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I am a multicultural Southern California native with a lifelong passion for entertaining and all cuisines. A retired corporate executive, now loving life as a recipe developer and food blogger.
Micheline
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Lemon Tart (Tarte au Citron)
This is a classic French lemon tart recipe (Tarte au Citron) that is surprisingly easy to make and incredibly delicious. Finished with a dusting of powdered sugar, this beautiful lemon tart is elegant in its simplicity, and even more impressive when served with a raspberry coulis. This tart recipe uses our easy Shortcrust Pastry recipe, which is then filled with a very tart lemon custard filling. You know this is an authentic French lemon tart when you get that pucker on your first bite!
Shortcrust Pastry (Pâte Brisée)
This absolutely perfect Shortcrust Pastry recipe makes a lovely buttery base for any tart, pie, or quiche filling. It’s a bit more delicate than your typical pie crust, so it adds a tender, flaky, shortbread-like taste and texture to any dessert or quiche. Try this traditional French pastry with our Lemon Tart (Tarte au Citron) recipe for the perfect combination of flavors and textures!
Triple Berry Crisp
Wild blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries are tossed with vanilla and cinnamon, smothered with a delicious, crispy pecan streusel and oats topping, and then baked to perfection. When served warm with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream, the result is a succulent bite of warm berries and sweet, crispy cookie-like topping. After just one bite, you’ll swear you’ve gone to fruit crisp heaven! This simple dessert comes together in minutes, and is great for entertaining.
Vegan Oat Bars
Oats, chunky almond butter, dark chocolate, and tart dried cherries, make these Vegan Oat Bars a tasty and healthy treat. Packed with almond pulp and other wholesome ingredients, these dessert-like energy bars will curb your hunger for hours. Finished with a drizzle of chocolate, it’s hard to believe that these yummy oat bars are dairy free, gluten free, and vegan!
Almond Milk
This Almond Milk is so thick and creamy, and is ridiculously easy to make. Homemade almond milk has a decadent mouthfeel, but it is healthy, full of nutrients, and free of additives and stabilizers. It can be made unsweetened or sweetened with no refined sugar. It is quite delicious and the best part is it makes amazing lattes! This homemade almond milk actually froths like cream! And, there are so many recipes you can make with almond pulp, which is a byproduct of this recipe.
Ginger Simple Syrup
Our Ginger Simple Syrup has the perfect depth of ginger flavor, without being overly pungent. It’s delicious in hot tea, a wonderful sweetener for cocktails, and a refreshing change when drizzled on pancakes. Whether you like a light touch, or a major punch of ginger, this recipe is easily customizable. The bonus is you end up with candied or crystallized ginger for snacking!
Kumquat Marmalade
This Kumquat Marmalade is bright in both color and flavor! It’s tart and sweet, and can be used in a variety of ways. Our small batch freezer jam recipe requires no canning, and uses no pectin or refined sugar! For a treat, try topping some vanilla bean ice cream with slightly warmed kumquat marmalade. If you have never made jam, this is a great place to start!
Cherry Marzipan Galette
This delightful Cherry Marzipan Galette is a simple, yet elegant dessert. What’s not to love about pairing almonds and cherries in a rustic tart?! We combined sweet and tart cherries along with marzipan, to give this lovely little galette a beautiful balance of flavors. The result, when baked in a buttery homemade crust, is a warm and luscious bite of cherries with just a hint of marzipan. Top with vanilla bean ice cream or homemade whipped cream, to complete this heavenly dessert.
Healthy Cashews
Our Healthy Cashews are a full-fledged superfood snack, really yummy, and very addicting! This quick and easy, healthy snack is lightly coated with natural honey and sprinkled with Himalayan pink salt. These nuts have a nice balance of sweet and salty flavor, and the crunchy chia seeds add a lovely mild, nutty texture to this healthy snack or appetizer.
Simple Cheeseboard
Need a quick hors d’oeuvres idea for entertaining guests with various dietary preferences? This cheeseboard easily satisfies omnivores, vegetarians, and gluten-free diets alike. It’s elegant, quick and easy to put together, and then there is that wonderful assortment of cheeses. You can’t go wrong with a Simple Cheeseboard as an appetizer!
Chai Spice Bundt Cake
This Chai Spice Cake is subtly spiced and so moist and delicious. The flavors of chai tea infuse this delectably tender cake, to result in a lovely Bundt cake that tastes wonderful on its own, and simply amazing when drizzled with my Quick Orange Glaze. It is perfect with a cup of tea or coffee, but it’s so good that it really can be enjoyed anytime!
Epic Chicken Nachos
Prepare your palate for the ultimate nachos! This Epic Chicken Nachos recipe is loaded with fresh ingredients, each of which have lots of flavor, and are actually good for you. Instead of standard chips, we used black bean flaxseed tortilla chips to boost the protein, fiber, and flavor of this dish. The result is a sheet pan full of deliciously loaded nachos that can generously serve 4 for a main dish, or 8 appetizer portions. This gluten-free recipe can also be converted to vegetarian!
Potato Tacos (Tacos de Papa)
These are not your ordinary Potato Tacos (Tacos de Papa). Bringing more authentic tastes of Mexico, these tacos de papa have so much flavor! We reduced the amount of oil to make this a little healthier than the traditional deep fried tacos de papa, and increased the flavor in the filling to make them absolutely delicious!
Mild Three Chile Salsa
This quick, smoky salsa can easily be made extra mild or super spicy, and is delicious as a dip or a topping on tacos, tamales, enchiladas, and more. Crank up the heat and use it as a hot sauce for anything that needs some extra flavor! Our 3 step recipe is really tasty and so ridiculously quick and easy, that you will likely never want to buy salsa again!
Instant Pot Steamed Potatoes
What’s the big deal about steamed potatoes? If they are perfectly cooked, these little gems are deliciously creamy, and pretty much go with everything! Our Instant Pot Steamed Potatoes are great to serve with stews, for making potato tacos or smashed potatoes, and as a side dish for any meal. Dress them up however you like!
Healthy Mediterranean Penne
This Healthy Mediterranean Penne is garlicky, lemony, a little spicy, and so delicious! Our recipe uses whole grain penne pasta, fresh broccoli, tomatoes, Kalamata olives, fresh herbs, and more, to make this main dish extra tasty. This healthy and yummy pasta is vegan, vegetarian, and dairy-free, and can easily be converted to gluten-free.
Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
These Lemon Ricotta Pancakes have a beautifully fresh and lemony flavor, combined with a light and creamy texture that will surprise you. With a bright and citrusy flavor, these heavenly little cakes are a bit more refined than your ordinary pancake. They are delicate and tender, and make a beautiful breakfast or brunch dish for the weekend. And, this recipe can easily be made gluten-free!
Glazed Orange Cranberry Bread
Quick bread has never been so fresh and delicious! The first bite is like an explosion of flavor. My Glazed Orange Cranberry Bread tastes like a fresh orange and gets even better when the tart pop of a fresh cranberry bursts in your mouth. This recipe is full of natural ingredients (and a secret ingredient), and topped with a beautiful orange glaze that leaves you wanting more of this zesty and heavenly bread.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Delights
So rich and chocolatey, and exploding with peanut butter flavor, these Chocolate Peanut Butter Delights are ridiculously simple to make and amazingly delicious! All it takes is 10 minutes and 4 ingredients to make these easy and lovely sweet treats. These lovely chocolate treats are vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, keto, and above all, they are divine!!
Quick Orange Glaze
This Quick Orange Glaze is wonderful on everything from quick bread, spice cake, and sweet loaf, to pastries. With all natural ingredients, this 3-ingredient glaze makes everything it’s drizzled on taste like you are biting into a fresh orange!