Claytonia – Hearts for your Heart!

Posted by Gabi on 29 April 08

Do you know this green:

This is Claytonia perfoliata or Miner’s lettuce (Winter Purslane in Europe) a member of the Portulacaceae (purslane) family. It is a slightly succulent green with beautiful heart and spade cup shaped leaves and a tiny white flower growing out of the center. I planted  it  about 2 years ago and it has since self-seeded in [...]

 Bee Bop Cheesecake Pops for the Daring Bakers

Posted by Gabi on 26 April 08

 
This month’s installment of the Daring Bakers Challenge is hosted by two lovely DBs- Deborah at Taste and Tell and Elle at Feeding my Enthusiasms and their challenge is:
Cheesecake Pops From Sticky, Chewy, Messy Gooey by Jill O’Connor.

I bought this cookbook a few months ago and I must say that it is filled with decadent sweets definitely in [...]

 Poor Man’s Butter

Posted by Gabi on 25 April 08

With  Saturday’s breakfast fast approaching I thought I’d share with you one of my favourite breakfast (or anytime) treats.
My friends from Chile call this Poor Man’s Butter- avocado mashed with a little salt and pepper and a dash lemon and a splash of extra virgin olive oil. Avocado is called “Palta” in Chile, Bolivia and Peru. [...]

 Little Wonders with the “PheMOMenon”-al Holly

Posted by Gabi on 22 April 08

 
Holly at PheMOMenon is one of the most lovely people I’ve met through this thing called food blogging. She is creative and wonderful and she is sponsoring an event called
Little Wonders Blogging for Babies – a fundraiser for the March of Dimes.
Please let me encourage you to donate to this worthy cause. If you read the story of [...]