Keep these healthy homemade ice pops on hand all summer long! Five ingredients or less, featuring sweet, fresh fruit. 27 calories and 0 Weight Watchers SP Homemade ice pops with fresh fruit are a treat that the kids will love and the adults can indulge in when the days start heating up. No preservatives, additives…
Fresh Strawberry Tom Collins Cocktail Recipe
Perfect for Mother’s Day or happy hour on any day! The classic Tom Collins cocktail get a twist with some fresh strawberry puree. Fruity & delicious! This Strawberry Tom Collins cocktail stole my heart the first time I tasted it. What better way to start off the backyard party season than with a cooling cocktail…
Grilled Pineapple Kabobs with Honey & Lime
Grilled pineapple is a fantastic way to curb your sweet tooth without breaking the calorie bank. Serve these honey lime-brushed kabobs with ice cream or grilled shrimp and chicken. 72 calories and 2 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP Grilled Pineapple Kabobs with Honey & Lime Recipe Grilled pineapple is the epitome of summertime. Served with frozen…
Tart Cherry Cream Cheese Yogurt Dip Recipe
Four ingredients and five minutes are all that’s needed to make this healthy tart cherry cream cheese yogurt dip recipe. Bring a little zip to that plate of fruit! 47 calories and 2 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP. Thank you to The Cherry Marketing Institute for helping me to share this recipe with you. There’s nothing…
Watermelon, Goat Cheese & Basil Phyllo Bites Recipe
Whip up these delicious watermelon and goat cheese phyllo cups in about 15 minutes. They’re perfect for easy entertaining! Thank you to Restaurantware for helping me to share this recipe with you. If I come back from a vacation with at least one great recipe (and a lot of memories, of course), I feel like…
Rhubarb & Apple Crisp Recipe {Low Sugar}
Treat your family to a perfectly tart and sweet fruit crisp, made with rhubarb, apples and a crumble topping that is low in sugar, but not in taste. Whenever I cook with rhubarb, I can’t help but conjure up the vision of my husband’s grandmother standing on her back porch, BB gun in hand, ready…
What’s Cookin’…Best Blogger Pear Recipes
Fall is when the sweetest pears appear at the farmers’ markets, and everyone is baking and cooking them. Here is a collection of inspired and inspiring pear recipes. There is a reason that my friends are sending me texts that read things like, “You’re loving this, aren’t you?” or “I can see your smile from…
Sweet Nectarine Crostini Recipe with Feta Cheese
Sweet nectarines, serrano chile and feta cheese come together for a fantastic salty and sweet crostini appetizer topping. I met Lori Lange of Recipe Girl a couple of times since I started blogging, but really didn’t have a chance to get to know her until we shared a hotel room at the end of Georgia…
Strawberries & Cream Scone Recipe for Mother’s Day {Healthy}
Last night, I wrote a rather maudlin post, which expressed the heaviness I felt about being away from my mum on Mother’s Day. When I awoke this morning, I knew that the whole thing must be re-written. Why wallow in the disappointment of one day when there is a lifetime of pleasures to celebrate? After…
How to Seed a Pomegranate (Without Making a Mess!)
Ever wonder how to seed a pomegranate without making a huge mess? This step-by-step photo tutorial will show you how to do it. This is the height of pomegranate season and those beautiful baffling fruit seemed to demand a return of my “How to” series. I steered clear of pomegranates for a long time because…
Raspberry Crumb Bar Recipe with Almond Streusel Topping
Any tradition that starts with fresh fruit and a streusel topping is bound to be a keeper, I say. The first summer after I started this blog, I posted Spiked Blueberry Crumb Bars, a streusel-topped fruit bar, kicked up with a splash of rum. Each summer since then, I posted a new version: Summer Cherry…
Strawberry, Brie Cheese, Honey & Basil Crostini Recipe
The first time my brother-in-law offered to cook for us, I pasted a smile on my face and stifled an urge to run for the hills. At the time, he was a bachelor and used to feeding himself basic meals that could go from microwave to plate as quickly as possible (yeah, that meant a…
Pink Grapefruit & Orange Compote with Ginger Yogurt Recipe
This light and bright citrus compote, topped with ginger-infused yogurt, is perfect for weekend brunch or a quick weekday breakfast. There is a very good reason why grapefruit, in compotes or otherwise, evokes strong memories of peanuts and blue jays. Well, Stellar’s jays, to be exact. Summertime weekends were often spent at my grandparents’ cottage…
How to: Peel a Peach
Yesterday I wrote about the Peach Crumb Bars with Hazelnut Streusel that we have been snacking on over the past few days. In that post, I promised that I would show you how to peel a peach as part of my ongoing “How to” series. Of course, peeled peaches are not just relegated to crumb…
Peach Crumb Bars with Hazelnut Streusel Recipe
The sweetness of summertime peaches shin through in these peach crumbs bars, topped with a delightful crumbly hazelnut streusel. Peach Crumb Bars with Hazelnut Streusel Recipe Today is a special day. My eldest son turns 10 and these peach crumb bars are for him. Yesterday we were talking about how “10” is an auspicious year…
Orange Cantaloupe Sorbet Recipe
While I am enjoying some summer playtime with my family, several of my favorite food bloggers will be sharing their talents with you. First up is Amanda of The Cilantropist, who brings us amazing recipes such as Chili Lime Marinated Shrimp, Rose Sangria and this refreshing Orange Cantaloupe Sorbet. As you will see, her photography…
How to: Choose & Cut a Pineapple
There are some fruits that are determined not to be eaten. From the oddly shaped pit of the mango (see How to: Cut a Mango) to the thick skin and pointed leaves of the pineapple, these tropical fruits are as inhospitable as Death Valley in the middle of July. I was always baffled by that…
Grilled Pineapple with Brown Sugar Rum Sauce Recipe
Top sweet grilled pineapple with ice cream and drizzle a fantastic brown sugar rum sauce over top for a spectacular summertime dessert. As we enter the final week of our Get Grillin’ event, Marla of Family Fresh Cooking and I would like to thank each and every one of you who generously shared your recipes….
Blackberry & Strawberry Crisp with Gingersnap Crumble Recipe for Father’s Day
The way to my husband’s heart is through his fruit dessert-loving stomach…or packaged up on a plate of Smoky Peanut Mole. Last year on Father’s Day I strayed from the sure-fire rhubarb dessert and made a batch of Dulce de Lech & Chocolate Waffle Cone Ice Cream. It was a risky move, but one that…
Easy Strawberry Sorbet Recipe
When the fragrance of strawberries snaked its way from the other side of the kitchen, I knew it was time to make a simple recipe that would highlight the berries’ natural sweetness. Three ingredients – strawberries, sugar and lemon juice – are all that is needed to make this refreshing sorbet. This is the dessert…
