Creamy Asian Root Vegetable Soup made with sweet potatoes, turnips, celery, carrots, and onions with soy sauce and fresh ginger in a creamy broth. Turnips. Another vegetable I have never eaten before. The most common are the white turnip and according to Wikipedia, the turnip was a well-established crop in Hellenistic and Roman times. The root is high in Vitamin C and is only...
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Biscotti, like this one made with cranberries and white chocolate, is a crunchy Italian cookie that's perfect for dunking! I thought I was done with baking for a while after the holidays, but I needed to make bake sale items to sell for a school function last weekend. For me, nothing is easier to pull together last minute than biscotti,...
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Portobello mushrooms stuffed with crumbled Gorgonzola cheese, sun dried tomatoes, garlic and fresh rosemary make a delicious appetizer or meatless meal. I love Gorgonzola cheese; which is a veined blue cheese produced mainly in the northern region of Italy. However, the rest of my family doesn't care for it. So when I picked up some crumbled Gorgonzola cheese instead of...
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These Cinnabon Copycat Cinnamon Rolls taste just like the restaurant version; especially when topped with my homemade cream cheese icing. I usually don't have many sweets in the house and I found myself picking on them more than I normally would, but today is the day to get back on track. And thank goodness the kids FINALLY go back to...
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Mushroom and Thyme Soup made with white button mushrooms, onions, fresh thyme, heavy cream and milk is deliciously creamy. I've been so busy running around preparing for Christmas that I haven't had much time to breathe, let alone eat. In between baking and shopping, I've managed to put food on the table, but my kitchen certainly looked like a war...
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