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Coconut Waffles

Written on May 16, 2014 by Alisa.

Waffles + Coconut = Delicious It wasn’t until after we returned from Hong Kong that I learned that they make their street waffles with coconut milk. I’m seriously willing to hop on a 15-hour flight to go back and try that, but instead I just attempted my own. This is a minor modification of the […] Read More

Bringing Hong Kong Home

Written on May 9, 2014 by Alisa.

Homemade Potstickers While in Hong Kong, we ate close to our body weight in potstickers. Every night, we’d go to the Dragon Centre and eat our fill. By the time we got home, The Assistant was starting to go through withdrawals. I first tried making them with store-bought wonton wrappers, and you know what? They’re […] Read More

Ricotta Gnocchi

Written on May 2, 2014 by Alisa.

Homemade Gnocchi I can’t believe that it’s taken me so long to post this. Months ago, I made the homemade ricotta gnocchi from Bryn at Writes4Food. When I first made it, I was certain that the recipe was a complete failure. The mixture was more soup than dough! I was texting with a colleague in […] Read More

Clean-Out-the-Fridge Pasta

Written on April 18, 2014 by Alisa.

Chicken Apple Sausage Pasta We were heading out for our trip to Hong Kong and I needed to purge the fridge and pantry. I had a mishmash of things that didn’t really go together, and lacked a few key ingredients for regular family favorites. I had chicken apple sausages in the freezer, my go-to meat […] Read More

Blueberry Pies

Written on April 11, 2014 by Alisa.

Mini Blueberry Pies I had a free afternoon and picked up The Assistant earlier than usual. “Let’s make blueberry pies!” he shouted in a tone that implied that he had been thinking about this for some time. It’s not exactly blueberry season, but we always have an extensive supply of frozen blueberries on hand for […] Read More

Tasty Oatmeal Muffiny Things, Part 3

Written on March 28, 2014 by Alisa.

Blueberry Coconut Oatmeal Muffins When I thought that my pumpkin baked oatmeal had gone down in flames, I asked The Assistant for ideas for what to make next. His suggestion: blueberry coconut. I used dried blueberries instead of fresh, partly because I was down to my last frozen blueberries, and partly because I didn’t want […] Read More

Quick Cornbread

Written on March 7, 2014 by Alisa.

Quick and Easy Homemade Cornbread It was finally, finally a rainy night in California, and I wanted chili and cornbread. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize until the last possible moment that I didn’t have any buttermilk to make my usual cornbread recipe. I scoured the internet and quickly discovered that there aren’t exactly a ton of […] Read More

Everything’s All Focaccia

Written on February 14, 2014 by Alisa.

Delicious Rosemary Focaccia A few weeks ago, while I was traveling, The Husband purchased premade focaccia dough and baked it up for dinner with The Assistant. The boy was hooked. While I was surprised that he liked the intensity of the rosemary flavoring, he absolutely adored the soft texture. Plus, he was delighted to find […] Read More

Empanadas

Written on February 7, 2014 by Alisa.

Baked Chicken Empanadas I really like empanadas. I like them so much that last year, while in London, I walked a mile from my conference center to Borough Market in cold and sleet to grab some empanadas for lunch. But I’ve struggled to find an empanada filling that makes me happy. Chicken and cheese: problem […] Read More

Challah French Toast with Cherry Sauce

Written on January 10, 2014 by Alisa.

Making the Best French Toast Even Better I was going to just post the recipe for the cherry sauce, figuring that French toast recipes are universal and everyone does the same thing. A quick scan of The Internets comes to one screaming conclusion: I’ve been doing my French toast wrong all along. Evidently the rest […] Read More