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Aromatic Sugar for Roasting – Pink Pepper, Cardamom & Mace

July 12, 2013 by Ariel 3 Comments

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Have you ever thought about roasting fruits?  Funny idea maybe, or maybe not….

For my taste, one of the best ways to showcase veggies is to roast them.  I love roasted sweet potatoes, roasted fennel, carrots and pretty much every veggies I found, I tried to roast it.  It just makes every flavors come out perfectly and it’s like having a small piece of heaven in my mouth.

…then I thought…

Why not trying to roast fruits to make a fun topping for yogurt, maybe oatmeal, cakes or even as a side dish beside a traditional breakfast!?  Would that be possible or even tasty?  In fact IT IS!  and it’s damn delicious!  Almost everything could be roasted as long as its slightly firm and you have to try to see if you like.  My first try was with a supreme of oranges but for you, the sky is the limit!  These days I dream of roasting green apples, peaches, pineapples, strawberries and more…  Be sure that I’ll keep you posted on my experimentation via this blog and my facebook page (for the social media addicts who’s following me) but try it out on your own and let me know how it turned out.

Today I’m presenting you this sugar blend as “roasting sugar” but again, it could easily be used for any other type of  purposes like on top of a freshly cut grapefruit, to add an extra kick of flavor to your oatmeal and more…  Either way I hope you’ll enjoy it  as much as I do :)…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Spice Blend Tagged With: cane sugar, green cardamom pods, ground, mace, nutmeg, peppercorns, pink pepper, recipe, roasting, roasting fruits, sugar

Soft and Chewy Pumpkin & Oatmeal cookies!

October 5, 2012 by Ariel 7 Comments

I’m on a pumpkin rampage, I bought some fresh pumpkins to make my own puree and some canned just because sometimes I can be lazy. My goal is to make as many recipes pumpkin flavored as possible. These cookies are amazing… I had to make 3 different batches before being able to take some photos because everybody just kept eating them before I had the time to take a single picture. If you like soft and chewy cookies that dip in milk perfectly, these are going to be your new favorite ones to celebrate pumpkin season.

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Filed Under: Cookies, Nuts, Recipes, Sweets Tagged With: brown sugar, cane sugar, cardamon, cinnamon, cookies, desert, fall automn, ginger powder, nut, nutmeg, oat, oatmeal, pena, pumpkin, recipe, sweet

Pumpkin Fudge

October 5, 2012 by Ariel 6 Comments

Ahhh fudge…  it’s something sooo tasty but you don’t want to make it too often because you will gain an extreme amount of weight…  You can do like me and make a nice batch and give it all away to others will gain the weight hehe #evill 😛

If you never made fudge before (it was my first experience) the only details you need to remember is that it NEED to get to the right temperature during the boiling process and it takes more than a few hours to be the right texture.  When I first tried to make it, after 5-6 hours looking at it (no kidding), it still had a very gooey texture more like a spread and I thought that I ruined it but only the next day that I realized that it was actually perfect.  I just had to be more patient.. Witch I’m not really… I have to work on that lol

I hope you will enjoy this tasty fall sugar treat with your loved ones 🙂  I love pumpkin season 🙂

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Filed Under: Candies, Recipes, Sweets Tagged With: brown sugar, cardamon, cinnamon, corn syrup, desert, fudge, ginger powder, milk, nut, nutmeg, pecan, pumpkin, recipe, sugar, sweet

Beef & Butternut Squash Stew

October 4, 2012 by Ariel 7 Comments

I was passing by the farmer’s market the other day when I saw that the winter squash are starting to come out! yay!  I always liked the different winter squash but never got around to cook with any of them.  So I took my courage (…ok it didn’t take that much courage lol I was actually pretty excited) and I bought a butternut squash to experiment…  My head was going all over the place on what I could do with it.  Roast it, grill it or make a stew!

This beef and butternut stew is super simple and so delicious that I had to make a second batch before being able to take those photos for you because we ate it all the first night 😛  It was a success in my house, and I hope it will be a success in yours too 😉

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Filed Under: Beef, Recipes Tagged With: beef, blanch, butternut squash, carrots, majoram, mini yellow potatoes, nutmeg, olive oil, parsley flakes, recipe, red onion, sear, stew, while pepper corn

Mini Banana & Walnuts Breads

August 28, 2012 by Ariel 4 Comments

It’s the end of August already and once we start September, we can officially said that fall is coming up and then the cold and dark season of winter.. boohooo….  But no need to get all depressive YET because the season of fall bring us a TON of tasty goodies and between you and me, it’s my favorite season.

To celebrate the end of the summer and the beginning of fall, I decided to be make 3 mini loaf of  delicious banana bread with 2 of my favorite spices; cinnamon and nutmeg.  I don’t know about you but I like to eat my bread warm with a bit of butter… I know it’s not the healthiest way but it’s so worth it!!  Hope you enjoy this recipe and happy baking!

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Filed Under: Bread, Nuts, Sweets Tagged With: baking, Banana, bread, cinnamon, desert, fall, fruit, ginger, loafs, nutmeg, walnuts

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