Another great idea for Thanksgiving dessert, is my new take on one of my (and our readers’) favorite recipes, Chocoflan. It’s unexpected, incredibly easy, and absolutely delicious! May you enjoy a bountiful Thanksgiving Day! Ingredients: For cake: 1/4 cup caramel topping 1 Spice cake mix box (if you find pumpkin…
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Pumpkin Tiramisu {No Bake}
This year we’re going to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving and I volunteered to bring the dessert. I love pumpkin pie, and pecan pie, and honestly, just pie in general. This year though, I wanted to do something a little bit different. After some searching I found a great recipe…
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Pumpkin Spice Latte Makes 4 cups Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup of milk 1 Tbsp pumpkin puree 1 Tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 pumpkin pie spice Directions: Mix all these ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for 2 minutes. Use a milk frother until you get…
Apple Rose Tart
We went apple picking last week and brought back a small bag of apples. Then a few days later we hosted lunch for some friends, and our friend Michelle left an even bigger bag of apples she’d picked for us. What to do with all those apples? We tried apple…
Turmeric Rice
Turmeric is a spice often used in Southeast Asia. It is a powerful healer due to its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Dr. Andrew Weil, one of my favorite authors on integrative medicine, wrote a great article about it here. Just add a teaspoon to your rice, soup, or chicken recipe, or…
Roasted Cauliflower & Goat Cheese Soup
Roasted Cauliflower & Goat Cheese Soup We stumbled across the most delicious Cauliflower and Goat Cheese Soup at Dean & Deluca last week and thought it was perfect for the fall. When we saw a HUGE head of cauliflower at a farmers market stand on our way back from apple…
Ricotta Pie
I still remember the first time I tasted Ricotta Pie. I was at one of my best friend’s house studying, and her mother, Tia Telma, a Paulista of Italian descent, brought us this fresh and hot out-of-the-oven deliciousness as our afternoon snack. It was so good that this pie was forever…
Fresh Beet Pasta
Last month we bought our first pasta machine, and we are having so much fun trying all kinds of pasta shapes and flavors. So we decided to have some friends over for lunch to help us test out this recipe. We found this easy fresh pasta beet dough at Martha…
Bagels, Lox & Chive Cream Cheese
Everytime we go to NYC, a breakfast stop at Russ and Daughters is a must. There’s nothing better than their Gaspe Nova Smoked Salmon with Cream Cheese on an Everything Bagel. Yum!! I decided to bring that NYC style breakfast to our home last weekend and made my own version of…
Zucchini Pasta
Zucchini noodles (aka zoodles) are an easy and delicious pasta alternative for any Paleo, low-carb or gluten-free diet, or just someone trying to get a few more veggies in their diet. You’ll need: about 1 medium-sized zucchini squash per person mandoline slicer with a julienne blade or this julienne peeler…