Category Archives: traditions
Dark Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
This is a recipe I’ve been making for years. Something my aunt shared from an old Better Homes & Gardens magazine long ago. It’s my favorite chocolate cake. Period. I love it for its simplicity, its texture, and its versatility. I … Continue reading
Posted in anytime, traditions
Tagged baking, chocolate cake, cocoa nibs, homemade, olive oil, sea salt
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Insalata Caprese
It’s an addiction. If you’re following on Instagram you have proof of my total, sold-out, one-track, amore di caprese. I love delicious tomatoes, basil is one of my all time favorite herbs, and then there’s fresh buffalo’s milk mozzarella or better … Continue reading
Posted in summer, autumn, anytime, traditions
Tagged basil, burrata, caprese, capri, insalata caprese, instagram, mozzarella, mozzarelladibufala, tomatoes
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Banana Chocolate Pecan Muffins
This is what happens when you take my Grandma Salazar’s banana bread recipe, and start fiddling… Adding chocolate and nuts to banana bread isn’t cutting edge, but adding them to this particular banana bread is divine. We had only been … Continue reading
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Tagged Mama Rita, baking, banana bread, chocolate, gluten free, grandma salazar, muffins, munich, pecans, recipe
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