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Nov 30, 2024

Sourdough Chocolate Brownies

 These sourdough chocolate brownies are rich, fudgy, gooey, and completely chocolate-y. 

Sourdough Chocolate Brownies on square plates in front of a cake plate.


If you are looking for recipes for using your sourdough starter, add these brownies to your list. 

Apple Cider Pie

This apple cider pie is filled with sliced apples that are tossed with sugar, spices, and a boiled apple cider reduction. It's deeply flavored with the tart and sweet essence of apples. 

Apple Cider Pie slice with the pie in the background.


This apple pie is made with easy-to-find ingredients and is just right for a holiday pie, or for whenever you are craving a slice of this all-American dessert. 

Nov 24, 2024

Sourdough Chocolate Muffins

These sourdough chocolate muffins, loaded with chocolate chips, are a tasty way to use your extra sourdough starter. 

Sourdough Chocolate Muffins on a platter as well as an individual plate.


These sourdough chocolate muffins are deeply chocolate-y. The batter is loaded with cocoa along with semi-sweet chocolate chips. Double chocolate. 

Nov 23, 2024

Classic French Bread Stuffing with Fresh Herbs

This classic French bread stuffing is my new favorite holiday side dish. Serve it with roast turkey, roast chicken, or even ham or roast beef. 

Classic French Bread Stuffing in a red rimmed casserole dish.


What I love about this stuffing is that it is fluffy, light, and not dense at all, unlike many stuffing recipes I have tried. 

Nov 20, 2024

Wintery Pavlova with Port Cranberries and Rosemary

This Pavlova with port cranberries and rosemary is a wonderful wintery take on the summer dessert that hails from Oceania. 

Pavlova on a cake plate topped with cranberries.


Both Australia and New Zealand take credit for the invention of this cloud-like dessert, created in the 1920s to honor the Russian ballerina of the same name. It starts with a delicate meringue-crusted base that is dreamy  and marshmallow soft inside. 

Brothless Ramen with XO Sauce (XO Mazemen)

Brothless Ramen with XO Sauce is a highly flavorful noodle dish that is a mash up of Japanese Mezeman (mixed noodles) and a sauce created in Hong Kong that is a total umami bomb. 

Brothless Ramen with XO Sauce in a bowl.



Take some cooked ramen noodles and toss them with a mixture of XO sauce, oil or rendered fat, rice vinegar, and soy sauce and you have a magical mixture of noodles and sauce that is tasty, filling, and will introduce you to the spicy seafood condiment that was developed in the 1980s in Hong Kong. 

Nov 17, 2024

Eton Mess with Raspberries, Blackberries, and Jam

This Eton Mess with rasperries, blackberries, and raspberry jam is a tasty take on the famous parfait named after prestigious English boarding school. It's a tasty mash up of berries, whipped cream, and meringue. 

Two Parfaits of Eton Mess with Raspberries, Blackberries, and Jam


Evidently, it is served at an annual cricket match!