Dessert

Ozenzai — Sweet Red Bean Soup (おぜんざい)

Ozenzai (おぜんざい), a sweet red bean soup, is a very popular, traditional Japanese dessert. It is made with adzuki beans and can be served over toasted mochi, shiratama dango, or a cooked grain, like millet. It’s one of my (many) favorite desserts and it really made my week this week.

Last week I wrote a piece for Today’s Mama, that went live this week, about my great-grandmother’s recipe for schaum brötle, a delicate, melt-in-your-mouth, German meringue cookie that is full of chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, and a hint of lemon zest that brightens the flavors. Writing about those cookies had my mouth-watering, so I decided […]

One of the reasons that I love fall is that it is apple season and I love apples. I’ve been wishing for a bite of a Japanese apple (a little over a year ago I was in Japan experiencing the famous apples of the Aomori region), so decided that a good apple dessert would have to […]

Happy Friday Pie Day my friends! (And how is it possible that it is already September?!?) I am both loving and hating having my older girls back in school. I love it because it lends a bit more structure to our days and gives them more opportunities to see friends, but I hate it because […]

I have a thing for raspberries paired with chocolate . . . it’s just a match made in a heaven. So when I received a Power AirFryer Oven to play with I decided to answer a craving for raspberry chocolate by using the oven’s dehydrating function to make some Dark Chocolate Raspberry Almond Butter Cups. […]

Sponsored by RW Garcia. Do you realize that we only have 15 days until Thanksgiving Day? And only 46 days to go until Christmas Eve? Aaack! Have you started thinking about what you’re going to serve or bring to share for those days? I’ve started, but need to get more serious about it because it’s […]

On July 14th, 1789, the Bastille, a medieval fortress used as a state prison by the king, was stormed by the people of Paris, which commemorated the beginning of the French revolution, the end of Louis XVI’s reign as king of France, and a step towards independence. In 1880 the Ministry of the Interior recommended […]

Happy Friday friends!! How’s everyone’s summer going? During summer I always find myself wanting to be outside and out doing stuff, rather than stuck in the kitchen, which is kind of ironic, considering how much I love all of the fresh summer produce. There’s just too much fun to be had, and to be honest, […]

Last year I worked on a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that were gluten-free and Paleo. After many rounds of cooking and tweaking, I finally had a cookie that I loved and so did my family. I said that it was probably my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Earlier this year I decided to take […]

The countdown is on at our house! My parents are flying in to Salt Lake City tonight, and my brother tomorrow night. We’re spending time with extended family tomorrow afternoon, and then my family and my in-laws are all coming over for Christmas Eve dinner. I love getting to be with everyone for the holidays, […]

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Dessert

Ozenzai — Sweet Red Bean Soup (おぜんざい)

Vegan Schaum Brötle (German meringue cookies)

Apple Raspberry Crisp

Chocolate Truffle Pie with Triple Berry Sauce

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Almond Butter Cups

No-Bake Peppermint Tofu Cheesecake with a Beet Cracker Crust

Cream Puffs with California Avocado Mascarpone Cream

Sauteed Bananas

My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

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