Homemade blackberry cassis ice cream
Dessert, Food, Summer

Blackberry Cassis Ice Cream

Homemade ice cream without the machine! Who knew this could be so easy? Hats off to Martha Stewart for finding a way to make ice cream at home without an ice cream maker. This doesn’t involve rock salt, Ziploc bags, constant stirring, or residual mess. It does make a really rich, sweet ice cream: the kind of dessert you eat in small portions and savor for its freshness. I used fresh blackberries and threw in a couple of tablespoons of […]

4th of July, Breakfast, Food, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Summer

Grilled Polenta and Fried Eggs

I love a great bowl of breakfast-brunch – the kind of weekend meal that keeps you going all day because it’s filling, deeply satisfying, and delicious. This recipe makes use of leftover polenta (if you’ve never made polenta, it’s as easy as making oatmeal), and involves the frying of a couple of eggs and a quick sauté of whatever veggies and herbs you have on hand. The polenta had been part of dinner the night before, and I spread it […]