SHF #33 — Tropical Paradise

I almost missed another Sugar High Friday b/c I didn’t see the post until this afternoon! Whew! Thank you, Tartelette, for keeping a list of sweet food events on your blog or I would have missed it.

(Illinois. Not tropical. Not paradise.)
When you think of Illinois, a number of [...]

Something Fishy

I’m giving credit to Ilva at Lucillian Delights and David at Cooking Chat for the inspiration for today’s post. The Heart of the Matter theme of seafood and the encouragement to make new creations from leftovers rather than reheat repeats conspired to bring you today’s lunch: fish burritos (not fish tacos with cabbage/cole slaw [...]

Hay, Hay, It’s Sorbet!

I was so excited when Eat Drink Live announced the sorbet theme for the next round of Hay, Hay, It’s Donna Day. I have a Donna Hay magazine that I’ve been keeping on my coffee table because the raspberry semifreddo on the front cover is so gorgeous and now is the season for cold [...]

It’s a ‘Shroomin’ Kind of Day

We are without children for a couple of days — they get a vacation without parents but with the Grandparents. So we had ‘adult food’ tonight. The kind you make and know no one will turn up their nose and say “Eewwww, what is *this*?” It’s good to have a couple of [...]

If You Give A Mousse A Mango . . .

it will want a little lime to go with it.

I have never made mousse before, so I wasn’t sure if I would have an entry to Helen’s Hay Hay! It’s Donna Day mousse making event but I really like a challenge and I love Donna Hay. I looked at several recipes and printed off [...]