Smoked Garlic and herb butter

I can't believe its butter!

I can't believe I made butter! Every time I make whip cream, a little voice says, "Not too much. Don't want it to become butter," but for some reason, I never took it literally. It's like I didn't believe that if I kept on whipping, it would become butter even though I knew that that is how they make butter. This time I kept on beating, but not before smoking the cream.

Coconut Cream Truffle butter pumpkin soup

M...eat...less

It always happens that the day I decide to cook soup is a cold and gloomy day. I had potato soup down to make but then I used the potatoes for dinner the day before. My mother had a pumpkin and I found some truffle butter in the refrigerator, a-las a recipe is born.

Herb buttered Hasselback Potatoes

"Christmas is coming"

When has the road of life ever steered you wrong when the signs point to potatoes, butter, herbs and garlic? Not ever! And today’s recipe won’t hurt you either. It’s one of the coolest ways to have a potato. Hasselback potatoes merge a baked potato, potato chips and roasted potatoes all into one perfect package.  Slathered in garlic herb butter just the way everyone likes it.

Maple Bacon Ice-cream

Call me the Dairy Queen

Maple syrup, milk, bacon, cream cheese; this ingredient list would make anyone think your cooking up breakfast. But you’re all the way at the other end of the spectrum making a deliciously sweet and salty dessert.

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice-cream

Call me the Dairy Queen

This ice-cream will be the hit will all the cheesecake lovers out there. Unfortunately I am not one of them. I could never wrap my head around eating a large chunk of cheese and butter. I generally peel off the crust and eat that with a little strawberry topping. However as a cheesecake hater I will say this ice-cream is quite good.  The consensus from everyone who has tasted it is that it tastes exactly like cheesecake. I think it taste better.

Cotton candy ice cream with ginger snap cookie

Call me the Dairy Queen

I have several favorite ice-cream flavors and cotton candy is among the top three. This ice-cream takes you back to your childhood. One of the most nostalgic ice-cream flavors comes to your kitchen with a little new addition of the crunchy ginger snap cookies.

Butter popcorn ice-cream with caramel and cracker-jack

Call me the Dairy Queen

This month is National Ice-cream Month in the US and it’s still “summa summa summa timeeee”, so I decided a month of delicious, unique and extravagant ice-creams are in order. Today I present to you the most delicious ice-cream I have ever made to date. (I still have 8 more to go for the month so that may change) It’s so creamy and buttery, taste exactly like butter popcorn with the addition of cracker jacks and caramel makes it even more perfect!

Cocoa & hazelnut compound butter

 "Feast of Saint Valentine"

 This has got to be one of the best butters I have ever made. Last year I went on a compound butter spree.  The smell alone is just beyond awesome. I purchased that hazelnut flavoring a while back to use in home-made hot chocolates and totally forgot about it. While rummaging the cupboards to come up with this recipe I spotted it in the back and a light bulb went off.

S'mores Sandwich

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

Happy new year guys. Back for another year of  recipes and just as we did last year, we start off with chocolate. The month of January is and always will be dedicated to chocolate (for now). For the first recipe I wanted something very simple, quick, easy and delicious. This recipe will be a hit with anyone who loved the chocolate french toast or anything sweet for that matter.

Rosemary garlic cream biscuits

"Christmas is coming"

One thing I have always said every dinner table needs, is yummy bread. It can be a hot crossed bun, some rolls or tender flakey biscuits. For this post I opted to go with the biscuits but not just any biscuits. The easiest biscuits you will ever make in your life. None other than cream biscuits, literally three ingredients needed for the most tender, flakey and soft puffs of love. Now add some garlic and rosemary to the mix and you have got a serious addiction on your hands.

Ginger Peach Roll-ups

 Easy Bake!

This week has been super busy for me. I’m on a mini one week vacation and cooking in a new kitchen. That’s even how I came up with the easy bake theme for this month. Because I knew the last few weeks of the month I wouldn’t have more than 30 minutes to prepare any one dish.  Summer is known for all the yummy fresh peaches available. If you’re a fan of peaches and ginger you may appreciate this flavor combination.

Apple Apple-pie

Easy Bake!

One thing I can appreciate about this recipe is its perceived level of difficulty. Once you serve this people will be wondering how on earth did you make it. Little would they know that the dough is store bought and there are only 6 other ingredients needed in addition to the dough. I will admit it’s not a simple as the pear oatmeal crumble,  but it’s still pretty easy. Anyone can make this.

Garlic and herb egg puffs

Appetizing...

This recipe just screams weekend brunch. These garlic herb scrambled eggs in a flaky puff pastry shell are sure to open appetites. The garlic and herb compound butter gives the scrambled eggs more pizazz, it’s not every day someone has garlic eggs. I really love when a dish looks complicated but ends up being extremely easy, and this appetizer is one of those dishes.

Smashed potato

"Christmas is coming"

I love instagram, you get so many ideas from this lovely app full of pictures posted by absolute strangers who you pretty much have accepted into your social media family. You see, I was all set to make my garlic roasted Irish potatoes, the same potatoes I make every Christmas and most sit down dinners. Its quick, easy and yummy. Then in scrolling the feeds I see hassleback potatoes and quickly the menu changed. This greedy girl was all set to make her own version of hasslebacks (another item on my cooking bucket list yet to be crossed off) Then in scrolling the feeds (again) I see smashed potatoes, here is where the internal struggle began, I’ve seen smashed potatoes done a few times on food network, but it never really grabbed me, and the hassleback thing I have been wanting to do for so long.  

Pumpkin gnocchi with white wine cream cheese sauce

  

 "Pumpkin Everythang”

I’ve always wanted to make gnocchi. In my early days of cooking, when I was mostly a spectator (that is watching food network) I decided to try these little Italian dumplings, however I purchased the prepackaged ones in the pasta section and needless to say it was not good. It deterred me from ever trying or attempting to make gnocchi again. That was years ago, and I know better now. Its always better to make your own than to do store bought if you can. So one fateful jet blue flight from Kingston to JFK about two months ago, I was watching food network on my little mini screen. I saw a really quick video with Mario Batali and Mark Bittman making gnocchi and as usual the light bulb went off.

Strawberries are oh so Yummly

I interrupt Independence Month to bring you a....

Strawberry upside down cupcake with an orange butter cream filling

It’s been a long time since I have used strawberries to make a dessert, years actually. I tend to order strawberry desserts from restaurants but never actually make them. Interestingly enough they are one of the easiest to find in the grocery store, always stocked. Yet still, I tend to go for blue berries and apples. So today I am proud to say no blueberries were harmed in the making of this dessert. 

JJ’s Grilled bun n cheese

Independence Month!

In Jamaica, all year round but especially in Easter time, a delicious snack consumed is bun and cheese.  Now that I think about it, we Jamaicans like to slap cheese on everything, bun, bulla, bread, crackers, even in patties. And the cheese I’m referring to is the thick, salty, cheddar ‘tastee’ Jamaican cheese. When you think of Jamaica and you think of cheese, this comes to mind.

Blueberry butter & Vanilla bean cream upside-down cupcakes

DISCLAIMER

If you are on a diet, trying to diet, want to diet or need to diet. This is not the recipe for you; it’s pure decadence, rich, sweet, heaven on a plate comfort food. So please check out a less fatty post…You have been warned.