A light dessert of cream and strawberries flavored by cardamom and orange peel. Adult- and kid-approved. My way to celebrate spring and encourage it to stay.
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Spring indeed
Posted in breakfast/brunch, company's coming, desserts, do it ahead, easy, for the kids, moderate, no-cook, tagged fast desserts, spring desserts, strawberry desserts, using spices on March 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Another Fast Feast: Tomato Soup Provence
Posted in antioxidant star, company's coming, do it ahead, easy, high fiber, high fruit/vegetable content, moderate, sides, soup, tagged cooking with spices, goat cheese, healthy recipes, Herbes de Provence, quick soups, tomato soup on January 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Tomato soup with chunks of real tomatoes, the star of the bowl is an Herbes de Provence blend. Quick and healthy, even my husband likes it. Top it with goat cheese, serve with crusty bread, and you’re set.
Post-Election Day Chocolate Clafoutis With Chewy-Crisp Ginger Apples
Posted in Sauces & toppings, company's coming, desserts, do it ahead, moderate, tagged almond meal, apple topping, autum recipe, chocolate, chocolate clafoutis, clafoutis, fall recipe, sauteed apples on November 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A rich, moist dessert that stays slightly fudgy in the middle–kind of like our politics? Chewy-crisp apples top the clafoutis to give it that edge that achieves the impossible task of pleasing both the left and the right. Offered to reward us all for enduring a very long presidential campaign.










