I made this cheesecake as an experiment and took it to a family party entirely untested. I had to–there isn’t a good way to scale down cheesecake and Sean and I really shouldn’t eat an entire cheesecake ourselves! Fortunately, it turned out REALLY well and got rave reviews all-around. Plus, this is gluten-free as well as sugar-free, and what more could you ask for? I can’t claim that it’s healthy, it is, in fact, pretty much as bad for you as any other cheesecake, but it sure is tasty!

Divider

Abigail and I went berry picking a couple of days ago (there’s a WONDERFUL huge patch of brambles edging the play fields across from our house–this means the baby can play prickle-free while I pick. YES!) and we have tons of berries now. So, I made cobbler. It’s delicious, and reminds one forcibly of sun-warm berries … but with added carbs, so it’s even more delicious.

Divider


I have finally gotten around to recreating chocolate chip cookies! All it really took was finding adequate chocolate; without that, there was no motivation, because bad chocolate equals bad cookie. I hear tell there are actual chocolate chips that are natural-sugar sweetened, but I haven’t found them yet. Fortunately, a chopped bar of chocolate works just fine. Frankly, I think having the inevitable little shavings of chocolate in there with the bigger pieces is really a nice effect. Extra melty-ness!

Divider

We have vanilla ice cream left over from a party in our freezer right now. Problem is, the pie it was originally served with is long gone, and I find vanilla ice cream quite dull without anything to dress it up :D. Unusually for me, chocolate syrup was what sounded good. However, I don’t actually like store-bought syrup much, and if I’m gonna make it, I may as well make it so Sean can have it!

Divider

I actually started working on this recipe before we left, but couldn’t do the final test in time to post it before vacation. Nonetheless, it is still summer, and thus still ice cream season, so we’re still good to go. It is a very tasty recipe and very easy to make, so I recommend trying it on the next hot day where you live!

Divider

This curry is great served with rice, because once you eat all the veggies out you can tump in the rice and let it soak up the leftover liquid. Sometimes I even scoop some rice in with
earlier veggie-full bites, too. Some folks are adept enough to eat this dish with chopsticks when you eat it this way (with rice in the liquid) … I’m not :D. Even Sean, who is much better with chopsticks than I am, doesn’t eat this dish with them! But perhaps you have the chopstick-fu to pull it off. If so, more power to you. One way or the other, this is delicious, so enjoy!

Divider

This is one of my favorite salads, though it isn’t a traditional one. It makes a great side dish for barbecue-style events or to go along with simple dinners at home. It’s crisp, refreshing, easy to make and quite tasty.

Divider

Sorry this is late–we had a housewarming party this weekend and it ate a ton of time! However, before she left for home earlier this week, Jennifer and I finally did our “combine the  cinnamon rolls” project we’ve been talking about for so long. It was actually kinda funny to make a dish and then all three of us (me, Sean, Jennifer) sit down and eat it–that doesn’t happen much any more, and almost NEVER with a dessert. Sean and Jennifer both commented on that as we ate our way through the experiments, in fact.

Divider

Caramel corn. I love the stuff. I love it oh so much. I have to cut myself off, and it doesn’t always work. Sean’s dad makes really great traditional caramel corn, but of course the usual recipe has massive amounts of corn syrup, which Sean can’t have. So, I have invented a new version. It is delicious, if I do say so myself, and has Sean’s stamp of approval as well.

Divider

Hey there! Sorry this isn’t as prompt as usual; though we aren’t yet moving, all the prep work just ate up this weekend. In addition, it seems to have eaten my camera. Hopefully I’ll find it soon (I need it for several things!), but until then you don’t get any pictures. Sorry. However, this is a tasty, quick, and easy dinner even if you’ll have to make it to see it (for the time being), so I hope you’ll benefit from the post anyway.

Divider