Okay, I promise to make this post short and sweet! When you see coconut and frozen mango in the same sentence, you know it’s going to be good. Plus, as we all slog together through the final dog days of summer, these photos speak well enough for themselves. Before I jump into the recipe, I
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Category Archive: ‘Desserts & Sweet Stuff’
It’s blueberry season, and we’re always looking for ways to eat seasonally, especially when it comes to summer fruit. Eating blueberries right out of the carton or straight off of a blueberry bush will never go out of style, but a stack of blueberry pancakes makes for a pretty perfect breakfast or brunch! Family Pancake
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Every culture cooks with beans, but have you ever had them in a dessert? With these Mung Bean Popsicles, some of you will get very excited, but we’re betting that most of you will probably pass on this one. A Childhood Summer Dessert If you didn’t grow up eating these sweet mung bean popsicles, it can be a
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When you run a food blog with your family, things can quickly get a little…snippy. Irritation? Shouting? Knock-down drag-out fights? All of the above are regular occurrences in our kitchen–part of the “creative process” you might say. When you’re slaving over hot stoves for a whole weekend, things can quickly escalate over ANYTHING. You use my
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You’re at a Chinese banquet, and you’ve made it. You’ve thoroughly enjoyed the cold platter of meats & jellyfish, the delicate stir-fried squid with mixed vegetables, the heavenly five-spice fried chicken, the walnut-mayonnaise fried shrimp and broccoli, the Cantonese-style lobster with ginger and scallions, the whole steamed fish, the fried rice, AND the longevity noodles.
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The time for red, white and blue desserts has arrived! With Memorial Day coming up, you’re going to need a couple patriotic recipes in your back pocket, and this fresh berry tart is a definite keeper. Why? Well, who doesn’t like a dessert that: Looks fancy enough to make people ask you whether you bought
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We all know the age-old conundrum. You make a batch of Rice Krispie Treats, you have a few, and you’re happy–the rice krispie treats have that perfectly gooey, fresh consistency, things are sunny, and, overall, you’re walking on the right side of life. Then, the afternoon rolls around. The rice krispie treats have been sitting
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For all of middle school, I lived next door to my French teacher–we’ll call her Mrs. R. This was, as you can imagine, rife with awkwardness–some imagined, and some actually manifested. One morning, like many mornings, I found myself late for school. I went through the standard rush job of brushing my teeth, washing my
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