Maple Walnut Coffee from BLEND

Cookbooks, Drink recipes

I really need to get on a smoothie wagon! I know they are healthy and the rave right now but for some silly reason I forget. No more procrastination, now that I have two amazing books devoted entirely to smoothies which were written by two fabulous fellow food...

Blueberry and Shaker Lemon Pie

Dessert Recipes

The Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge is all about baking and making sweets. Every month we are given two required ingredients to work with. This month it was Blueberries and Lemon. Two awesome fruits that pair so well. Lemon desserts are so summery and refreshing....

SRC: Tomato Basil Roasted Garlic Bread

Bread Recipes

Today is my group’s reveal day for the Secret Recipe Club. What is the SRC? Basically you are assigned a fellow participant’s blog by the organizer and then you pick a recipe of your choice from that blog and make your version of it. But it is a secret,...

Cheesepalooza: Fourme d’Ambert

Cheese Recipes, Exotic World Recipes

This is the 11th month of the world wind Cheesepalooza challenge and there is only 1 more month to go after. I know I said the same thing last month but, oops, I had missed the 12th challenge. The finale next month will be…interesting and creative to say the...

Jiro Dreams of Sushi and the Shogun sauce

Exotic World Recipes, Recipes from food films and TV, Restaurant reviews, Salad and Soup Recipes, Sauce and Condiment Recipes

Follow my blog with Bloglovin For some reason my title makes me think of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (rolls off the tongue the same way). But this post is not related and and I will be jumping from one topic to another. You are warned, just go with the flow hi...

Creative Cooking Crew: Ultraviolet Light Lunch

Salad and Soup Recipes

The Creative Cooking Crew is back again with an very interesting challenge for June. The theme is 1 Color for the plate. And here was my thought process: Great concept! What color should I pick? What color should I not pick to avoid duplicate choices as much as...

6th Blogiversary: Raw Pesto Spaghetti

Cookbooks, Main Course Recipes, Salad and Soup Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

Quite another milestone! June 14th was my 6th Blogiversary. Every year I am so grateful and surprised to see how my passion for food and desire to share my discoveries only gets stronger and stronger. I am so proud to be part of this great community of friends and...

SRC: Oreo Truffles

Dessert Recipes

Today is my group’s reveal day for the Secret Recipe Club. What is the SRC? Basically you are assigned a fellow participant’s blog by the organizer and then you pick a recipe of your choice from that blog and make your version of it. But it is a secret,...

Cheesepalooza: Ale Washed Trappist Cheese

Cheese Recipes

This is the 10th month of the world wind Cheesepalooza challenge and there is only 1 more month to go after. I have to say I have learned so much since I began this cheese adventure. I have learned to try and be as precise as possible (I am bad at it), I have learned...