You can throw this cake together with minimal cake decorating knowledge. Plus it’s super cute! You could get all profesh and go the fondant route, but you don’t need to. This gets the watermelon point across fine! Use any yellow or white cake recipe / even a box mix. Get out some food coloring and …
Yogurt Lemon Pudding
A creamy, tart, lemon pudding made with greek yogurt. Ahh lemons… You’ll notice I post a lot about lemons and other various citrus fruits. I love them so much I should ask to have my ashes spread on the Amalfi Coast lemon groves. I’m not sure if I’ll be cremated, but if not just throw …
Cakey Lemon Cookies
These soft, cakey lemon cookies are super delicious and pretty straightforward to make. I added a little extra zing with some lemon extract. You could omit and just use a little more fresh lemon, but it really does take it next level. There’s no mistaking it’s lemon flavored! These look like a cookie but they …
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Chocolate + banana bread? What’s not to like? Yes, yes, there are banana bread purists out there, I know—I was one of them. Plain banana bread with spices or a crumble topping was as far as I’d go. Thing is, I had some bananas that needed to be used and a mad chocolate craving. So …
Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Prosciutto
Ah prosciutto, it can crisp up as lovely as bacon, but has a richer flavor. It mixes perfectly with roasted brussel sprouts. I can eat this dish as dinner, it’s got enough to keep me feeling full with the egg on top. It’s also a great side dish or appetizer for a family meal. Nothing …
Simple Sushi Rice
I love making vegetable rolls at home, it makes me feel fancy! Of course I’m too chicken and unqualified to make actual raw fish sushi. I could add some cooked salmon or crab though. Vegetable sushi or maki rolls usually have ingredients like cucumber (kappa), carrots, avocado, sweet potato, tempura vegetables, lettuce, or asparagus. Really …
Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle
This recipe is so damn delicious! Even the toughest critic, dear old Dad, loved it. Super simple ingredients and a pretty straight forward recipe. HARD CANDY Making candy can be intimidating—even more so if you are like me and refuse to buy a candy thermometer. Only bad-asses use the cold water technique. For this recipe …
Vegetable Okonomiyaki
Any American anime fan worth his salt knows about the food in their favorite anime or manga. The top 7 would be Japanese curry, katsu, tomagoyaki, omurice, sushi, ramen, and okonomiyaki. Of course being nowhere near a Japanese restaurant that serves okonomiyaki, I have to make it myself with a limited American pantry. Now if …
Healthy Vegetable Sandwich
Tomatoes, avocados, red onion, lettuce and smear of cream cheese on 2 toasted slices of Ezekiel bread. Works well as a breakfast or lunch. Well, well, well, what is this? You know how to make healthy foods? Yeah. What of it! Sometimes you just gotta eat some healthy food to make room for all the …