As I continue to avoid sugar and gluten, I have been experimenting a lot with almond meal to come up with seasonal sweets. Colorado peaches are at their peak right now, and I have been picking some up wherever I see them–roadside stands, the Farmers’ Market, or even in the parking lot of a local [...]
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Vanilla Rum Berry Tarts
In January you may recall that I gave up sugar. Cold turkey, no looking back. Still, I have not completely given up on dessert, and this represents a lovely little dessert that does actually contain some refined sugar (it’s in the rum), but it is minimal, and a serving of this weighs in at only [...]
Simple Chocolate-Orange Mousse (Vegan and Dairy-Free)
I was working on “veganizing” a King’s Cake recipe (more on that soon), and ran across this technique to make non-dairy whipped cream using coconut milk. Brilliant! I decided to give this a try but wanted to see if I could make a dairy-free chocolate mousse using the same technique, and it worked really well. [...]
Pineapple Sage Mini Pound Cakes
Cooking is one of my primary passions, but it is closely matched by my love of gardening–certainly complimentary pastimes in that you often get to cook what you grow. Living in Colorado has challenged my gardening muscles, as our arid and mercurial weather patterns test even the hardiest of plants. One thing that does exceptionally [...]
Fresh Peach and Riesling Sorbet
During our annual Peachapalooza there were many splendid peach concoctions whipped up using the giant box of Western Slope peaches–the saffron-peach preserves were pretty outstanding, for one–but the easiest and most refreshing dish was this beautiful sorbet, made with fresh peach blended with agave and Flip Flop Riesling. I received some sample wines from Flip [...]
Fresh Peach Breakfast Parfaits
Every year our local Sierra Club chapter holds a fundraiser selling organic, Western Slope peaches. Every year we buy at least 20 pounds and have a mini peach fest at the house. Peaches came in ripe and ready yesterday, and today we enjoyed these splendid parfaits. This was a “happy accident” recipe, in that I [...]
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