-than-Perfect Peaches: Peach Sorbet

What to Do with Less-than-Perfect Peaches: Peach Sorbet

The other day I posted about fruit leather (aka fruit roll-ups), which is an easy way to use up fruit that’s no longer ready for its close-up. Whether you make it in an oven or dehydrator, the method is embarrassingly easy. Just blend, pour, then 

What to Do with Less-Than-Perfect Peaches – Fruit Leather

What to Do with Less-Than-Perfect Peaches – Fruit Leather

What do you do when you have less-than-perfect peaches squatting on your counter, threatening to dissolve into a mouldy heap before dinner?  I usually peel and eat them on the spot, dripping juice over the sink. Okay, then what do you do with the ten 

Berry-Lime Cornmeal Shortcakes

Berry-Lime Cornmeal Shortcakes

By now, you’ve likely heard a lot about Ripe: A Fresh, Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables written by Cheryl Sternman Rule and photographed by Paulette Phlipot.  You’ve likely seen some of its in-your-face photographs, read excerpts of the light-hearted writing, and possibly tried one 

Recipe: Preserved Lemons

Recipe: Preserved Lemons

It’s time to strike another item off my Culinary Bucket List. In an uncharacteristic display of patience, I tackled preserved lemons. They require endurance, not because they are hard to make, but because they take 4 weeks to cure. In the meantime, to scratch my 

Recipe: Plum Lavender Jam

Recipe: Plum Lavender Jam

I always thought I had a pretty good childhood. Each winter, my father would make a skating rink in the back yard, which we and our friends would use for noisy hours on end. And when we came in bright pink and shivering, Mom defrosted 

Black Cherry and Raspberry Galette with Walnut Frangipane and Ginger

Black Cherry and Raspberry Galette with Walnut Frangipane and Ginger

Do you really need me to write out the instructions with a recipe title like that? Clearly I didn’t name the dish with Twitter in mind. Instead, I created this for my parents’ anniversary. When asked what he wanted for dessert, Dad requested a “red 

Rhubarb-Raspberry Galette with Frangipane

Rhubarb-Raspberry Galette with Frangipane

Rhubarb-Raspberry Galette with Frangipane Technically this is an original recipe. But like all dishes, its initial creative spark came from a patchwork of ideas. The pivotal concept, pairing rhubarb with raspberry, came via David Lebovitz, who posted a link to Lottie and Doof, who got 

Raspberry Pie

Raspberry Pie

Raspberry pie is risky business. Jam-style diehards want theirs sweet, sweet, sweet, while people like me long for a slice that will pucker the palate. After all, the ice cream’s supposed to smooth things over. Right? If the filling isn’t stressful enough, then there’s the