Tag: Dairy

Homemade Ranch Dressing

Homemade Ranch Dressing

I haven’t bought bottled salad dressing in years. Not only is homemade vinaigrette quick and easy to make, it tastes so much better than the store bought versions, I no longer even bother to walk down the dressing aisle. Ask me about the latest trends 

Classic Vanilla Crème Brûlée

Classic Vanilla Crème Brûlée

Until recently, crème brûlée defied me. I followed the instructions meticulously and ended up serving guests a high-fat vanilla liquid with a soggy sugar crust. Then chocoatiers Dominique and Cindy Duby wrote Crème Brûlée: More Than 50 Decadent Recipes and showed me the errors of 

How to Make Creme Fraiche

How to Make Creme Fraiche

Look what I did! Pretty isn’t it? This is just my maple squash soup and a drizzle of crème fraîche. I got so excited by the possibilities, I played with my food. While the heart was fun, it was a bit on the simple side. 

Ginger Ice Cream Pie

Ginger Ice Cream Pie

I live in the birthplace of Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. I learned his poem In Flanders Fields in Grade 5. I still know it by heart, and it still makes me cry. Tonight, Andrew will give a lecture on the horrific battle of Passchendael. We 

Maple Walnut Ice Cream

Maple Walnut Ice Cream

My taste buds have changed over the years. I used to hate maple and now have become quite fond of it. So fond of it that I made maple walnut ice cream as a nod to Canadian cuisine for The World’s Longest Barbecue. The secret 

Rosemary Spread

Rosemary Spread

Looks kinda chi-chi doesn’t it? Truth be told I whipped it up in about 2 minutes and put it on a piece of torn bagel brought home from the Farmers’ Market a half hour before. I think the sprig of rosemary elevates the look. Or 

$112 Cinnamon Ice Cream

$112 Cinnamon Ice Cream

This recipe is Cheryl’s fault. I tried her cinnamon brownies and because of a mistake on my end, not hers, ended up with a tasty but dry dessert. My solution was to top it off with cinnamon ice cream. Only no one makes cinnamon ice 

Allison’s Idea Ice Cream

Allison’s Idea Ice Cream

Mom asked for lemon cake with raspberry filling for her birthday. Instead, she got a botched coconut layer cake and a new type of ice cream. As the Stones said, you can’t always get what you want. In this case, the lyrics applied not just 

Ice Cream Triple Play

Ice Cream Triple Play

I can’t help myself. I’m on an ice cream binge. I will give you a nice, sensible gadget review tomorrow, I promise. But today I’m being a hedonist. And not by accident. Since it’s Tuesday, I’ve posted a classic French-style vanilla ice cream recipe at