Roasted Strawberries may have been the most trendy food item of summer 2020, but they are sure to carry on long into the future. But how do you roast them? What makes them so special? And what exactly do you do with them once they’re roasted? Read on to find out. Roasting strawberries is just like roasting potatoes or other vegetables, you cut them into uniform pieces (so they cook evenly), season them, and put them in the oven to cook. Normally, when you roast vegetables, you roast them at a high temperture, usually 400+F, to caramelize them. Part of the reason you need the high heat is because the…
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Tangy and Delicious: Lemon Curd
Lemon curd might just be my favorite condiment of all time. The combination of tangy lemon, smooth egg yolks, and sweet sugar is a nectar of the Gods. I put that sh*t on everything. Lemon curd has really picked up in use in the United States, but curds of all flavors are most often used during tea service. So where will you most often find it? You guessed it. Around the UK and proximal parts of Europe. (Find out about the difference between afternoon tea and high tea here.) But lemon curd doesn’t have to be reserved just for tea time. There are a ton of different ways to use…
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Keto Peanut Butter Cups
Keto. I thought it would have run it’s course by now. Three years ago, I did Keto and have since put all my weight back on. I guess that’s what happens when you love to bake! But Keto can be a lifesaver to a lot of people. For those who are morbidly obese and need to lose weight quickly, or for people with PCOs, like myself, that feel like every diet has failed them. I’ve been trying to lose weight again, and the easiest way for me to do that is to cut my sugar intake. But, I still have a giant sweet tooth, so I came up with these…
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Blood Orange and Thyme Ice Cream
Ice cream. Most people consider it a summer treat. I could eat ice cream year round. Negative ten degrees outside, I’ll still eat it. Maybe that’s eccentric…but honestly, I don’t care. Ice cream is good food. Sweet, creamy, cold, it satisfies so many cravings at once. But ice cream can be boring. Chocolate, vanilla, are the classics. But if you’ve never had an ice cream that might sound a little weird, you know, like blood orange and thyme, you are seriously missing out. Flavor bombs disguised as ice cream are where it’s at! When I was little, both of my parents worked, and I spent a lot of time with…
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Chocolate Cherry Crumb Cake
Confession. As a kid, I never understood people that pair fruit with chocolate. Chocolate oranges around the holidays…yuck. Cordial cherries…nasty. However, after watching a great deal of Great British Bake Off, where everyone seems to be obsessed with putting fruit of all kinds into absolutely everything, I decided to give it a shot. Enter this Gluten Free Chocolate Cherry Crumb Cake. What my young taste buds didn’t understand was what happens to chocolate when it is paired with an acid; also known as the cherries, in this case. The cherries, while still maintaining their delicious sweet/tart flavor, make the chocolate that much more chocolaty. A little culinary science! The cherries…
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Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Donuts
Anyone else eat Nutella straight out of the jar? Anyone? All of us? That’s what I thought. If you’re a Nutella fiend, you’re in the right place. Let me confess something right off the bat: I am not a chocolate person. Go ahead with the “what’s the matter with you?!” I can take it. In my world chocolate is okay in small doses. With one exception to the rule: I LOVE Nutella. Which is why I packed the flavors of the beloved chocolate hazelnut spread into these Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Donuts! Soft and cakey, gooey and chocolaty, and delightfully crunchy these are sure to be a crowd pleaser. When I…
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Gluten Free S’mores Cake
Is there anything that screams summer more than a toasty, gooey s’more while sitting next to a campfire? It’s the perfect end to a summer day, and kick off to a summer night. But who says you can’t have s’mores to celebrate all year long? This Gluten Free S’mores Cake brings all those nostalgic summer flavors to the table in a whole new capacity. I mean, just look at those layers! Fun Fact: The S’more as we know them today were invented by The Girl Scouts. Back in 1927, the recipe for “some mores” was included in Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts. As both a former girl scout,…
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Gluten Free Orange Cardamom Blondies
Confession: I’m not a big chocolate fan. Go ahead, throw your shade, but I will choose a blondie over a brownie any day. Sorry, not sorry. It’s why I gravitate to these Gluten Free Orange Cardamom Blondies. There’s something about a gooey blondie. It’s a sure way to make my day. My coworker, Prindle, makes the best blondies in the entire world. And I’ve always aspired to make her calibur of blondie. So when TheFeedFeed launched a contest to revamp a s’more in partnership with Ghiradelli, my mind set off on the best way to tackle the task. Maybe it was my own personal craving, but I knew I wanted…
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Gluten Free Millionaire Shortbread
How do you make millionaire shortbread into billionaire shortbread with a flick of the wrist? Add hazelnuts, of course! When I first went gluten free, I missed Twix bars more than I could ever explain. They are by far my favorite candy bar. I knew that the classic millionaire shortbread would be a great stand in. Shortbread covered by luxurious caramel, topped with chocolate? I’ll take 10 please! When I was researching how I wanted to make these bars, I looked at several classic recipes. So much inspiration, they all looked yummy, but all seemed a little…boring. So I wondered if I could take the classic Millionaire Shortbread and dress…
