When I was in Hawaii last September, one hotel we stayed at served tiny mango smoothies with breakfast every morning. They were delicious; I wished they hadn’t been so small. I found some beautiful mangoes while shopping at a farmers market last week and decided to try making my own.
Ingredients:
1 small mango, cut into 1-inch [...]

           
I got this recipe from a co-worker years ago. I think his roommate’s girlfriend - or something like that -was a chef…or maybe just studying to be one. It’s been so long I really don’t remember. (He he!) At any rate, she came up with this fabulous recipe. It has a wonderfully light [...]

     
Updated
Sorry for the lack of posts lately.  I’ve had the flu and haven’t felt much like cooking or writing.  I’ve taken the time to make a few changes to the site, though.  Some are updates on the back end, so you probably won’t notice those.  There is also an alphabetical recipe index to make it easier [...]

This is my second Daring Bakers challenge recipe, and I’m happy to say it was another success! I’ve never tasted meringue before, much less tried my hand at making it. It smells like angel cake when it’s baking and has a very similar flavor. The lemon curd was perfect - not too [...]

My aunt made this wonderful salad for my bridal shower last summer, only using strawberries instead of pomegranate. Since good strawberries are hard to come by in January, or are simply overpriced, I decided to use pomegranate instead. It was a big hit. Even served along side a delicious prime rib people had second helpings [...]