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 There’s nothing better than ice cold watermelon on a hot summer day…except for maybe a watermelon margarita or watermelon granita. Both are super easy to make. You do need a blender for the margarita and the granita because you’ll need to puree your watermelon. For the margarita, it’s just a matter of mixing together some pureed watermelon (strain … [read more]  I love slushies because they’re cold and refreshing, and they’re also a great way to cool down when you’re really hot. But let’s face it, they’re just not very nutritious, and I always hate it when all the flavoring is sucked out with my straw and I’m left with a bunch of flavorless ice. Yuck! But … [read more]  Have you ever heard of a Sicilian bread called muffuletta? Until a few weeks ago, I hadn’t. But when I saw the recipe and pictures of the bread at Rubber Slippers in Italy, I just had to try it to see what it was all about. Muffuletta bread is made with durum flour, and it’s basically … [read more]  The other day I was almost drooling over some pictures of some iced almond cookies I saw on What Katie’s Baking. I wanted to bake some, but I wasn’t sure how to make an icing for the cookies that didn’t use processed sugar. Katie was kind enough to do a little online research and found a … [read more]  For the past several days, my sweet tooth has been giving me fits so I decided to make myself some mango lime sorbet which I haven’t been able to get out of my head since I saw this recipe featured at Baking with Basil. I’ve found myself going back and forth to that post to … [read more]  I’m apparently on a pudding kick. Not long ago I made pudding…chocolate Mexican tofu pudding to be precise. It was really good, but it wasn’t as thick as I would have liked. So yesterday, I went an entirely different direction with my chocolate pudding. Instead of using tofu, I used coconut milk. I also … [read more]  Well, so far I’ve been doing great on giving up the processed sugary sweets, snacks and desserts for Lent. I had a few days where I was shaky, but other than that, it’s been fine. I’m not craving sweets, and for the most part, I’m not having difficulty ignoring all the candies and goodies at … [read more]  I’ve always loved sweets but there were times in my life I’d go on diets and reluctantly give up all the cherished goodies I loved. I learned something about myself though. I learned that if I deprive myself of something I really want (like sweets), what happens is I’ll end up going hog wild crazy on … [read more]  I love church cookbooks because they usually contain a lot of old recipes which have been passed down for generations. So when I found a church cookbook in the used bookstore, I just had to pick it up. It contains a lot of treasures, and there are many recipes I want to try. Yesterday … [read more]  We fell in love with mojitos when we had them this summer at Havana Rumba, a local Cuban restaurant. The food was really good, but their mojitos made quite an impression on us…so much so that we started making them ourselves at home. Here’s a picture of a mojito I made this evening. You start with … [read more] |
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