I never really liked beets…my sister and her best friend tried a beet-diet in the 90’s and ever since then, I just never had anything to do with that red root vegetable. Â I guess some people say that beets taste like dirt and I sort of see what they are saying. But when I saw […]
German-Style Pickled Eggs
I never really thought I would be pickling anything, let alone eggs! But along came an intriguing German-style recipe for pickled eggs from allrecipes.com (one of my favorite recipe sites) as I was searching for deviled egg recipes. They had me at “German”! So I changed directions from deviled to pickled and I’m so glad I did. […]
Mock Crab Cake Open-Face Sandwiches
I can’t say that I know what crab really tastes like since it isn’t kosher, but I can tell you that these mock crab cakes are amazing! They don’t even need to taste like the real thing, although I hope they do because that would mean real crab is delicious. My sister, Francine (the pastry […]
MozzArepa Express
I hear you asking yourselves “What is a MozzArepa? And why does it look so tasty?” After my sister-in-law, Erica, asked me to make the frickles, she didn’t come to me with any other interesting recipes. She certainly enjoyed the fruits of my labor, but I was waiting for her to come up with another crazy […]
Mini Tomato Soup Cupcakes
You might think that a tomato soup cupcake would taste like tomato soup when, in fact, they actually taste like carrot cake. I have seriously been waiting to make these cupcakes for a while! In fact, this recipe was on my original list of ideas when I started this blog but I just never made them. […]
South African Pumpkin Fritters
These don’t look healthy, do they? I mean, just the word “fritter” sounds like it is filled with oil and fat. Well, you are about to be pleasantly surprised. These fritters are actually adapted from a Weight Watchers recipe! They are a little bit savory, a little bit sweet, and a lot delicious. What makes […]
