April 5, 2010

Strawberry Icebox Pie

We had a rainy Easter day here in the Bay Area. I can’t remember the last time it rained here on an Easter. It was totally bizarre! Luckily we had this Strawberry Icebox Pie to channel sunny warm Easter weather. The strawberries were super sweet and tangy! Such a dream paired with fresh whipped cream on a graham cracker crust. It was like an ice cream combo I would have ordered at Cold Stone Creamery. Think strawberry cheesecake ice cream– but lighter! This recipe says it serves 8, but it only served 5 at my house. Which means REALLY REALLY liked it. I bet it would be great on a hot summer day when you want something sweet that’s a bit cool and refreshing too! This is definitely going in my dessert rotation.

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April 5, 2010

Our Easter 2010

Hope you had a wonderful Easter! I hosted a very small/simple get together with my parents and one of my brothers last night. We drank a lot of wine and ate tons of food!

Come take a look!
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April 1, 2010

Pineapple Carrot Pear Orange Juice

This is another juice that needs a little paper umbrella hanging off the side. One sip and you will feel like you’ve stepped into a Bain de Soliel commercial. Remember that stuff? This juice is pretty close to that color, huh? This juice combo is quite tropical and a little bit tangy due to the orange and pineapple. It’s super sweet too which means that it was LOVED by Cooper. I’m drinking some right now with a little bubbly water mixed in. It’s totally refreshing. I bet it would be great with a little rum or vodka…I’m just saying!

Here’s what goes into it!

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March 31, 2010

Sour Cream Coffee Cake w/ Chocolate Swirl

You should NOT make this recipe IF you:

-are on a diet

-don’t love a moist cake

-aren’t a HUGE fan of crumble topping

-don’t enjoy toasted pecans

-can’t stand cinnamon

-can’t be trusted with an entire pan of coffee cake

I wish I had a warning like this this before I made this cake. I ate more of it that I had planned to! And to think that I thought portioning some for the neighbors would have been a enough! Little did I know that I couldn’t be trusted with ANY of this cake. One piece was a gateway drug. Suddenly I found myself standing in the kitchen with a spoon scooping out cake like it was going out of style. I totally caught Casey doing the same thing. I really couldn’t get enough and my stomach never signaled my brain to say it was full! Damn stomach! How dare you! Coffee cake is seriously the best excuse to have cake for breakfast. Agreed?

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March 29, 2010

Asparagus & Goat Cheese Sandwiches

On Sunday we spent most of the day working our garden planting herbs and flowers because the weather was absolutely gorgeous! I had an idea to make an asparagus pasta dish for dinner but gave up that dream when my exhaustion took over. I was already roasting the asparagus for the pasta when I lost my steam. My focus quickly turned towards making a little quick and simple sandwich instead. And this here beauty is what I came up with!

This is really all you need.

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March 27, 2010

Southwestern Pizzas

Awhile back I blogged about my frustrations feeding our son, Cooper. Things have gotten much better since then; although we still find ourselves in a little food rut now and again. I tried this recipe last night because it includes all of the things Coop loves- red peppers, black beans, cheese and tortillas! He also has a penchant for Mexican food so I was hoping this would satisfy him. It totally did!! Cooper devoured an entire half in like 2 seconds. Score one for Team Momma!

So here’s a little recipe that’s now in my arsenal of family friendly foods. It makes me soo happy when we are all eating the same thing at dinner time. It tastes super good with loads of hot sauce, cilantro and sour cream on top! Serve pizzas with a cold beer and it’s all grown up! That’s how we roll.

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March 26, 2010

No Knead Walnut Raisin Bread

I made this recipe twice before I decided to share it with you. I thought my first attempt was a fluke because there is no way could I have made bread this good. Second time around, it was proved true. I did it! I made another angelic loaf with a crispy crunchy crust jeweled with oooey gooey raisins and toasty chunks of walnuts to boot. It’s so good that it makes me want to cry. It also makes me want to continue eating it and I might have to unbutton my jeans while I type this. Yes there are crumbs on my keyboard. Shut up!

Ever heard of no knead bread? I am pretty sure you have! It’s been a sensation for the past few years on the internet and all across the country. I made my first no-knead loaf before I started blogging and was kind of obsessed. But then out of nowhere my fixation fizzled and I didn’t make a loaf for two years. I think it might have been that low-carb diet I was on. Ridiculous! Recently I saw Jim Lahey (the master behind the No-Knead method) on the Martha Stewart Show demonstrating a carrot walnut loaf from his new cookbook and my love for no knead bread was rekindled. The plain loaf is great but it always seemed like it needed something. I loved topping the bread with salted butter & jam or using it for sandwiches, but I was never satisfied with eating it on its own. So when my brother bought me his new book, I was stoked to see a bunch of recipes that helped boost the flavor of the bread.