Chocolate Banana Cardamom Jam and Swiss Orange Banana Almond Ice Cream (No Ice Cream Maker Needed)

I saw a couple of recipes for chocolate banana cardamom jam, and made it a few weeks ago.

It’s wonderful for spreading on bread or vanilla cookies.

It’s also great to eat it right from the spoon.

But guess what else you can do with it? You can make a batch of it and then combine … [read more]

Hot Chocolate Ice Cream (Made without Using an Ice Cream Maker)

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]

Cashew Sesame Seed Fudge and Cashew Nut-Sesame Seed Ice Cream (No Ice Cream Maker Required)

I felt like fudge the other night so I decided to make Kaju burfi which is a popular Indian fudge-like dessert. I made it somewhat different than the recipe because I added some sesame seeds to it to give a bit of a different texture and flavor.

I really liked the flavor of the fudge, but … [read more]

Cashew Banana Ice Cream (Vegan and with No Added Sugar)

Last night at work I got the shakes shortly after I clocked in, and the shakes continued almost the entire evening despite eating a very routine and normal meal for me before work…two very small pieces of lepinje (Bosnian flat bread) with butter and a bowl of vegetable broth.

I guess my sugar levels had dropped, … [read more]

Blueberry Ice Cream Made Without an Ice Cream Maker

Yesterday when I made a blueberry coconut bundt bread with blueberry cream, I ended up with too much cream. I wasn’t worried though because I knew that all I had to do was freeze it and I’d end up with blueberry ice cream to enjoy later.

To make the ice cream have an even richer blueberry … [read more]

Easy Breezy Strawberry Banana Ice Cream (Made without an Ice Cream Maker)

If you don’t have an ice cream maker, but you want to enjoy homemade ice cream this summer, don’t sweat it. You don’t even need an old-fashioned churner, or rock salt. Nor do you need to make a custard over the stove. All you need is a blender and freezer, as well as about ten … [read more]

Hummingbird Cake with Fruit and Cream

The best part about getting back from vacation, besides sleeping in our own bed, is not having to eat in restaurants. We enjoy our own cookin’ more than restaurant food, and it was wonderful to have a home cooked meal after two weeks of eating in hotels and restaurants.

The first meal we had when we … [read more]