Pre-summer sipping: Mint orange sweet tea recipe
After trying out different tea combinations, I’ve decided my absolute favorite iced tea is the very simple recipe below. Orange + mint = delicious.
When you need a fridge full of leftovers, make jambalaya
My partner and I have demanding schedules, and there are many weeks where we can only cook one or two nights. That means we rely heavily on leftovers to get us through. We both love trying new recipes, but when we don’t have time or energy to come up with something new, we come back to one recipe that we’ve found is versatile, healthy and keeps well as leftovers.
Homemade cheddar rosemary crackers are better than the storebought alternatives
Here I am, yet again, promising myself that I will not buy store bought convenient alternatives. I’m hoping it sticks this time. I feel like this recipe is too easy not to keep that promise, plus, knowing exactly what’s in my food always comforts me.
Orange creamsicle cupcakes make warm weather even better
I’m not too proud to use a cake mix when I need a quick snack — see how I turned Duncan Hines yellow cake mix into an orange dreamcake.
Plan a brunch party with this menu idea round up on Offbeat Bride
If breakfast food and brunch dates make you feel this dude — excited and hungry and tummy-growlingy — get thee to Offbeat Bride today, where they have a round up of delicious and sometimes-adorable brunch menu ideas.
Enjoy these frozen tart cherrytinis
I recently made the Frozen Tart Cherrytini and really enjoyed its tart sweetness. I used raw sugar and skipped the frozen cherry garnish since they didn’t have any available at our local co-op. If you find cosmos too sweet but like them in theory, this is the drink for you!
Water apples in Australia — like tiny watermelons in the trees!
I was delighted to find my favourite fruit in the wild this week. Water apples (also known as bell fruit) are familiar to me from my childhood in West Africa where I called them “pommes d’eau.” Get all the facts on this forage-able fruit within.
Recipes for one: Pho, the pinnacle of comfort foods
Now that I’m living on my own, I have to figure out what I’m not too lazy to cook for myself. Luckily, there’s Pho to the rescue!
Here’s my recipe for a simple soup you can customize MANY ways to keep your lonesome self happy.