Zucchini Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting

Zucchini Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting

I’m cooking more and more with zucchini this year, those of you who follow my blog recipes have probably noticed this. Our family go-to breakfast bread is banana bread, but for some reason they were all out of bananas at my local grocery stores this week. Well...
Avocado Ice Cream (Vegan!)

Avocado Ice Cream (Vegan!)

I’m not a vegan, but I am always interested in new avocado recipes! This ice cream is creamy and smooth, I wouldn’t say it tastes strongly of avocados, but it is delicious and I love the colour too! Ingredients: 2 avocados (peeled and pitted) 1 banana 1...
Honey Roasted Apples

Honey Roasted Apples

Now that my eldest son is at University, it feels as though cooking family meals has been radically simplified. First of all, my younger son announced to me that he wanted to reduce his consumption of meat. Since I had been fighting the losing side of this argument...
Blueberry-Almond tart

Blueberry-Almond tart

This delightful and easy tart is an adaptation from a recipe I found on Gimme Some Oven. It’s a fast and tasty tart to make and has that great combination of not-too-sweet, fruit and crunch that I like. In my tart, I made a few changes, I used mascarpone instead...
Crostata di Marmellata

Crostata di Marmellata

This is, perhaps, my absolute favourite tea-time treat! I grew up in Italy,  where crostata de marmellata, less sonorously translated as “jam tart” is fairly standard fare. But I never found it especially delicious until I vacationed on Isola del Giglio where it was...