Watermelon Soup

watermelon soup

Before you click away because this is something so completely unheard of on a sweets website, hear me out! 

My friend Keely over at Gormandize with A-dizzle and K-bobo is hosting a vegan soup hop this week and I thought that sounded like the perfect challenge for a sweet baker.

In my daily life I’m pretty much as far as I can be from vegan – eggs and bacon for breakfast, turkey sandwiches or ramen for lunch, meat and potato type dinners….and of course baked good after baked good.

chopped watermelon Watermelon Soup

But all of us need some balance in our lives so I figured this was a good place to start.

Watermelon is one of my favorite fruits. I love it. It totally reminds me of being 5 and having seed spitting contests in the summer.

After a bit of consulting with friends on Twitter I was inspired to make a soup with gazpacho type flavors. After ripping through all my cupboards I realized I didn’t have anything gazpacho like!

ingredients Watermelon Soup

So I stuck to what I know – sweets. 

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Strawberry Rhubarb Hand Pies #SundaySupper

hand pie

I am so excited to be participating in another #SundaySupper! It’s been a while since I’ve been able to join in on the fun, but this weekend finally worked out.

This #SundaySupper is focused on showers – as in baby and bridal showers.

This time of year is lovely for both of those things. So I tried to think of something “springy.”

My bf is a big fan of strawberry rhubarb pie and suggests it often. Strawberry rhubarb screams spring to me, so I decided to go with it this time and make little hand pies.

strawberries Strawberry Rhubarb Hand Pies #SundaySupper

I like the half moon shape of the hand pies, but if you want a fun shape go for it! Hearts would be cute.

Thank you to Isabel at Family Foodie for letting me jump in on this one and Liz Lange for helping plan the perfect shower! And don’t forget to check out the other #SundaySupper recipes from Renee at Magnolia Day and Sunithi at Sue’s Nutrition Buzz. [Read more...]

Pistachio Strawberry Cupcakes {Holiday Recipe Club 3/15}

frosted cupcakes

It’s time for another edition of Holiday Recipe Club! Today’s theme is St. Patrick’s Day. The required ingredients for this hop included potatoes, pistachios and beer! Want to join the fun? Contact me here!

As I said, this hop’s theme is St. Patrick’s Day.

A few people jumped the gun and helped me pick the ingredients. It was so nice to have the suggestions! Keep them coming!

We ended up with potatoes and beer – to keep it Irish – and pistachios for something green.

ground pisatchios  Pistachio Strawberry Cupcakes {Holiday Recipe Club 3/15}

There were a lot of inspiring Pinterest boards…it was hard to decide on anything.

I was tempted to go crazy with something like green beer, but I couldn’t resist a cupcake recipe.

pistachios and strawberries  200x300 Pistachio Strawberry Cupcakes {Holiday Recipe Club 3/15}    finished cupcakes 200x300 Pistachio Strawberry Cupcakes {Holiday Recipe Club 3/15}    frosted cupcake 200x300 Pistachio Strawberry Cupcakes {Holiday Recipe Club 3/15}

These cupcakes are dense and reminiscent of muffins. The strawberry swiss meringue buttercream is not at all necessary, but a good way to sweeten the cake.

It’s also a great recipe to welcome spring!

What are your plans for St. Patrick’s Day?

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Happy Pi Day!

peach and plum galettes

Happy Pi Day everyone! 

To start things off I have 2 lovely stone fruit galettes to share with you.

One is plum, the other peach. Both are quick and tasty!

I used this galette dough recipe from Fresh from the Oven, and I highly recommend it. The dough is thick, pliable, easy to work with, as well as buttery and flakey. It also makes enough for both galettes!

after baking plum Happy Pi Day!

I was so excited last week when I remembered that today was Pi Day. I missed it last year and didn’t want to make the same mistake this year.

What type of pie are you going to make for Pi Day?

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Arugula Pesto Bread for #greenslove

pesto swirl bread

This month’s theme for the #lovebloghop was leafy greens! That’s right, March is #greenslove. Be sure to add any of your March 2012 recipes that include leafy greens to the hop!

I must admit, when I first saw that the theme for this month was leafy greens I was stumped.

Desserts don’t usually have leafy greens in them.

That thought got me to bread. Bread would be more likely to have a leafy green in it somewhere.

arugula pesto bowl Arugula Pesto Bread for #greenslove

And then it struck me, pesto! I once made an arugula pesto in high school. This was the perfect time to retest that recipe and use it as a bread filling!

This bread even pleased the previously pesto hating boyfriend.

I recommend it toasted for breakfast with eggs. Or as the bread in a grilled chicken panini.

finished bread  Arugula Pesto Bread for #greenslove

What would you eat with this pesto swirled bread?

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