Valentine’s Day Gift- Homemade Box of Chocolates
January 31, 2010 – 9:38 pm
Normally, my more hair-brained schemes fail big time but this one actually turned out! The chocolates are very sweet but I think if I use semi-sweet instead of milk chocolate for the shells it won’t be so ultra sweet. Also maybe less butter. Anyway, here is how I made a homemade heart-shaped box out of […]
By Kristine Leuze | Posted in Food | Tagged homemade box of chocolates, homemade chocolate box, sweet treat valentine, valentine's chocolate, valentine's day recipes, Valentine's Day Treats |
Cookbook Review: Petite Sweets
January 28, 2010 – 8:22 pm
Today I was lucky enough to receive this book in the mail. I was super-excited because I am a huge fan of Beatrice Ojakangas-and not just because she too is Minnesotan but because her recipes are unique without being too far-fetched. I like that her recipes use simple ingredients that allow certain flavors to shine […]
By Kristine Leuze | Posted in Book Reviews, Food | Tagged beatrice ojakangas, bite size baking, new baking books, Petite Sweets, valentine's day recipes |
Daring Bakers’ January Challenge: Gluten-Free Nanaimo Bars
January 27, 2010 – 8:04 am
* The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca. *I’d like to preface this post also by noting that the source listed above, 101 […]
By Kristine Leuze | Posted in Food | Tagged canadian dessert, canadian recipes, Daring Bakers, gluten free dessert, gluten free recipe, gluten-free, heidi swanson, nanaimo, nanaimo bars, super natural cooking, tasty bar recipe |