Naturally gluten-free buckwheat groats become kasha dumplings browned in butter or boiled, then served with a honey-sweetened peach coulis and strawberry sauce for an easy breakfast for school mornings. This post is not about back-to-school lunches. This post is about the … [Read more...] about Buckwheat Groat {Kasha} Dumplings with Peach Coulis and Strawberry Sauce
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Biscoff {Speculoos} Biscotti for Cold Autumn Days
The classic seasonings and brown sugar flavors of Biscoff speculoos cookies are baked inside biscotti and begging to be dipped into your favorite seasonal latte. I'm sitting on the counter swinging my bare feet, the floor two feet away. It's summer, and I'm in shorts, my … [Read more...] about Biscoff {Speculoos} Biscotti for Cold Autumn Days
Homemade Pear Italian Sodas with Cardamom Cream
Make your own homemade Italian soda with fresh pear syrup and top it all off with cardamom cream. My house is full. There are four small bodies that fill it daily with their voices, loud and fun, quiet and contemplative. They fill it with their clothes, hastily thrown in … [Read more...] about Homemade Pear Italian Sodas with Cardamom Cream
Buttermilk Custard Pear Pie and Pie Crust Crimping
A creamy vanilla and buttermilk custard envelopes a pile of perfectly plump pears, all baked off in an all-butter pie crust. Yesterday my husband and I packed up our car. Not the family car that fits all the kids securely in their car seats, us in the front, but the small … [Read more...] about Buttermilk Custard Pear Pie and Pie Crust Crimping
Creamy Cardamom Pear Oatmeal
Easy steel cut oatmeal, kissed with cardamom and cream and full of the season's finest pears. This is one breakfast worth getting up for. The world is silent, and I, in my house, stare out at the leaves, blowing in the cool wind. It's a wind that can ever so craftily find the … [Read more...] about Creamy Cardamom Pear Oatmeal
