Adventures in cooking and baking.
Ube pandesal is a bright purple and uniquely flavored variation of the classic Filipino breakfast and snack roll, the pandesal.
This ube pandesal, a tasty roll flavored with purple yam, has a sweet, faintly nutty, vanilla-ish flavor. It is a newer twist on the popular Filipino breakfast treat. I made it three ways, plain, filled with ube jam (halaya), and filled with cheese. It is so good!
This tofu chocolate mousse is rich, creamy, and so easy to make. With only about 15 minutes of prep time you can make this decadent tasting dessert.
This tofu chocolate mousse is a no cook, no bake dessert with a rich chocolatey taste. With just a few ingredients and a food processor, you can assemble and this dessert in just a few minutes. Everyone will love it and have no idea that it is made with tofu.
Start your day with a super moist and tasty coconut bran muffin with a hint of cinnamon, vanilla, and brown sugar.
These muffins are filled with wheat bran, which is the outer layer of the wheat kernel. These muffins are loaded with fiber yet are pretty light, likely because they contain actual wheat bran instead of bran cereal, which can also include other ingredients.
This potato, cheddar, and chive torpedo bread is a "mixed method" loaf, in that it includes both a sourdough starter and instant yeast. You can enjoy the sourdough flavor without the uncertainty!
Between the cooked potatoes and the cheddar cheese, this bread is super soft and totally cheesy. Add some fresh chives and you have a bread that is completely flavorful on its own.
A michelada is a refreshing Mexican beer cocktail. It's great for brunch or hanging out on a warm day.
It's also great for celebrating National Drink a Beer Day, which is September 28. It's made with a light Mexican beer and Clamato or tomato juice, as well as salty, sour, spicy, and umami flavors.
These tangerine ricotta cookies are soft, tender, and cake-like. Finish them with a sweet glaze, tangerine zest, and your favorite sprinkles or nonpareils.
These Italian-inspired cookies are like little bites of soft cake. They are super moist from the ricotta in the dough. They also make wonderful Christmas cookies. Just change the colors of the sprinkles!
These apple cookies are super soft and full of apple flavor.
These cookies contain five versions of apple, including chopped fresh apples, dried apples, apple jelly, apple juice, and boiled apple cider. The flavor of apples truly shines in these cookies.
