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Grapefruit Cake

It’s grapefruit season, and I got it in my head to make a grapefruit cake. As I searched around the internet for ideas, I was surprised to find that there weren’t many recipes available. And the reviews for the ones that did exist almost universally referenced very subtle grapefruit flavor. I wanted intense grapefruit flavor,…

Carrot Apple Butternut Squash Soup

Credit for this Guessipe goes to my cousin! He made a carrot Asian pear butternut squash soup for me years ago when I was laid up after surgery. Ever since then I’ve been trying to get him to tell me how to make that soup, but since he Guessipes like I do but without documenting…

Garlic Croutons

Homemade croutons are so easy. You can season them any way you like, but even this simple version is so delicious. Once I made these, my husband swore off eating store-bought croutons ever again! Guessipe Toss the bread with the olive oil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Spread in a single layer on a foil-lined…

Sausage Strata

We were going to a baseball game and staying overnight with family who live near the stadium. I’d recently somehow managed to accumulate several loaves of bread and was looking for ways to use them. It occurred to me that a strata would be perfect – I could make it before the game, leave it…

Bananas Foster Cake

There were seven bananas in the bunch I bought recently. I used three of them to make my Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Banana Bread, and was in the mood to try something different with the remaining four bananas. Caramelized bananas sounded good to me, so I decided to try making a cake with a banana…

Chocolate Biscoff Ice Cream

I was gifted some Biscoff butter, which I’d been struggling to figure out what to do with because it was almost too deliciously decadent. Then I saw Biscoff cookies on sale at Costco and I had the revelation that Biscoff ice cream was what I’d been saving that Biscoff butter for. I threw in some…

Chocolate Sesame Crisp Ice Cream with Cinnamon Nut Butter Swirl

This was a pantry clean-out ice cream that turned out so good I had to rapidly make several more batches in succession. I definitely succeeded in clearing the semi-sweet chocolates, sesame crisps, and cinnamon nut butter out of my pantry! Now I just have to resist the temptation to acquire more so that I can…

Caramelized Squash Tart

It’s summer squash season, so I’ve got zucchini and yellow squash coming out of my ears. My husband asked if there was any new way we could eat the squash (so demanding haha). I knew from making my caramelized zucchini and onion pasta that caramelizing is a tasty way to use up a lot of…

Street Corn Salad

Cookbook Club – Brian Lagerstrom In August, rather than a traditional cookbook we chose Brian Lagerstrom’s recipe blog https://www.brianlagerstrom.com/. Lagerstrom is a self-described “Restaurant chef turned YouTube chef”. For a view of the full meal, go to my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish! I was excited to try the Street Corn (Elotes…

Mexican Hot Chocolate Sugar Cookie Ice Cream

After success with using grocery store chocolate chip cookies as a mix-in for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream, I decided I could do something similar with a container of grocery story sugar cookies left over from the same party. This time I thought Mexican Hot Chocolate would be a good base for the…

Sambal and Parmesan Buns

Cookbook Club – Mooncakes and Milkbread For our Cookbook Club in June, we used Kristina Cho’s Mooncakes and Milkbread. The cookbook really did make us feel like we were in a Chinese bakery! To peruse all of our savory and sweet goods, go to my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish! I think…

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream

A guest had brought over some grocery store chocolate chip cookies when we had a party. The cookies weren’t great to eat on their own, so pretty much the whole container was left. I can’t bear to throw food away, so I thought they might work as an ice cream mix-in. I decided to try…