What could be better than a dense, delicious, fruity bundt cake? One drenched in bourbon, of course! This recipe was inspired by a list of ingredients from our friend and house-sitter. When asked how we could repay him for taking care of our chickens, cats, gardens, and dog while we gallivanted around the northern partContinue reading “Bourbon and Blueberry Bundt Cake with Blueberry-Basil-Bourbon Glaze”
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Date Balls
Yesterday, in my blog post about chocolate-covered peanut butter balls, I mentioned that I don’t get too into baking for the holidays. Yet, here I am, about to write about another holiday sweet. Today’s delight is a bit healthier. It’s entirely vegan and raw. I’m writing about date balls! Medjool dates arrive to our houseContinue reading “Date Balls”
Peanut Butter Balls: A Yummy Tradition
We don’t get too into making Christmas cookies here at our house. There is an annual tradition in our extended family for all the ladies to get together a few weeks before Christmas and turn the kitchen into a bakery, so the family as a whole is plenty stocked come Christmas Eve. However, here atContinue reading “Peanut Butter Balls: A Yummy Tradition”
A Dessert Worth Your Time at the Gym
There are many desserts which, for me, don’t equate the time at the gym or on the pavement that will be needed to get rid of the fat and calories consumed. However, the dessert we served up on the Fourth of July was not one of those. We made (drum roll, please….) Homemade Strawberry IceContinue reading “A Dessert Worth Your Time at the Gym”
Ginger Sweet Potato Pie
We’re on the dessert task force for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving celebration, and we need something sweet for Friday’s Vegetarian Thanksgiving, AND I needed something for today’s ESL potluck. What to make? Sweet Potato Pie! We realized that we’d been hoarding CSA sweet potatoes for weeks and had just enough to make three pies. This being ourContinue reading “Ginger Sweet Potato Pie”
Therapy in the Kitchen: Squash and Pear Soup, plus Plout-Apple Crisp
Life has been a roller coaster lately, and so dining out has been plentiful as have homemade goodies baked for us by our friends. Today we realized our refrigerator was busting with food, ready to vomit out bags of veggies and fruit at its first opening. Our little feather-footed Bantam, Ani, died this morning, andContinue reading “Therapy in the Kitchen: Squash and Pear Soup, plus Plout-Apple Crisp”
The Asparagus to Zucchini Cookbook Rocks: Two Awesome Recipes in One Week
With our first CSA box being delivered last Saturday, we decided to try a few new recipes. Of course, the first resource that we grabbed was the From Asparagus to Zucchini Cookbook. Our first delicious surprise was a beverage – Rhubarbade. After an awesome five-mile run last week, this drink quenched every bit of myContinue reading “The Asparagus to Zucchini Cookbook Rocks: Two Awesome Recipes in One Week”
The Poquette Zoo and Kitchen 