Corn Chip Candy Bars
I first made this last Christmas. I wanted to combine the trendy flavors of sweet and salty. They’re very rich, but you can’t just eat one!
Category: Dairy
Lake Placid Citrus Cheesecake Tart
Several years ago, my husband and I vacationed in the lovely town of Lake Placid, in New York state. There we found a traditional diner offering a delicious breakfast option of plain yogurt topped with grapefruit and orange segments, and nutty granola. That combination inspired this citrus cheesecake tart. The cheesecake portion is lightly grapefruit flavored, but I always include orange segments as part of the garnish.
Smoking Sharp Dried Cranberry Cheddar Appetizer Truffles
A wonderful single serve cheese ball recipe packaged as a “candy truffle” format. A crunchy sweetened outside,with a creamy savory center means they’ll come back for more!
Lemon Thyme Tarts
Creamy and lemon sharp, these tarts have a hint of thyme and almond, perfect for an early spring dessert.
Strawberry Farmer’s Cheese Dumplings
Fruit dumplings are popular throughout Central Europe, but this recipe is different than others in that it is made with farmer’s cheese. Strawberry dumplings are our family’s favorite, but this recipe can be used with Italian prune plums or small apricots. Though many would see this as a dessert, and it could be, these are more traditionally eaten at lunch. The best farmer’s cheese for this recipe is one that resembles feta, though if only a “pot style” farmer’s cheese is available, a little more flour could be added to make it work. For lunch, it serves two. For dessert, it could serve four.
Celeriac and Celery Soup
When I married my Czech hubby, I was introduced to some new foods. One of which was celery root (aka celeriac). This is a rather ugly looking root vegetable, but the flavor is delightful! I came up with this fairly light soup that includes both celery root and celery stalks. The root helps thicken the soup so that I need only use milk to give it creaminess. For me, it’s the ultimate in comfort food, and yet it can be a rather elegant start to many nice meals.
Cauliflower & Goat Cheese Soup
I took a vintage recipe from an old church cookbook and updated it to become a modern recipe.
Maple Bacon Cheesecake
A creamy delicious cheesecake sweetened with maple syrup that has pieces of bacon in the crust and filling.
Mushroom honey crostini bites
This is a recipe I created. It’s great as an appetizer to wow your guests, just as a snack or a side to dinner. Pan roasted mushrooms meet lovely burrata cheese and amber honey. You cannot lose.