This is one of my older recipes that I hadn’t made for a while. It is easy to make and tastes great! The flavor combination of apples (both fruit and juice), ground almonds, Dijon mustard and sherry is wonderful. This recipe is great for the summer because it is all done on top of the…
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Oatmeal Toffee Crunch Cookies
I have been told by a good source that these cookies are addictive! That same source hid a whole box of these in his office desk drawer so nobody else in the office could have any. He’s a cookie hoarder! Luckily I sent a bunch of other cookies to the office at the same…
Drawing For A $50 Gift Certificate From Andreas Jewelry!
I am having a new drawing for a $50 Gift Certificate for jewelry that I have created. It can either be used at http://www.andreasjewelry.com or http://www.andreasjewelry.etsy.com . I have a couple hundred pieces of jewelry to choose from in the $50 and under price range! You can choose something for yourself, or maybe pick out…
Toasted Coconut Chocolate Chunk Cookies
I hope my gorgeous plate doesn’t overshadow these cookies because they are really good! In case you are wondering about the plate, it was from the Bradford Exchange years ago and the artist is Lena Liu. It was a series of four plates that all featured hummingbirds (they are under the cookies) and beautiful…
Italian Shrimp Salsa/ Salad
This Shrimp Salsa is an adaptation of my earlier Shrimp Salsa which is more of a traditional Mexican salsa with chopped prawns added. The flavors of this version are very Italian with lots of fresh basil, tomatoes, onions, capers, sundried tomatoes and parsley. It looks gorgeous and it’s extremely healthy! This salsa is great…
Crunchy Pecan Cookies
This cookie recipe was originally published in Gourmet Magazine in April of 2005. It is now posted on the Epicurious website. The only thing that I changed from the original recipe was I reduced the sugar from 1 cup to 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons- it was way too sweet. That is a lot more…
