Mini Pavlovas
Ok, let’s just take a quick moment to take these in. How freaking CUTE are they! AHHHH!
Must-Haves when Traveling with Baby
For 4th of July, my family went on our first vacation to Alabama. This meant taking my 2 month old baby on her first plane ride! I was super nervous and worried that I would have THAT baby that screamed throughout the entire flight. Luckily, she slept through the entire flight (both ways!) without too […]
Strawberry and Chocolate Bread Pudding
I have a confession. I’ve never had bread pudding until last year when a fellow MasterChef contestant of mine, Natasha (who happened to win Food Network’s All Star Academy!), gave me a taste of her bread pudding. Until then, I always thought bread pudding was just soggy bread. Nothing about it appealed to me. But […]
Peach Galette
I spent this last week in Alabama hanging out with my husband’s family in Hunstville. Any time I visit the south, I get into this “biscuits and pie” mood. All I want is good old southern comfort food; hush puppies, pie, cornbread, all that good stuff. Ever since I landed here, I’ve been craving pie […]
Cream Puffs
Pâte à choux has to be the most versatile dough in baking. It’s the base for profiteroles (aka cream puffs), eclairs, gougères and french crullers (my fave!). It also requires a lot of technique and know how. The ratio of eggs, water, butter and flour is the most important part of baking pâte à choux. It is […]
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwiches
Lately my sweet tooth has been out of control. Like crazy. Maybe it has something to do with all the post-baby hormones. Or all the crazy over-the-top desserts that have been trending lately. Crazy milkshakes, ice cream sandwich donuts and rainbow bagels have pretty much taken over my Instagram feed. I’m definitely not short of […]