Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

I love the weekends, because I have time to cook. Of course, I also run my needed errands, go walk, or just laze around in general. But usually some sort of baking or cooking gets accomplished, in volumes that I can't manage during the week. It's the best time to try new recipes, too.

Runners' Bars, Version #2

I just created a new page (the tabs on top) for "how to" recipes that I will be adding to as I continue to experiment in the kitchen. Today I made dried cranberries...Go check it out!

Mishaps and Mmm's....

The Do's and Don't's of Cooking a Plantain

Today I went to an Hispanic grocery store that opened up fairly recently in my town. Having never been there before, I spent a good part of my lunch break perusing the aisles and examining all the authentic cuisine that was available. I picked up some unsweetened (!) shredded coconut, sesame seeds, and a couple of lemons for some lemon poppyseed muffins I'm making later this week. Also, I found plantains (for more on plantains, click here).

Vegetable Enchiladas

My sister made these last night for dinner, and they were amazing, so I had to share! The recipe comes directly from a website called Perry's Plate, so I'll just give you the link to it here. The only thing different was that we didn't add the corn.

Strawberry "Cheesecake"

It's time for another raw dessert recipe! This one is adapted from the tropical cheesecake recipe in this post. This dessert is probably not necessarily "healthy," and definitely not low-cal...But if you're not worrying about that this January, or you want a healthier version of strawberry cheesecake, then this is for you!

A little something different....

Thanks so much to everyone who viewed and/or commented on my Almond Coconut tea biscuits yesterday!! I so enjoyed reading everyone's comments, as well as looking at other people's biscuit recipes! This was my first time doing anything like that for my blog, so it's fun and very exciting for me to get to share, and get involved with other bloggers :)

Almond Coconut Tea Biscuits

To start off the new year, what better way than creating a recipe for tea biscuits?!