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]

Zupfe (Swiss Braided Bread made with Sour Cream, Egg and Butter)

Zupfe is a beautiful braided loaf of bread that’s popular in Switzerland, and I finally got around to making it after wanting to give this bread a try for over a year now. It reminds me a lot of Challah bread…both in taste and texture.

I really like this Swiss bread a lot and I’ll definitely … [read more]

Spinach Artichoke Dip

My mom recently asked me for the recipe we use when we make spinach artichoke dip. Well, we seem to make it different every time, depending on what kind of cheese we have in the fridge.

Sometimes we make it with goat cheese, feta cheese, and Swiss. Other times we use cream cheese, and I believe … [read more]

Warm Chickpea and Swiss Chard Salad

We were both in the mood for chickpeas yesterday so we decided to give this salad a try. It was fantastic! I’m happy we have leftovers for dinner tonight.

Warm Chickpea and Swiss Chard Salad

Recipe Adapted from: “Tastes of the Mediterranean“, page 44, “Warm Chickpea and Silverbeet Salad with Sumac”