This Spiced Buttermilk Roasted Apple Muffin recipe is the essence of fall. These muffins are warmly spiced, full of tender, sweet apples, and are as comforting as can be!Imagine, if you will, something between luscious apple pie and warm apple cake. That's exactly what this Spiced Buttermilk Roasted Apple Muffin … [Read more...]
Cinnamon-Cardamom Spiced Apple Butter Recipe
Cinnamon-Cardamom Spiced Apple Butter is as buttery as can be with no butter! With fall flavors throughout, it's rich, creamy, smooth and oh-so-delicious! When a raw apple is cooked, the transformation is really quite incredible. It's taken from a tart crisp bite, to one that's soft and sweet. So soft that it's … [Read more...]
Apple Roasted Cinnamon Granola Recipe
Growing up I remember if ever I was up late, I could often find my dad at the breakfast room table indulging in a bowl of granola for a "late-night-snack." At the time I didn't quite understand the appeal -- after all granola is technically a cereal, a breakfast food. I would have certainly gone for the chocolate … [Read more...]
Rosemary Apple Potatoes – Pavé Style
I've been wanting to try a potato dish of this sort since I saw this gorgeous image on my friend Sara's site, Average Betty. Pavé is the French word for "paving stones," and it's the word that chef Thomas Keller uses to describe any such rectangular or square food preparation. Sara's Pavé (and I'm sure Thomas … [Read more...]
Fall Chai Spiced Apple Cake Recipe
Two of my boys' best friends, who happen to be brother and sister, live just a few minutes away, and we spend a lot of time at their house. When the kids met each other a few years ago, their mom quickly became one of my friends, too. Their house is so familiar now that my boys just run in, shedding their shoes as they … [Read more...]
Spiced Almond-Apple-Persimmon Bread
If I ask my dad about a plant or flower that I've seen in the Santa Monica mountains, he's either very proud to tell me that it's a native or almost annoyed to tell me it's not. I think it's funny. It's almost like he's defending the mountains . . . "You know, that's not from here, it shouldn't be here," he'll … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Recipe: Apple-Sweet Potato Soup with Shallot “Croutons”
I was thrilled when my friend Cathy of What Would Cathy Eat invited me to participate in her Healthy Thanksgiving Challenge! Cathy's challenge is all about making an amazingly delicious Thanksgiving feast, without a lot of fat and salt.I did it! Well, not the whole feast, but a delicious first course of Apple Yam … [Read more...]
