This Rosemary-Roasted Carrot, Garlic and White Bean Dip is a super versatile dip for lots of crackers, including our Chili Oil Rubbed Flatbread Crackers. If this Rosemary-Roasted Carrot, Garlic and White Bean Dip looks like an old friend to all of you old friends of The Café, you're right. I served this delicious dip several weeks ago with my Chili Oil Rubbed Flatbread Crackers. I love ...
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Hasselback Potatoes with Lemon and Rosemary
I've been on a Hasselback kick lately. A funny name, isn't it? For something so lovely, unique and delicious! A traditional way of serving potatoes in Sweden that goes back to the 1700's, Hasselback potatoes have had a surge of popularity over the past few years here in the States. I love simple ideas that take ordinary every day ingredients to over-the-top extraordinary, and these fabulous ...
Read More →Lemony Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing
Soft lemon sugar cookies topped with lemon cream cheese icing! A lemon lovers dream!
Do you ever dream in color? I don't recall doing it in the past, but lately, I've been dreaming in green! A lovely, pale shade of green to be precise. Sound strange? I think you might be doing something similar if you were in my shoes. What do I mean? Well, for the past month we've been doing work for ...Read More →Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Filling and Lemon Buttercream Icing
Do you have a true-blue friend? You know the kind I mean, always there for you through thick and thin and everywhere in between. They're the ones who help celebrate your triumphs, victories, accomplishments and milestones ……….. and also the ones who are there when times are tough, when life takes a different path than what you'd planned or throws you a major disappointment, when it's ...
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This Middle Eastern Salad is not only vibrant and bursting with fresh flavor, it's also healthy!
See the little bowl next to the salad? This might be another new word if you're not very familiar with Middle Eastern cuisine. It's a combination of spices (usually thyme, oregano, sumac and sesame seeds) called za'atar which is wildly popular in Israel, Jordan, Armenia, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, ...Read More →Strawberry-Clementine Dessert Soup
I love Valentine's Day, how about you? I love candy hearts, paper doilies, red roses, pink cupcakes, romantic violin music, candle light dinners and seeing men scurrying here, there and everywhere with bouquets of beautiful flowers for their sweethearts. One of my love languages for Valentine's Day and all through the year is making special treats for family and friends. I prepared this ...
Read More →French Meringues with Strawberry Ganache Filling
I thought about it. I really did. I thought about the fact that I could probably make you think that I was a goody-two-shoes. That I'm so health conscious I wouldn't dream of making anything for Valentine's Day that was over-the-top indulgent, you know, with tons of calories and loaded with fat. I even thought about telling you that I made these lovely French Meringues because they were ...
Read More →Chili Oil Rubbed Flatbread Crackers
These Chili Oil Rubbed Flatbread Crackers are shatteringly crisp and amazingly flavorful. The DYI chili oil takes these delicious crackers way over the top! You already know the secret because the title of this post is Chili Oil Rubbed Flatbread Crackers, but as I sat in one of Atlanta's most delicious restaurants recently, I was mystified. I took the first bite of a rather simple looking ...
Read More →Roasted Carrot and Coriander Soup with Gremolata
Carrots roasted with coriander and shallots make a delicious base for this healthy soup. The fresh herb gremolata is the perfect topping. Did I hear you say that you're really tired of the same-old, same-old meal rotation? Are you bored with your culinary repertoire right now? Planning a dinner party and looking for an appetizer with a big WOW factor? Oh, and then there's Valentines ...
Read More →Orange-Pineapple Marmalade
I love trying new things. If you're a frequent visitor to The Café you'll know I love to put a little bit different twist on things to take the ordinary and spin it in a whole new direction. But every now and then I get the urge to go more traditional, just to see if I might be missing out on anything really wonderful and that's what I was thinking last week when I decided to make marmalade. We ...
Read More →Sweet Pea Hummus with Lemon and Herb
The name pretty much says it all on this one - a double dose of citrus brightness; lemon juice and zest ... a vibrant burst of fresh herb flavor from Italian parsley, basil and cilantro and for beautiful color and a touch of unique sweetness, tiny peas in addition to the traditional garbanzo beans or chick peas. Spice it all up with garlic, cumin, coriander and a splash of Sriracha and you've ...
Read More →Stuffed Mini Spuds with Butternut Squash and Bacon
I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but since it's the truth, I'm just going to spill the beans. I hope you'll still like me. I'm not the slightest bit interested in football; there I said it! I wouldn't tell this to just anyone, but since we've become friends through our get-togethers here at The Café, I thought you should know. I told my husband a few days ago that I was going to post an ...
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