A Little Lavender Goes a Long Way Lavender is edible, though English lavender and Provence lavender are most often used for culinary purposes. Here’s the tip with lavender: It doesn’t take much. Use it sparingly, like rosemary (which would also be terrific in lemonade, by the way). Too much and your lemonade may taste like expensive soap. But just a little? Lovely. Many thanks to my friend Kori Farrell who introduced me to this lavender lemonade!...
These Molasses Cookies are very near and dear to my heart – mostly because they remind me of my dear mother-in-law. “Grandma Blick”, as we lovingly called her, made these cookies often. Grandma Blick always had a secret stash of these cookies in a tin hiding in a cupboard. She would pull them out and share them with everyone who came to visit. Now they’re one of my most treasured, favorite cookie recipes and I also love making them for my family....
It’s an easy-to-make, airy, aromatic pumpkin cake crammed with autumn’s ubiquitous flavors: cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg. If you’re anything like me, once the seasons change, your cabinet is overloaded with these spices. This recipe is going to do you a solid and make your home smell and feel like fall—all warm and cozy. What’s even better is that this pumpkin cake uses a whole can of pumpkin purée, which means no forgotten containers of pumpkin in the back of the fridge....
Actually I should say “our” garden, as I prep, plant, weed, prune the four sunny garden beds at my parent’s house. Mom harvests, and everyone shares. Which is a good thing, because when you are overloaded with produce you want people to share it with! Things are definitely slowing down in both mom and dad’s garden and mine. Here at the tail end of summer, we both have more green tomatoes than red, but there were still more than enough ripe tomatoes to make this roasted tomato soup....
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The best part? Sufganiyot are best enjoyed right away, so it was a night to indulge in as many fried donuts as we could handle. What Are Sufganiyot? Sufganiyot are Israeli jelly donuts that are commonly eaten in celebration of the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah. They are often filled with jam and dusted with powdered sugar. It’s customary to eat fried foods during Hanukkah, like latkes and donuts, to commemorate a miracle: a small amount of oil kept the Temple’s light shining for eight days (hence the eight nights of Hanukkah)....
A quesadilla is a heated tortilla with melted cheese inside. But in addition to cheese, you can put practically anything in a quesadilla. Best Fillings for Quesadillas My favorites are mushrooms, olives, tomatoes, and onions. I don’t cook these ingredients first, but it really is a matter of taste. You could if you wanted to. Corn or Flour Tortillas for Quesadillas? Traditionally in Mexico quesadillas are made with corn tortillas, not wheat flour tortillas, and a melty, white cheese....
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What Is an Apple Crostata? Crostata is the Italian term for a simple rustic tart, or galette. To make this apple crostata, we toss some apple slices with lemon, sugar, cornstarch, and spices, roll out a round of dough, and arrange the apple slices in the center of the dough. Fold the sides of the dough a little over the fruit and bake. It’s easy! For more information on which apple varieties are best for baking, check out our Guide to Apples....
Basque Country is a region bordering Spain and France at the Western end of the Pyrenees mountains. Basque descendants and communities can be found all over California and Nevada. (More on the history of the Basque people in the Wikipedia.) You may be accustomed to Irish lamb stew, but lamb stews are also typical of Basque cuisine, as are dishes that include both tomatoes and sweet red peppers. My father first found the recipe from which we adapted this basque lamb stew in an old issue of Saveur Magazine....
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This recipe makes a whopping sixteen cups. That’s enough to feed a crowd or to hoard in the freezer for those dreary cold nights when it gets dark way too early and the cupboard is bare. On any given Saturday morning, I might start this early and give it a long, lazy simmer while I sip my coffee, read the paper, or throw in a load of laundry. I can call up friends and have an impromptu, casual gathering with very little elbow grease....
Carthay Circle Fried Biscuits These Carthay Circle Fried Biscuits are a staple at the ritzy California Adventure restaurant. Located at the Disneyland Resort, the Carthay Circle restaurant is one of the fanciest dining experiences at the park. If you’re planning an adults only Disney vacation, or looking for an elegant dining experience while you’re there, book a reservation for this restaurant as soon as you can; the place books out months in advance!...
Instead of potato gnocchi in the recipe, I’m using homemade cauliflower gnocchi. It’s easy to make and gluten-free! (Though, yes, you could use regular gnocchi, too!) I toss the freshly boiled dumplings in a super creamy, sun-dried tomato sauce. The rich sauce, melt-in-your-mouth gnocchi, plus fresh herbs that bring everything together is a rustic feast for any day of the week. Why You Should Try Cauliflower Gnocchi Cauliflower gnocchi has hit food superstar status, and it all seems to have started when Trader Joe’s launched its version—those frozen bags of pasta are flying off the shelves!...
Omelet in a Bag This Omelet in a Bag recipe is so much fun! We make these every single time we go camping. They are SO easy and there is virtually no cleanup. I have all the ingredients prepped before we go camping so we simply wake up and get some water boiling – that’s it. Everyone loves making their omelettes EXACTLY how they want and it is fun! The kids LOVE making these!...
Festive and Colorful Salad for Christmas This Christmas Salad is a family staple every year around the holidays. The gorgeous spinach salad greens sprinkled with red pomegranate seeds, mandarin oranges, and white feta cheese lends such a festive flair to our buffet table. The creamy poppy seed dressing is so delicious and is really simple to make. The holiday season can be filled with a lot of rich comfort food, so this light and fresh salad is a nice addition to the spread....
The towering three-layer cake is an ode to the little and lovable key lime as it includes both the zest and the juice from this citrus fruit. Like Key Lime Pie, this cake finds the right balance between sweet and sour, and tart and creamy. There’s nothing subtle about the citrusy zing in this cake. Not only is it loaded with key lime zest, but the zest is rubbed into the sugar before mixing the cake, to infuse it with flavorful essential oils....
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