Dark Chocolate-Hazelnut Soy Ice Cream

Ice cream is such an easy dessert to make and keep on hand.  Garnish with some summer fruit, a cookie or two, or some whipped cream and nuts and you have a gourmet treat to serve your family and guests. We are dark chocolate and nut lovers at our house, and this ice...

Fresh Blackberry Ice Cream

 AugustWhen the blackberries hangswollen in the woods, in the bramblesnobody owns, I spend all day among the highbranches, reachingmy ripped arms, thinking of nothing, crammingthe black honey of summerinto my mouth; all day my body accepts what it is.  In the...

Banana Nut Cake with Buttermilk Glaze

The obituary said she died peacefully on June 16.   At 91, after a full and fruitful life, she deserved that.  While her son and daughters and friends will mourn her passing, they will honor her by living their lives the way in which she lived hers.  Every day to the...

Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip and Walnut Cookies

  Whenever I start looking for a sweet bite, I usually turn to cookies.  They’re easy, quick and portable.  Plus, I can normally freeze most of them so that I don’t eat them all at one time!  Or, I can pack up several and spread them out to neighbors and friends which...

Roasted Banana and Toasted Walnut Ice Cream

    Summer has arrived at our house and with that comes homemade ice cream.  Of course!  Ando I’m always primed and ready to give a new version a twirl (tee- hee).    While cleaning out the little freezer at the lake house this past...

Lime, Lemon and Lavender Shortbread Cookies

    I’m a citrus fanatic, especially limes and lemons.  I often look for ways to incorporate those flavors into whatever I am cooking.  Both make super finishing drizzles to a multitude of entrees, add  a perk to beverages and smoothies, become essential flavors in...