
Making ice cream without an ice cream maker is very easy to do. I’ll tell you how in a minute so you can do it too. If you can make hot chocolate, you can make your own yummy chocolate ice cream like I did!
I made it the other day for my father who … [read more]

I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day! Kemal and I enjoyed both great food and wonderful company at our friends’ home where we grilled out and had one heck of a feast!
Vanja grilled some mouth-watering steaks, Kemal made some fantastic veggie kabobs, Vesna made a lovely Greek salad and the best baked … [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]

When I was a kid, I always looked forward to the days that we’d have biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Sometimes we’d have regular country gravy and other times we’d have chocolate gravy. I loved them both.
Have you ever heard of or tried chocolate gravy before? Most people I know have never even … [read more]

Here in the U.S., eggnog is considered to be our traditional Christmas drink. In Trinidad, however, it’s Punch de Creme.
I’ve seen several different recipes for Punch de Creme, some of which are made with eggs and sweetened condensed milk. I liked the recipe I found where it was made without eggs but rather with chocolate … [read more]

Kemal has been wanting chocolate almond fudge, so I made him some tonight. But instead of the usual square pieces, I formed them into balls and rolled some of them in cocoa powder and some of them in powdered sugar.
I’m not sure if the round shape and the powder on the outside makes them truffles … [read more]

I make zucchini bread all the time, but I’ve never made a zucchini cake before and have been wanting to try it for a while now. So when I found out about a lovely lady’s birthday at work, I figured this was a perfect time to make some chocolate zucchini cupcakes.
In case you’re … [read more]

As I was browsing the web for cake recipes one day, I came across a mini chocolate cake recipe that uses two tin cans as molds. I thought it was a cool idea, so I saved a couple of cans, washed them, and used them this evening to make two 2-layer mini cakes. The cakes … [read more]

Kemal and I love meringue cookies, and I made them for the first time last night. What’s funny is I always thought these cookies would be harder to make than regular cookies, and since I suck at making regular cookies, I was surprised that my meringue cookies turned out perfectly! I’m so happy I finally … [read more]