Those of you who are “regulars” know that during the holidays I share a recipe for peppermint bark. It makes the best gift from the kitchen!Looking at the ones we’ve swapped over the years, there’s some common threads that run through. It’s about quality and technique. Here are answers to both. To replicate famous, super expensive candy like Wms Sonoma’s bark, use quality bar chocolate … Continue reading Best Peppermint Bark!
Each year Valentine’s Day seems to come more quickly than the last. This year is no exception! You know how I love to share my newest favorite recipes for special occasions, so I’m excited about sharing some “gifts from the heart” with you. That means special homemade edibles, and it all starts with a salted caramel sauce flavored with bourbon whiskey. Truth be told, I’m … Continue reading Warm Salted Whiskey Caramel Sauce for Valentine’s Day
Filet mignon and red velvet whoopie pies – opposite ends of the spectrum for your special Valentine’s Day celebration. We call them “I love you” foods. Filet mignon is not a steak served often at our house. Quality filets are expensive so making sure a recipe works is a given. I’m sharing a straight-forward method that has you browning the steaks on the stovetop and … Continue reading Filet Mignon and Red Velvet Whoopie Pies for Valentine’s Day
Regardless of what you eat, most likely it will be on one of the trends list for 2019. Some of the major trends have ancient Biblical roots. Here’s a wonderful recipe – a smoothie morphs into a smoothie bowl. Plant proteins are a healthful trend this year, as well. Can you tell which of the ingredients contain the plant proteins? One of seeds that contain … Continue reading Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl: More than a Trend!
One bite of Wms Sonoma’s universally loved peppermint bark and you know it’s all there: the snap of shiny, tempered high quality dark and white chocolate flavored with peppermint oil and finished with a shower of specially made peppermint candy bits. The closest I’ve ever come to replicating it was a version made in cooking class. Yes, we tempered white and dark chocolate bars. (Tempering … Continue reading Wms Sonoma Peppermint Bark Clone
It was a request from a reader I couldn’t refuse. “Help! I always make chocolate covered cherries for New Year’s and I lost your recipe. Do you still have it?” And the answer is…yes. The first time I tasted these was when friend, Perrin Rountree, an Anderson Township reader, brought them to work during the holidays. Easy to make, there’s just a bit of technique … Continue reading Candy Box Chocolate Covered Cherries DIY
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