What’s For Dinner?

Sun: White Beans with Tomato, Basil, and Sausage over Parmesan Polenta

Mon: Open Faced Grilled Eggplant Sandwiches

Tues: Chicken Breast Stuffed with Blackened Chile Pesto over Rice Pilaf

Wed: Penne with Triple Tomato Sauce

Thurs: Pan Seared Salmon and Grilled Asparagus with Preserved Lemon Aioli

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Ginger Grapefruit Cheesecake Recipe

 
I totally cheated for this months Daring Bakers! You see, I had already baked a cheesecake and was all ready to write a blog post about it when I found out that the Daring Bakers challenge this month was none other than…cheesecake!
The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She [...]

April 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Daring Bakers, Recipes, dessert | One comment

A Special Cookie for a Special Person!

It is my friend Tam’s birthday today. Happy birthday Tam! Tam is a good friend of mine from Australia. Her and her husband, Cam (yes Tam and Cam….cute huh?) moved into the same Avalon apartment complex as TDH and myself in San Francisco almost three years and we became fast friends. Over the last three [...]

March 13th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Recipes, dessert | 2 comments

Individual Blueberry Chocolate Cobblers

week is the Black Muscat dessert wine we had with the dessert I made for Valentine’s Day. I have never been a huge fan of dessert wines. They have always been way too sweet to me, to the point where my mouth would pucker every time I would take a sip.However, I have slowly come to [...]

March 6th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Recipes, dessert | One comment

Daring Bakers Challenge- For The Love Of Chocolate

The picture above shows you all the ingredients needed to make a flourless chocolate cake: eggs, butter, and a whole lotta yummy, creamy, scrumptious, delicious, decadent (Oh god I’m getting hungry!) chocolate!
The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef.
We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino [...]

February 28th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Daring Bakers, Recipes, dessert | 18 comments

Daring Bakers- Tuiles

This month’s challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have chosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angélique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel Roux.
Need a good idea for a decadent Valentine’s Day dessert but don’t want to break the [...]

January 29th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Daring Bakers, Recipes, dessert | 11 comments
 
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