We love the traditional Thanksgiving meal as much as anyone, but this year, we feel like shaking it up a bit. Maybe it has to do with the way our lives have been overturned by the pandemic or maybe it’s just one of those years. Whatever the reason, we feel like going rogue and we’ve decided to share the madness with you. We have prepared
Vivian Lucero’s Whey Caramel Sauce
We love it when you send us recipes! We interviewed Vivian Lucero from Otis, Oregon in April (click here). She’s a gourmet cook and a master home cheese maker. We’re delighted that she shared her recipe with us and we can’t wait to try it. Enjoy! From Vivian… Living at the coast we are a tourist destination, so we tend to get our shopping and
Strawberry Cobbler for Valentine’s Day
It’s the sweetest time of year again! We combined a couple of recipes to come up with this one – simple and yummy and just the treat for your sweetie on Valentine’s Day. Strawberry Cobbler Ingredients: 8 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced in half 1/3 cup sugar, brown sugar or coconut sugar 1/4 tsp salt 2 tsp vanilla 1 tbsp butter, diced into small cubes
Gluten-Free Limoncello No-Bake Mini Cheesecakes
We posted Bob Albers’s recipe for limoncello last month (click here), and it was outrageously! delicious. I was looking for a way to use it in a dessert for the holidays and I wanted at least one of my desserts to be gluten-free. So, I ended up combining several different recipes into this one. It’s still over a month until I plan to serve it
Brigadeiro – A Sweet Treat From Brazil
Mariana Veiga is from Brazil and when she saw our last post (How to Make Condensed Milk), she sent us her recipe for the fabulous brigadeiro. This is the classic version of the delightful fudge ball and there are many variations (see below). Note: You may remember Mariana from the post last year about her trip to Mongolia with her husband and young son (click
Martha Stewart’s Amazing Strawberry Cake
There is absolutely no cheese in this recipe, but, I just had to share it with you! It isn’t new, but it’s new to me and it meets all my criteria: It must be easy. It must have something healthy in it so I don’t feel so bad about eating it. It must be presentable for guests because that’s basically the only time I cook.
Making Ricotta by Howard Dewsbury
Our good friend, Howard Dewsbury contributed his first article to our blog in 2016 – Howard’s Own “Small Cheese” Recipe. He is retired and living in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Besides cheese, he also makes beer, wine and cured meats. We’re working on an article about Howard now, so, you will learn more about him soon. Disclaimer: We have not tried Howard’s method yet, so, if
Chocolate/Peanut Butter Coeur a la Creme
I know this is not any kind of authentic, but what can you do when your Valentine loves peanut butter? My husband eats like a 5 year old! Every morning he has peanut butter and jelly on toast for breakfast. So, when I saw online that you can make chocolate coeur a la creme, I knew I had to add peanut butter to it. You