Fruit & Berry Crisp {Secret Recipe Club 5/14}

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Welcome to another Secret Recipe Club! What is Secret Recipe Club? It’s the awesome sway where you are assigned another blogger (in secret!) and you make one of their recipes. Then on the same day everyone reveals what they have made. Get more info here on how you can sign up for SRC.

For this swap I was assigned Debbi from Debbi Does Dinner… Healthy & Low Calorie. As usual I wasn’t sure where to start or what to make.

fruits Fruit & Berry Crisp {Secret Recipe Club 5/14}

I was a little pressed for time between finals, moving down south and starting my new job. My goal was to find something that could be eaten quickly and that would use of some leftovers around my apartment.

As I was looking through her recipes I saw a fruit & berry crisp that sounded pretty wonderful and I knew it would be the perfect recipe!

This crisp does seem a bit out of season with the fruits I’m using but it tasted wonderful. And this recipe allows you to adapt whatever fruit you have or like.

finished crisp Fruit & Berry Crisp {Secret Recipe Club 5/14}

I cut Debbi’s recipe in half, but honestly it was still a ton! I think it could even be cut down a little more if you plan on making this for 1-2 people.

You could even make mini personal crisps with ramekins — cutting down on baking time and proportion size — yay!

You should try a scoop of ice cream on top too… I used some left over chèvre frozen yogurt and its was out of this world!

crisp in a bowl Fruit & Berry Crisp {Secret Recipe Club 5/14}

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Nutella Raviolis #PastaLove

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It’s time for another love event!

I was so sad I wasn’t able to host the last one, but I was excited for this challenge.

Pasta is not something I do often. We don’t eat it that often and I definitely don’t make it often. But on top of all of that to make a sweet pasta? Oh boy.

nutella and mint Nutella Raviolis #PastaLove

I really wasn’t sure if I was going to make it through this one.

Originally I had envisioned making my own chocolate pasta dough and filling it with something tasty…it seemed like a wonderful idea. But again, time got away from me.

So instead of the super original sweet pasta idea I made a recipe that has intrigued me for years.

uncooked  Nutella Raviolis #PastaLove

The first time I saw this recipe was a few years back on the Food Network. Giada and her mom were making them and they seemed perfect!

Deep fried chocolate filled wontons? Yes please!

fried ravioli Nutella Raviolis #PastaLove

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Chèvre Frozen Yogurt with Pistachio Crunch and Beet-Lime Ganache {Milk Bar Monday 5/7}

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Welcome to another Milk Bar Monday!

This week we tackled our most challenging recipe yet. It was a multiple step process with weird ingredients.

It all started out a little rocky for me when I was looking through the recipe, trying to figure out what all I needed, and saw the pistachio crunch required pistachio nut paste and feuilletineUmm…what??

When I went to my local grocery store I knew there was no way they would have either one of these speciality items. As I was walking around I called all the health food stores, grocery stores, and kitchen supply stores in West Lafayette and Carmel.

beets Chèvre Frozen Yogurt with Pistachio Crunch and Beet Lime Ganache {Milk Bar Monday 5/7}

No such luck with anything. After a quick google search I found I could make my own pistachio paste and substitute the feuilletine with corn flakes. No big deal…or so I thought!

Making the pistachio nut paste turned out to be super expensive (1 cup of pistachios at my store = $8) and not as easy as I expected. I actually overheated my Vitamix forcing me to use my little hand choppy thing and do it in small batches.

pistachios Chèvre Frozen Yogurt with Pistachio Crunch and Beet Lime Ganache {Milk Bar Monday 5/7}

I also ended up having to add some green food coloring, otherwise it would have been a gross brown paste. So not appetizing. 

The beets took forever to roast to a mushy state and I was a little worried the ganache was going to break with the lime juice, but it luckily all worked out.

beet puree Chèvre Frozen Yogurt with Pistachio Crunch and Beet Lime Ganache {Milk Bar Monday 5/7}

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