Comfort food is one of my favorite things. This dish comes from the Phillipines and is the American version of Chicken Noodle Soup. I swear-if you have a cold-or it’s a cold rainy day outside-this is the soup for you. Look at these ingredients! Garlic, ginger, lime, saffron, chicken and onion, to name a few. …
31 weeks already! 16 inches now and 3.2 pounds. Little by little, bit by bit. FInding out I just HAD to use coconut in my dish this week was fun. Softly scented, aromatic coconut and floral vanilla are similar in the perfume they add to desserts. Sweet and subtle coconut adds depth to eggs, butter …
Week 30 and the baby is now 16 inches and 3 pounds. Apparently, the size of a bunch of beets. I love beets. I’ve had beet hummus in restaurants before and thought it was incredible! This was a good excuse to make it at home. Sweet, salty and cold with a touch of lemon and …
Week 29 and baby is about 15.5 inches and 2.5 pounds. What size is that? Well, my sources say a cauliflower. We love cauliflower around here. One of our favorite ways to enjoy it is as a soup. It’s creamy and sweet and full of roasted garlic and minced carrots, onions, and celery. I like …
Romaine lettuce? Wow, our baby is getting long at 15 inches and slowly getting bigger at 2.25 pounds. My favorite salad is Caesar salad. I have always loved the flavors of sharply salty tinned anchovies blended with bright lemon, spicy garlic, and buttery cheese. It’s a classic salad that many people love-an almost you can’t …
Coconut Cream pie is one of those old fashioned pies that people don’t make often enough anymore. Cool and creamy with sweetened coconut flakes, the nostalgia of grandmas making this in their kitchens is real. First, you need to blind bake a pie crust. While the crust is cooling, you make the coconut cream pie …
What’s a more classic salad than Caesar Salad?! It’s maybe my favorite salad of all time. Well, that’s a tough call to make as I love so many different kinds of salads. I even love the tinned anchovies laid across the top!-Salt! Lemon! Garlic! Cheese! The homemade croutons add another layer of texture with their …
This is a pretty appetizer that makes any meal feel more festive. I like to serve this before making a meal that has Mediterranean or Middle Eastern flavors. I also like that it can be made in advance and pulled out just before serving. Cold, creamy, sweet and salty with the tang of fresh lemon …
There are so many good chocolate chip cookie recipes out there. I rotate about 4 recipes depending on the texture and taste profile I’m craving. This cookie has an excellent crackley texture on the outside that gives way to an immediate chewy center, studded with only a few big chips in each cookie. Basically, you’re …
