Andrew and I have been trying to improve our diet and fitness lately. Naturally, this involves eating more salads, exercising more, and generally getting outdoors more (difficult in Illinois this “spring”). In furtherance of our health initiative, I developed the “salad” recipe below. There are different kinds of salads in this world — green salad,…
Category: Cookies and Bars
Butterscotch Pecan Blondies
Butterscotch’s primary ingredients are butter and brown sugar. What’s not to love? Because I am a cook, I always notice the foods characters eat in books that I am reading, so much so that I am right now on my third revision of a lamb stew with prunes, inspired by the sponsor gift that Katniss…
Spumoni Drop Cookies
Spumoni (from spuma, meaning foam), is an Italian flavor of ice cream containing chocolate, fruits (usually cherries) and nuts (typically pistachio). Like Neapolitan ice cream, it is created in layers, and it is very popular in countries with large Italian populations such as the US and Argentina. (I am a US citizen of Argentine descent, so…
Chocolate Walnut Bars with Sultry Caramel Sauce
A sumptuous treat rich with chocolate, walnuts and caramel that is excellent at any time on a brisk fall day.
