The Café Sucré Farine has been a dream of mine for quite awhile now. I have loved to cook and share recipes for as long as I can remember and I've been fascinated with recipe blogs for several years now. Honestly, two months ago I didn't know a URL from a HTML from an RSS. I did know that I wanted a vehicle to share all these great recipes that are floating around in my head and in my ...
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Toblerone Brownies with Cream Cheese Ribbons!
My husband hit pay dirt last week!
Well, let me back up a bit and start by saying that this post is a celebration of my wonderful husband who I've been blessed to be married to for 35 years now. Scott and I met when we were young and I learned very quickly that children, dogs and old ladies just loved him! While I didn't know much about character judgment back then, I figured he must be ...
Greek Salad
It's funny how some foods can create a memory and then later take you, almost instantly, back in time. I can remember the first time I ever tasted a Greek salad. It was years ago, in my college days, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My sister Marlene, picked me up one day and treated me to lunch at a charming little Mediterranean restaurant overlooking beautiful Lake Michigan. I ordered their house ...
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White Four-Cheese Pita Pizza with Sweet Basil and Garlic Oil (and lots of variations!)
I love, love, love to cook!
I love going to the grocery store, coming home with fun, fresh ingredients and finding or creating new recipes. But I have to be honest - There are some days that I don't even think of what we will have for dinner until 5 or 6 o'clock. I just get busy with other things. Those are the days when Pita Pizzas come to the rescue!
I keep a ...
Mediterranean Chicken Pita Wraps
Would you like to learn magic trick? A super simple magic trick? One that might just make your family think that you took the afternoon off just to make dinner for them? One that (only you will know) helped you to run home from work and have a great dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes? A dinner that caters to the picky eaters and individual tastes of the members of your ...
Lemon-Rosemary Hummus with Crudites and Crostini (Day Five of Lemon Week)
We're finishing up Lemon Week with a healthy and delicious recipe for Lemon-Rosemary Hummus. I learned to make hummus many years ago from a Greek chef who happened to run the refreshment kiosk at our local swim club one summer. Instead of the usual hot dogs and chips he served us fantastic grilled chicken pitas with fresh hummus and tomatoes. The aromas that wafted from his humble little ...
Lemongrass Lemon Tart with Coconut Shortbread Crust (Day Four of Lemon Week)
I did it again............. I'm having a bad hair day, a real bad hair day! Those of you who know me well or have read the "Meet Chris" section of my blog know all about this problem. You see, I think that blow drying one's hair must be the most boring, tedious, monotonous chore on the face of this earth. At the same time, I like to look somewhat civil and I can't get away with letting my ...
Lemon-Basil Chicken Pasta Salad (Day Three of Lemon Week)
I often hear friends say something like this: "I really need some new recipes. It seems like I just make the same old things over and over." Today I want to share a cooking technique that just might make you realize that you have a lot more recipes than you think! I call this method of cooking template cooking.
My husband thought that this pasta salad was a new recipe and wondered ...
Lemon-Raspberry Polka Dot Pound Cake AND The Making of a Southern Belle
A friend of mine has been out of work for an extended medical leave. She was able to finally return to work yesterday, so I brought a pound cake to celebrate. If you don't live in the Southern United States, you might not understand pound cake. Growing up in the Midwest, the only pound cake that I ever knew was the straight from the freezer-case grocery store type. We moved to the South over ...
Strawberry Citrus and Coconut Lime Sorbets
I could eat sorbet all day! It's not as high in fat and calories as most ice creams, has an intense fruity flavor and makes a lovely finishing touch to a nice dinner. It also makes a great afternoon or evening snack, especially on a warm day. But even if the day is not warm, it just might make you feel like you are smack dab in the middle of summer!!
Today I'm posting about two sorbets ...
Millie Gaul's Amish Sugar Cookies
On Tuesday we had a fun celebration party for some friends of ours. You can read all about the dinner menu on posts from earlier this week. Today's post is about the fabulous sugar cookies pictured above. Tomorrow I will be sharing the recipes for the two sorbets, Strawberry Citrus Sorbet and Coconut-Lime Sorbet.
You might be wondering who in the world Millie Gaul is. I have to admit ...
Grilled Asian Pork Tenderloin with Peanut Sauce
My daughter recommended this pork tenderloin to me and I have to agree with her - it is quite delicious! The original recipe is from one of our favorite cuisine magazines, Fine Cooking. As usual, I did adapt the recipe just a bit. I added some fresh ginger along with fresh basil, cilantro and honey to the peanut sauce. This sauce is "lick the plate clean" fantastic! I am serving it ...
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