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Posted by
yanti on Monday, May 18, 2015
Despite my reputation at work, I actually don't bake that often. Baking from scratch requires quite a few ingredients and I hate going to the grocery store for just one or two items (even though I can walk to it). So when Wholly Wholesome asked me to review their products, I gravitated toward the premade pie crusts since I have had those tarts from Europe in my thoughts (chocolate tarts in Rome and raspberry tarts in Paris).
Wholly Wholesome is a all natural, organic baked goods brand. Many of their products are also gluten-free. As such, they are normally in your grocer's freezer section which is great because you can always have some pie crusts or pizza dough stocked up and just pull it out of the freezer the night before. You can find Wholly Wholesome in Whole Foods, select Kroger stores, and many other organic grocers (use their store locator).
So this tart... using a pie crust... it is sooo easy! Only five ingredients! Starting with your Wholly Wholesome flaky pie crust, which is perfectly buttery. Then the Nutella ganache... yes, Nutella ganache... drool! Topped with juicy raspberries which are $0.99 at Kroger so I bought all of them. :) Totally rich and dreamy... and barely any work at all (thanks to Wholly Wholesome). You have to try this recipe!Read more �
Posted by
yanti on Thursday, June 19, 2014
We're prepping for our vacation in Europe and I'm so excited! Things are finally coming together after years of saying we would go and finding excuses to put it off another year. So now that the flights are booked and we're landing the plane on some other decisions (including getting our tickets to London Fashion Week!), some times I try to start our vacation a little early with some classic french foods.
I'm normally a pancakes and eggs kind of girl on the weekends, but I swapped out my pancakes for a little french crepe. It felt especially french since there wasn't a single word of english on the packaging! I've tried making my own crepes before, after all, the batter is really just thinned down pancake mix (for the most part, I won't say that in Paris, I promise). When I tried making them, they always fell apart. It's hard to get something that thin and delicate!
After a couple times making crepes in the morning, I like them two ways... cold and warmed up. The pictures and steps below are for the cold version using yogurt. For the warmed up melty version, take the crepes, carefully spread peanut butter thinly across, then add slide bananas on one half... fold it in half twice and heat them in a pan on medium-low heat for a minute or two each side. The heat crisps up the crepe for some textured crunch and warms the peanut butter to be gooey inside. Perfect!
The cold version is just as good! The main difference is toasting up the crepe first to avoid warming the yogurt. Nice and creamy.Read more �
Posted by
yanti on Saturday, April 12, 2014
Eggs are a great source of protein for vegetarians and omnivores alike. There have been many studies and reports that go back and forth on whether eggs are healthy for you or not. Some say that they are high in cholesterol and that people shouldn't eat more that one or two a week. Others says it's the ultimate health food and should even be consumed raw. I like to think reality is somewhere in between knowing that eggs are low fat, high protein, have dietary sulfur (great for you hair and nails), and the yolks have carotenoids (similar to carrots). I also love eggs... so at this point of being meat-free for around 40 days now... we have gone through quite a few eggs!
With Easter coming up, eggs are center stage. You may be hard boiling some right now to dye different colors. Or you could be filling a bunch of colorful plastic versions with candy in the next few days. Eggs are a symbolic message of rebirth, so the iconic Easter egg completely makes sense.
Celebrate Easter with this quick, delicious brunch. Perfect timing for asparagus which are at their peak right now and the buttery, runny yolk over top... just delicious! We actually had this dish for dinner, it is quite filling with a side dish of crispy roast potatoes. It's minimal ingredients and cooks quickly, the slowest part is that you can only poach one egg at a time, but they only take a minute or two. :)
