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Desserts

Garnet Yam Crisp with Dried Cherries and Coconut- Gluten Free

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  I developed this recipe because I wanted a fun way to eat Garnet Yams as a healthy breakfast (or dessert!).  This crisp is gluten free and very low in sugar.  If you don’t have a problem with gluten you can just make it with “regular” flour. The topping includes a combination of sliced almonds,…

Strawberry Pudding

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  This is a recipe that I will be taking lots of different flavor directions this summer.  It is a perfect warm weather dessert because you don’t heat up the house making it. This Strawberry Dessert was one of my Mom’s recipes from years and years ago.  It is really healthy because it’s made with…

Flourless Chocolate Cake

  This cake is naturally gluten free because there is no flour in it.  There are no nuts in it either.  The ingredients are three kinds of chocolate, eggs, expresso powder, grapeseed oil, vanilla and only 1/4 cup of sugar. This recipe is a spin off of my Coconut Cake that you make in your…

Meyer Lemon Mousse

  It’s Meyer Lemon season so I feel obliged to share another one of my yummy lemon recipes with you! This mousse really does taste like a combination of the filling and the meringue of a great lemon meringue pie! It is very creamy and not as heavy as the filling of a lemon meringue…

Raspberry Curd

  Here is the recipe for my new Raspberry Curd!  The flavor is fresh and intense and very raspberry.  I used a 12 oz bag of frozen organic raspberries from Trader Joes.  I think the bag was $3.69, so it was a good deal and the berries had been picked when they were perfectly ripe….

Meyer Lemon Curd Two Ways!

  I researched all of my recipes for lemon curd and created one that I think has just the right balance of serious lemon flavor combined with the butter and egg. It is intensely lemony, but in a good way.  The color of the curd is a bright lemony yellow. I think my recipe could…