I sent my husband to our local Specialty Produce place the other day and instructed him to, “Pick up anything that’s red, white and blue.” He came home with loads of berries (which I made the Cheesecake Bars with) and then some red, white and blue potatoes.
Blue potatoes? Yes, blue. Sometimes they have a [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
4th of July Recipes: Red, White & Blue Potato Salad
June 28, 2009 – 2:00 AM
4th of July Recipes: Red, White and Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
June 25, 2009 – 2:00 AM
Here’s another good one for the 4th of July… or if you just have some fresh berries lying around: Red, White and Blueberry Cheesecake Bars.
Believe it or not, this is a lighter fat recipe! Yay for still getting to enjoy treats when you have to diet on the 4th of July 200 calories [...]
Basil- Lime Fruit Salad
June 22, 2009 – 2:00 AM
I have to admit that when I’m saddled with the task of making a fruit salad, I sometimes pick up a fruit tray at Costco, chop up the fruit, throw it in a bowl and call it fruit salad. There are a couple of problems with this: 1. The fruit is not as fresh as if [...]
Red, White and Blue Finger Jello
June 18, 2009 – 2:00 AM
Kid favorite straight ahead
Inspired by The Food Librarian’s Valentine Jello, I created a 4th of July version: 6 layers of Red White and Blue Finger Jello. Remember those popular little treats called Knox Blox (back in the day?) These are similar, though not quite as firm. The white layer isn’t actually a jello layer [...]
Fudgy Kahlua Brownies with Browned Butter Icing
June 15, 2009 – 2:00 AM
I’m excited to share a recipe that I twittered about the other day… it created quite the discussion on Twitter as well as puddles of internet drool: Kahlua Brownies with Kahlua-Browned Butter Icing.
I was saddled with the task of sending a treat along with my husband (who was headed to a Laker’s game viewing party). [...]
Fresh Cherry Turnovers with Cream Cheese Crust
June 11, 2009 – 2:00 AM
I’m lovin’ the abundance of fresh cherries right now. We consistently have cherries all washed and ready to eat in a big bowl in our refrigerator. Honestly I had never really been that into eating cherries before this season. Popping them into your mouth, chewing around the pit and then discreetly ’spitting’ the pit into a [...]
Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies
June 8, 2009 – 2:00 AM
Dear Chocolate Lovers,
I have a cookie for you and only for you… Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies. If you don’t care for chocolate, you might as well leave now. This one is for the chocolate-obsessed only.
The batter has melted chocolate in it, chocolate chunks are mixed into the chocolate batter, and broken candy bar pieces are placed [...]
Plantain- Wrapped Crab Cakes with Avocado Aioli
June 1, 2009 – 2:00 AM
My Gourmet group had a fabulous Cuban-themed dinner last weekend. I’m excited to share the entire menu with you, which I’ll do in my next post, but for now I’ll share the recipe that I was assigned to make:
Plantain- Wrapped Crab Cakes with Avocado Aioli.
I had picked up a big bunch of plantains from my [...]
