I have come a long way from where I started with eggplants, using them as a football. They make the best football by the way. Now I love to roast them and always love them stuffed! I equally love artichokes, I could eat an entire jar of marinated artichoke hearts in one sitting! When I …
Easy Recipes
This orange flavored olive oil cake is simple and rustic, yet sophisticated and the flavors are subtle but complex. I love this combination and it isn’t over the top sweet but just the right amount. The texture is also soft and cakey but also kind of chewy on the edges from the olive oil. The …
This coconut rum pineapple upside down custard cake is like a tres leches cake meets, flan, meets the Caribbean and tropics! It’s really delicious and the flavors all work so great together! It’s super easy to make too! I do not drink alcohol but I do love the taste of rum! Especially when it’s combined …
If you have never tried balsamic vinegar in a dessert than you are missing out! It gives the perfect little bite and balance! This olive oil cake, strawberries and sweet balsamic glaze recipe is fancy and complex yet completely simple to make and everyone loves it! The way the olive oil, lemon, strawberries, balsamic vinegar …
These lemon olive oil cake donuts with cinnamon sugar peaches are seriously delicious! They taste like a sophisticated and super fancy peach cobbler but they are easy to make and will knock the socks off of your guests! I top mine with vanilla ice cream and salted caramel sauce. I also dusted mine with a …
I love the subtle and beautiful blend of flavors in an olive oil cake. I first experimented with olive oil cake about two years ago when I created a fun play on peach cobbler and made a olive oil cake doughnut and topped it with sauteed cinnamon sugar peaches and ice cream. (Find that recipe …
I love this steak and meat marinade! This marinade can be used with pork, chicken or any cut of beef! I used a skirt steak in pictures and it is a tougher cut of meat so a marinade really helps tenderize it. This marinade gives it a delicious flavor as well. The meat can then …
I’m confident that this basil and cilantro chimichurri sauce is the answer for world peace. It’s seriously that delectable! While world peace may not actually be possible you can serve this over any meat or as a dipping sauce and you will be in heaven! My recipe has a bit of a Vietnamese twist on …
This white chocolate molten lava cake is dangerously delicious and so easy to make! They make for the perfect fancy dinner dessert and no one has to know they literally take 15 minutes prep to finish to make! They can be a little temperamental as far as keeping the cake from breaking before you serve …
Think you have to go out to a restaurant to get an amazing steak dinner? If you answered yes, I am going to try and convince you otherwise! I think it would surprise a lot of people to know that making a fancy and delicious steak dinner at home is actually fast, easy and delicious …