The final day of Strawberry Week already! I really enjoyed doing a themed week and it seems like a lot of you did too. I’m planning more of these for the summer. What would you like to see in another theme week? More summer fruit? A certain type of cuisine? My last strawberry project was […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Dessert’ category
Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
Day 3 of Strawberry Week is a simple classic: chocolate dipped strawberries. Strawberries + chocolate = yum. I made these on a whim one night with milk chocolate chips I had on hand. Chocolate chips actually work really well for this recipe because they melt easily and quickly. However, you can use any kind of […] Read more…
Strawberry Cobbler
Day 2 of what will now be known as Strawberry Week. So, what do you do when you have several pounds of strawberries? Make cobbler! I’d actually never made cobbler before this, and I had rarely eaten it either. Can you tell I used to be more of a cake and less of a pie/cobbler […] Read more…
Mini Pavlovas with Strawberries
If I drive a couple of miles from my house, I hit fields and farmland. Another half mile and there’s a wonderful strawberry stand, just at the side of the road. Getting out of the car on a perfect spring day was idyllic. Big blue skies and wispy clouds above me, row upon row of […] Read more…
Week 19: Lavender Lemon Sugar Cookies
My lovely best friend Hannah gifted me some local organic lavender sugar. It is incredibly aromatic – as soon as the jar opens, you are overcome with the fresh scent of lavender. However, it has a surprisingly subtle flavor when eaten. I made soft sugar cookies, replacing some of the sugar in the dough with […] Read more…