Key Lime Pie is one of those mouth-wateringly-tart treats that simply melts you into a puddle of glee that summer is still here. Full disclosure: I’ve never actually made a real key lime pie, in fact, I didn’t even know that key limes were an entirely separate fruit than regular everyday limes until I was about 12. Upon learning this, though, I changed nothing and went on making key lime pies with all the regular lime juice I could squeeze. Because, in all honesty, who wants to search around for key limes or key lime juice when you’re one can of condensed milk and three limes away from creamy, tart,…
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Ricotta Tart with Figs and Rosemary Honey
Sometimes, you just want to make a pretty dessert. I mean, it’s ideal if it’s both pretty and tastes fantastic, so we’re gunning for the two, but pretty things are so lovely to place on a table for friends just for the satisfaction of watching everyone pull out their phones and happily snap away in competition for the best instagram photo. Remember when people just looked at food and then ate it without a single care to preserving the moment in filtered glory? Those were not the days, in our opinion – it’s actually quite wonderful to see so many folks with a newfound passion for photography simply because of…
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Gluten Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Protein Pancakes
These gluten free protein pancakes are for the days when you want to feel a bit better about just eating carbs for breakfast (though there’s nothing wrong with a great gluten free waffle or simple toast with jam). Or, for mornings when your significant other decides they’re going to gain 10 pounds of muscle in a week to prep for summer holidays. Challenge accepted: every meal will have ALL the protein. You can, of course, forgo the protein powder and just add a bit more banana and almond meal (some of my favorite, super quick gluten free pancakes are composed entirely of egg and mashed banana), and just have peanut…
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Summer Peach Upside Down Cake
Every summer in southern Oregon, our family would pile into the car in late July, trunk full of empty Costco boxes, crates, bags and coolers – any receptacle sturdy and large enough to carry home our precious, fragile cargo. The outing always seemed to land on one of the hottest, driest days of the deepest parts of summer, so seeking refuge in the leafy shade of acres of peach trees seemed the right thing to do. If any of you got the chance to go peach picking while you were growing up you may have the same sticky-sweet nostalgia that sinks you into a million summer moments when you bite…
