Pineapple Mounds Bar Dessert
Cravings, they’re either going to keep me very happy or be the death of me. I know I said I would never make another chocolate candy again, but here I am. While in the supermarket checkout I glanced over and there, tempting me with it’s coconut goodness was a Mounds Bar. I picked it up, contemplating my memory of it’s chocolate coconut melange on my taste buds and then made the fatal mistake of reading the ingredients. I put it down and ran back and grabbed what I needed to make my own. The choice to put pineapple in the Mounds Bars were purely out of having too much pineapple…
4 LAYER BIRTHDAY CAKE
Sometimes you want to make something special but hold on to a recipe for just that right moment. Well, no excuse is better than a birthday to make a cake. Introducing Eden’s birthday cake. Sure, it’s not really a cake per se, but it’s as healthy as it gets, naturally sweet and once decorated, rises to the occasion. Chock full of fruity goodness, this birthday cake will please kids and adults alike. That said, I will do it differently next time. I think certain fruits would work better than the ones I chose. While aesthetically gorgeous, pitaya (dragon fruit) is pretty damn bland. The swirls you see were not just…
Five Spice Papaya Steak With Parsnip Pineapple Rice
Papaya wasn’t always a favorite of mine. Even as a teenager, the few times I tried it, it kind of left me cold. Not that I often saw it around the grocery aisles in Switzerland, where I lived at the time. I guess it took a more evolved adult palate – and a few trips to warmer climates – for me to fully appreciate the delicacy of the papaya. And of course there was Papaya King in New York where papaya, orange and God-knows-what-other mystery additives and flavorings tranformed the fruit into a sugary smoothie tasting nothing whatever like itself! I’m not even sure papaya was in there at all!…
