Nutella filled banana bread muffins, with Pistachio streusel.

"Quarantine Cooking"

My sister said, what is it about being stuck at home that makes you want to bake? My answer to that was I do not know. But I for one am in the mood to just cook and bake up a storm. I am even contemplating making some doughnuts and bagels. This banana bread is a quick tweak to my existing chocolate chip banana bread recipe. If you got that recipe down pact, then all you must do is top it with some streusel and you are good to go.

Grilled Pineapple Icecream

"We be Grillin"

This month is all about grilling, every recipe will include a grilled food, and the first on the chopping block is pineapple. Grilled pineapples are a summer staple, in salsa, burgers, on pizzas. Its usually the opening act to someone else’s show never really the headliner. So here we are, grilled pineapples first official gig as the star.

Peaches and Blood orange mascarpone cream pie

3.14 

Where do I even start with this pie. The pie that I put in a pie dish that was too deep, causing my beautiful braided crust slid down the sides. The same pie that everyone adored none-the-less. I bring to you, the iconic peaches and cream, made with love, and a bit of disaster, greedy girl style.

Fresh Strawberry Rosemary Pie

3.14 

Hello one and all and welcome to yet another blog post with a strawberry pie recipe. According to google a quick search of the term “strawberry pie recipe” yields 91,100,100 results. So safe to say the world will not suffer a lack of strawberry pie recipes any time soon. In an effort to stand out a bit from the crown, I brought rosemary to the party. Let’s all welcome my strawberry pie recipe number 91,100,101.

Chocolate orange shortbread cookies

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

It’s time for some cookies, once again I am using my favorite flavor combination of chocolate and orange. My sister is probably going to be very annoyed when she sees this recipe because she is the shortbread cookie queen. But hopefully she will go make these and enjoy them and get over her annoyance real fast. Crunch, buttery, sweet cookies with an orange flavor dipped in chocolate.

Tea poached pears in chocolate sauce

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

Have you ever seen a dish on dessert menus, Instagram, basically everywhere and feel as if it’s on some French culinary institute unattainable level? That’s how I once felt about poached pears. The stem is still intact, the pear is perfectly soaked and it’s so delicious in flavor. Who knew you could make a poached pear at home with such amazing results?

Peach schnapps mojito ice cream

"Icy Cool"

This is such a good ice cream flavor. It’s not all the time that ice creams can really take on the flavor of the alcoholic drink they are based on. The peach schnapps really shines through in this one, especially since I expected the cream and sugar to mask it.

Jamaican Sweet potato cornmeal pudding

"JAMAICAN FLAVORS"

Who doesn’t love a warm slice of Jamaican pudding. It’s warm, cozy, sweet and satisfying goodness. I have been trying my hand at pudding for a few week’s now. Slowly getting better and better at it. MY favorite pudding is sweet potato pudding so it’s not a surprise that I would attempt to make one. This one is a little different than your average sweet potato pudding. Get your rum cream ready.

Chocolate chip Banana bread

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

Time to redeem myself from the fail that was the de-panning of the mango crunch cake I did last year. Against my better judgment, I tried to remove a hot cake from this very special Bundt pan and the cake broke in half. So here I am today with the same bundt pan and a whole lot more patience. Today I give you my exceptionally yummy banana bread recipe with some added chocolate chips.

Apple pie & Lemon icecream Sandwich

'Sammies'

I was thinking about a chocolate chip cookie and ice-cream sandwich. But I got to thinking and there are soooooooooo many chocolate chip cookie ice-cream sandwiches out there. I’m borderline sick and tired of ice-cream between chocolate chip cookies.  Well, let me take that back, I will never be tired of chocolate chip cookies. So I went back to the drawing board, tried to think of a unique but easy to make cookie that I can use for my dessert sandwich. I also wanted a dessert that I’ve never seen anyone make before. It’s the new way to have an apple pie a la mode.

Banana bread pudding with cinnamon streusel

Potluck

It’s the final recipe for May. No this is not bread pudding made from banana bread (that's coming soon) this is bread pudding with the addition of bananas. Yes, believe it or not, I’m adding another bread pudding recipe to the blog. I think this is like the fourth one. There is the hazelnut bread pudding, the breakfast bread pudding with pears, and the cheesy chocolate brioche bread pudding. Who knew bread pudding was so versatile?

Easiest cookie and chocolate cream icecream

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

Chocolate ice-cream anyone? If chocolate syrup and cookie and cream ice-cream ever had a child this would be it. It’s rich and creamy with the perfect crunchy bits of Oreo cookies. The most special thing about this ice-cream is not the flavors but the method and its simple ingredients.  The easiest ice-cream I have ever made ever!!  Literally took me less than 10 minutes to put it together.

Nutella stuffed french toast with coffee patron maple syrup

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

My French toast skills just keep growing and growing. I thought the crunchy pumpkin French toast was good, but “lord have massy”  this is yummy. The thick bread is stuffed with Nutella coated in a hazelnut and vanilla bean flavored batter, rolled in crispy corn flakes and fried in butter.  And instead of Aunt Jemima, we invited coffee patron to the party. This is the ultimate Valentine ’s Day breakfast for ya boo.

Ultimate nutella Chocolate Cake

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

I’m finally back from my cooking holiday and a day late as well. It’s another January and chocolate month is here once more. Let start things off with a yummy chocolate cake. This is not just any cake though! This is rich, decadent, chocolaty layers with Nutella frosting and topped with Ferrero rocher ….sigh…too epic not to try. 

Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Dots

“Pumpkin Everythang”

Yum, Yum, Yum it’s like a little teeny tiny cinnamon sugar pumpkin doughnut. It’s crispy, it’s crunchy it’s delicious. I was super lazy from making three pumpkin recipes back to back and I needed a quick (and I stress the word QUICK) recipe that I could film and photograph so I could leave the kitchen. This was the idea that popped into my head. What quicker than frying? And what’s better than cinnamon sugar?

Louisiana crunch cake..Coconut cake at its best

Cake Cake Cake...
 
Louisiana crunch cake holds a special place next to my heart. When we were in college, our cafeteria (God bless their hearts) had a fully stocked Entenmann's case, cookies, cakes, pastries, donuts all payable by meal card. We murdered those boxes of chocolate chip cookies. It was here I was introduced to the heavenly flavor of a Louisiana crunch cake.