Because every baker needs a simi-functional lemon bar recipe… and I’ve dealt with my fair share of dysfunctional ones in the past. Believe me. Some of my biggest baking disasters can be traced back to lemon bars. Below is a recipe that has yet to fail me, is super simple, and requires no additional frills…
Tag: Lemon
Pickled Beet and Chorizo Orzo Salad
It’s the time of year when cold salads abound, from the classic potato and pasta salads, staples of most summer barbecues, to the healthier whole grain salads such as quinoa tabouli and blue cheese farro. An all-in-one salad that is cool, light, refreshing, and nourishing is a staple to my summer diet, and every year…
Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp Scampi is a simple dish, that’s quick to make, and ticks multiple yummy flavor boxes – acid from the wine and lemon, fat from the butter and olive oil, and a tiny hint of heat from the crushed red pepper flakes and the copious use of garlic. You really have to love garlic to…
Christmas Charm Cookies
I have tentatively named these cookies my Christmas Charm cookies. The cookies’ small size, variety of shapes, and sparkly sprinkles remind me of the charms on a charm’s bracelet. They’re fun, quirky, and delicate. Squeeze a couple of these bright gems onto your tea saucer alongside a piping hot cup of peppermint tea, or pack…
Lemon Lavender Shortbread
There is something about lemon and lavender that works really well together. The tanginess of the lemon cuts in nicely with the floral flavors of the lavender smoothing them out to a subtly pleasant flavor that pairs rather well with the butteriness of the shortbread. I also happened to have several sprigs of fresh lavender…
Baba Ghanoush
For the longest time I thought that Baba Ghanoush was bland, drab eggplant mush with the consistency of baby food, but last summer I encountered a stupendous rendition of the dish that made me rethink everything I had ever known about baba ghanoush. It is that baba ghanoush that I have been striving to recreate…
Fresh Thyme Egg Salad
Egg salad – where all good Easter eggs come to their deliciously grizzly end. Ingredients: 6 Hardboiled Eggs 2 tbsp Mayonnaise 1 tbsp fresh Thyme squeeze of Lemon Juice dash of Salt Fresh thyme adds a delicate complexity to this familiar dish. Directions: Peel and dice up your eggs. Place your eggs in a bowl,…
Lemon Ginger Miniture Biscotti
I tried out a new biscotti recipe that incorporated spelt flour alongside the usual white flour. I would have never attempted this flour combination for biscotti, if I hadn’t come across this other recipe from a supposedly reputable source, due to the hard consistency of regular biscotti. As it was, I should have trusted my…
