One of my favorite places to grab a meal when I’m at Disneyland is Mimi’s Cafe. It is outside of the park, near my favorite off-site hotel, the Howard Johnson Anaheim. They have very good food at very reasonable prices, and they have a carrot raisin bread and a corn chowder that I would eat… Continue reading Mimi’s Cafe Corn Chowder
We’re finally having our first snow day here in Seattle… and I’m makin’ doughnuts! I’m making them just like my mom used to make when I was a kid. Fried biscuit dough covered in granulated sugar (my fave) and also glazed (my husband’s fave) My daughter loved them too, but doesn’t like to get messy,… Continue reading Homemade Glazed & Sugar Doughnuts
Fried Ice Cream Fried Ice Cream is one of my very favorite desserts, and something that I don’t have very often, mainly because you have to go to a Mexican restaurant to get it, and by the time I’m done eating at one of those I am usually too stuffed for dessert. When I was… Continue reading Homemade Fried Ice Cream
Blackberry Crumb Bars As I mentioned in my homemade blackberry jam post, I love blackberries. Love them. My absolute very favorite thing to make out of blackberries is blackberry crisp. This is the perfect way to make blackberry crisp a little more elegant. In bar form. I was looking for something to do with the… Continue reading Blackberry Crumb Bars
Homemade blackberry jam Blackberries: Arguably my favorite berry, and probably one of the least exotic berries in the world. In fact, here in the Seattle area in the summertime, these berries are free. That’s right. F-R-E-E. Considered a weed. I like to pick them in the summer and freeze them. Because although I love to… Continue reading Homemade Blackberry Jam
Crème Brulée Crème Brulée: one of my favorite guilty pleasures. An elegant dessert for a dinner party, but easy enough to just make for anytime, which is what I did today. Also known as burnt cream, Crème Brulée is is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel.… Continue reading Crème Brulée
I love crepes. When I was a kid, my mom would make them on special occasions. It was what I always wanted for my birthday breakfast. A super thin, delicate pancake filled with fresh fruit and topped with a dusting of powdered sugar and a dallop of whipped cream. Yum. This delicious and elegant breakfast… Continue reading Homemade Strawberry Crepes
Rumbly in my Tumbly 