Corn Queso Dip with Tortilla Chips
As promised after our family holiday lunch, here is the most simplistic and truly yummy quick cocktail nibble/snack that you can imagine....
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Nov 30, 2018
When Your Child Makes Puppy Dog Eyes At You For Sugar...
L. came home from school today desperately craving a sweet treat. Because I am a besotted mother - and happened to have everything I...
Nov 26, 2018
Sticky Pork Spare Ribs with Soy and Chinese Five Spice
My grocery store had boneless pork spare ribs on sale this week and I immediately started to crave the sweet and sour ribs that one can...
Nov 1, 2018
Tata Evelyne's Cheese Treats
My former sister in law loves a good party but is not so fond of cooking. She is a pro at keeping the cocktails coming at an exceedingly...
Sep 19, 2018
Bonus Recipe: Zucchini Blossom Fritters
L. is off today and my mom and I visited the Farmers market this morning, so I decided to transform the zucchini blossoms that I came...
Sep 6, 2018
Pikelets Redux
Last night L., my mother and I were talking about the best things I have ever cooked. I feel that this week's corn soup was right up...
May 28, 2018
Quasi Fried Calamari
Practically everyone I knows orders fried calamari with cocktails at some point and yet practically no-one makes them at home. Which is...
Apr 30, 2018
Bonus Recipe: Chickpea Pancakes
I have made chickpea flatbreads in the past, with great success, so decided to make these this week - the inspiration recipe below made...
Dec 5, 2017
Bonus Recipe: Irish Potato Cakes
This is a good way of using up mashed potatoes, either as an afternoon snack or as nibbles with drinks. It is also a delicious side for...
Oct 31, 2017
Bonus Recipe: Bacon "Candy"
My sister and a friend were scheduled to drop by yesterday to taste the final version of my Blackberry Smash. A couple of hours prior...
Oct 12, 2017
Bonus Recipe: Cornish Saffron Buns
Each year I make a few proper British Christmas cakes and mail them out to the friends who request them, having sampled them in prior...
Mar 26, 2016
Recipe: Hoisin Chicken Wings
You can make this with either just wings or just drumsticks or a mixture of drumsticks and wings as I did above though, in that case, you...
Mar 21, 2016
Bonus Recipe: Frozen Berry-Yogurt Bowl
L. is not a morning person and it is therefore difficult to make him breakfast. His metabolism would prefer to eat breakfast about 3...
Mar 16, 2016
Bonus Recipe: Mac and Cheese Bites
Sometimes L. is not open to a healthy snack option after school. It takes him about 1/2 hour to get home so this gives me some leeway to...
Jan 6, 2016
Bonus Recipe: No Bake Almond Butter Granola Bars
It is very strange - I love almond butter and marzipan but can't stand almonds. That said, I don't love almond butter enough to spoon it...
Dec 24, 2015
Recipe: Onigirazu (Japanese Rice Ball for 2015 or What To Do with Leftover Asian Steamed Rice)
You probably only clicked on this because you thought "what the hell is that?" when the photo popped up on your screen. This is a...
Dec 12, 2015
Recipe: Coconut-Turmeric Smoothie
While not willing or psychologically able to go to quite the same earnest (and humorless) lengths that many Angelenos seem to in order to...
Dec 7, 2015
Recipe: "King Kong" Smoothie
When we lived in Santa Barbara we used to occasionally have breakfast at a place called the Daily Grind. I loved it because it was a...
Nov 26, 2015
Recipe: Pikelets
These pancakey treats are what I believe one would call drop scones in the UK. They are also delicious made with 1/2 regular flour and...
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