Clean Eating with Indian-Spiced Roast Cauliflower

Posted by Gabi on 24 February 10

I’ve been kind of quiet on the blog for a few months. Frankly, I had a rather huge disappointment in not being able to finally swing opening my own cafe/bakery in December and it kind of took the wind out of my sails for a while. But in embracing that there will probably be a [...]

 Compound butters- Watercress butter

Posted by Gabi on 9 November 09

 
Now is the time to take advantage of the herbal harvest available  to make some compound butters for Thanksgiving or other seasonal feasts. They are good on top of broiled or grilled seafoods and meats, enliven baked potatoes, make a good herbal base for moistening stuffings, are super for basting a turkey or are simply delicious rolled or molded into [...]

 Almond Paste- Easy and homemade!

Posted by Gabi on 4 November 09

As you can probably tell by now I am an almond paste addict. I love to put it in all sorts of baked goods. The problem is that at $9.00 for 8 ounces and up it can be rather expensive to buy and sometimes it is a bit past its prime as well. But luckily it is so easy [...]

 Havin’ a Dutch Baby

Posted by Gabi on 18 September 09

 
The next time you want a change up on your regular breakfast or brunch why not try a Dutch Baby? While the name may not be PC (and do any of you know where it came from?)  they are delicious. They are basically large puffed pancakes or popovers with lots of lovely tender and crispy bits.

 They are [...]