May 17th, 2013 by
Recipe: Frozen Thai Iced Coffee
Did you know it’s really, really easy to make a frozen coffee drink at home?
You know, like the one you pay big bucks for every morning.
Something sweet and caffeine-y, to simultaneously comfort and invigorate you while you sit in traffic on the way to work.
May 5th, 2013 by
Recipe: Cinnamon Ice Cream
Forget the first green buds on the trees, or seeing the first robin of spring. Here in Vermont you know spring has arrived when the ice cream stands open again. Take last Saturday, the first gloriously sunny day in almost 2 weeks…
April 12th, 2013 by
Recipes: Whole Wheat Waffles, Bacon-Cheddar-Chive Scones, Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, Easy Self-Rising Biscuits, Pumpkin Cake Doughnuts, Cape Cod Soft Molasses Cookies, Chocolate Cake Pan Cake, Mocha Madness Ice Cream
What’s the biggest thing that stops you from baking?
Lack of inspiration?
I doubt it. For most of us, the usual mantra is “So many recipes, so little time…”
AH-HA! “So little time.” Between work, keeping the family on schedule, meal prep, and exercise (critical for those of us who love to bake and EAT), there’s barely a spare moment Monday through Friday.
Even weekends seem to disappear in a cloud of laundry, kids’ sports, and errands.
What’s a dedicated baker to do?
When the baking urge hits, and you really, really don’t have even an hour to spare – bake FAST.
Here’s how.
July 3rd, 2012 by
Recipes: Vanilla Frozen Yogurt, Sorbet Two Ways, Tart Cherry Ice Cream, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Chocolate Decadence, Coconut Ice Cream, Pineapple-Coconut Gelato, Strawberry Sorbet, Mocha Madness
Click on any photo for a full-size view of these tempting treats (l to r, top to bottom): Vanilla Frozen Yogurt, Sorbet Two Ways, Tart Cherry Ice Cream, Strawberries and Balsamic à la Mode, Chocolate Decadence, Coconut Ice Cream, Pineapple-Coconut Gelato, Strawberry Sorbet, and Mocha Madness.
Fudge chocolate chip toffee crunch ice cream.
Strawberry-mango sorbet.
Ginger-peach frozen yogurt.
We all have an ice cream flavor of our dreams, don’t we?
June 18th, 2012 by
Recipe: Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Move over hot fudge and butterscotch, we’re breaking the rules and giving you a run for your money. Sprinkles and whipped cream need not apply.
You must dare to try this unlikely combination of sweet and savory: a delicate drizzle of dark, tangy balsamic reduction with sweet, ripe, local strawberries mellowed by the cool, creamy, rich constant of vanilla ice cream and just the right jump from a few cracks of black pepper.
My instructor in culinary school called this concoction Heaven and Hell, and if I remember correctly, my classmates and I were all a little hesitant to try it.
June 14th, 2011 by
Recipe: Tart Cherry Ice Cream
I distinctly remember the first time I had cherry ice cream. We were in Sturbridge, Massachusetts for the day, and my mother must have been off in the shops as I was alone with my dad. We stopped at a little ice cream window on a side street and he talked me into ordering Bing cherry ice cream.
May 27th, 2011 by
Recipe: Chocolate Decadence
Now THIS, friends, is what I call chocolate ice cream.
Spare me the wimpy, beige-tone “frozen desserts” that masquerade as chocolate.
Mass-market ice cream with an ingredient label like this: Milk, Cream, Sugar, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Whey, Buttermilk, Mono & Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Flavors, Carob Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Carrageenan.
With cocoa the sixth ingredient down, it’s no wonder the ice cream is more milk than chocolate.
Hey, if you happen to like milk chocolate, then store-bought ice cream is probably right up your alley.
But me? I’m a dark chocoholic, and the only chocolate that passes my lips is dark as… well, as a vanilla bean, in a serendipitous pairing of complementary flavors.
May 26th, 2011 by
Recipe: Pineapple-Coconut Gelato
Ah, gelato, newest pop star of the fancy ice cream crowd.
So, what IS gelato, exactly?
Ice cream.
Italian ice cream, to be exact. But it’s a bit more complicated than that…
May 25th, 2011 by
Recipe: Frozen Vanilla Yogurt
Although summer doesn’t officially begin until June 21, I’ve always considered Memorial Day the real kickoff to the season.
Having put away the fleece (at last) and resurrected the outdoor furniture from its winter hideaway in the cellar, I’m ready to kick back on the deck, throw some burgers on the grill, and soak up some rays.
More than ready, after the challenging season we’ve just experienced here in northern New England. Record-breaking snowfall this winter was followed by a “spring” that offered very little in the way of sunshine, LOTS in the way of rain.
Read: dirt roads turned into mud baths, and spring flowers going from colorful to drooping and rusty brown within the space of a day or so.
So far, we’ve had 3 days of sunshine this month. We’re more than due for some good weather this Memorial Day weekend – are you listening, Mother Nature?
June 25th, 2010 by
Recipe: Coconut Ice Cream
Cool and creamy coconut ice cream is the fountain of youth for me. It takes me back to a time when I was thin, tanned, and away from home for the very first time. It was 1985, and I was 17…