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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Dessert Party: Salted Caramel Recipe
Just three more days until my dessert party! It’ll be here on Cooking On The Weekends — but you know you’ll have to do a little cooking yourself, right!? These treats will be lovely to look at, but I want … Continue reading
Posted in Dressings and Sauces, Sweets
Tagged caramel, dessert party, dessert sauce, desserts, salted caramel, saltedcaramelreicpe, sea salt
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Dessert Party: Vanilla Bean Custard Recipe And Vanilla Sugar
Perfect Vanilla Bean Custard. Yup, that’s what we’re making today. It will be featured in the Fresh Fruit Tartlets we’re having at our dessert party next week! Yesterday, we prepared the Ganache, which is now wrapped and waiting in the … Continue reading
Posted in Ingredient, Sweets
Tagged dessert party, desserts, sugar, vanilla, vanilla beans, vanilla pods, vanilla sugar, vanillacustardrecipe
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Dessert Party: How To Make Ganache
Here’s the deal. Next week I’m throwing a very sweet dessert party — a virtual one, that is. It’s happening right here on Cooking On The Weekends, and it’s just for you! Whenever I have a party of any kind, … Continue reading
Posted in Dressings and Sauces, Sweets
Tagged cakes, chocolate, dessert party, dessert sauce, desserts, ganache, truffles, vanilla
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Meyer Lemon-Basil Salad Dressing Recipe
A lot was cooking in my kitchen this weekend, and the first thing I’m excited to share with you is a super quick salad dressing recipe! Remember when we made My Mom’s Meyer Lemonade a week or so ago? I … Continue reading
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Posted in Dressings and Sauces, Fruits, Salads, Summertime, Vegetarian
Tagged basil, garlic, ginger, lemon juice, meyer lemons, meyerlemonsaladdressingrecipe, salad dressings
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Friday Flowers: Chive Flowers and Melon Gazpacho Recipe
My 5-year old son has a serious sweet tooth. The cutest thing ever is when he asks me which tooth it is, and why there’s only one! So needless to say, this little guy absolutely loves melon — especially Kiss … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Ingredient, Soups and Stews, Summertime, Sweets, Vegetarian
Tagged chives, cucumbers, dinner party, gazpacho, golden kiss, honey kiss, jalapeño, melon, melongazpachorecipe, red wine vinegar, soups, sugar kiss, summer, sweets, yuzu juice
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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe
This four-ingredient peanut butter cookie recipe comes courtesy my friend Aimée. She gave it to me when we were very young kids. Kinda cute, I think. My mom has been making this recipe practically weekly ever since. No exaggeration! She recalls that … Continue reading
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Posted in Cookies, Gluten-free, Sweets
Tagged chocolate, desserts, peanut butter, semi-sweet chocolate, sugar
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Avocado Butter Recipe
When I was a kid, I used to literally sneak avocado chunks out of my salad, into my napkin, and sadly, yes . . . into the trash. Can you believe that!? If you’ve been keeping up with my blog, … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Fruits, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged avocadobutterrecipe, avocados, butter, cumin, lemon juice
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Marinated Grilled Portabella Mushroom Recipe
Portabella mushrooms are “meaty.” Really, they are! Just ask my vegetarian husband. As if he’d know, right? Actually, the truth is, while they certainly can’t compete with a perfect rib-eye or flank steak, they are indeed a very hearty mushroom! … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Grilling, Lunch, Sides, Vegetarian
Tagged chili paste, garlic, grape seed oil, grilled, lime juice, marinated, marinatedgrilledportabellamushroomrecipe, portabella mushrooms, sambal oelek, tamari
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Friday Flowers: Jacaranda Flowers and My Mom’s Meyer Lemonade Recipe
I absolutely love seeing my mom in her kitchen, working on a project with the antique cooking tools she’s collected over the years. The other day my dad brought in a couple dozen lemons from the Meyer lemon tree in … Continue reading
Posted in Drinks, Fruits, Summertime, Uncategorized
Tagged lemonade, lemons, meryerlemonaderecipe, meyer lemons, summer
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Cucumber Melon Salad With Yuzu-Jalapeño Dressing
Remember the Sugar Kiss melon that I fell in love with? Ah . . . the love affair continues: Sugar Kiss melons just melt in your mouth and are right up there with desserts in the sweetness department! Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Gluten-free, Ingredient, Salads, Summertime, Sweets, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
Tagged cucumber, golden kiss, grapefruit, honey kiss, jalapeño, melon, red onion, sugar kiss, yuzu fruit, yuzu juice
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