In Colorado, peaches grow extremely well on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. Named Palisade peaches for the area where they are grown, they are in peak season around late August to early September. This week I couldn’t resist buying a few pounds of the fragrant, sweet stone fruit. The peaches are…
Author: expepicurean
No Churn Ice Cream
Over the last few months I have seen a couple mentions of no churn ice cream, which is ice cream that does not require an ice cream maker. Since my freezer is currently packed such that I couldn’t fit the bowl of my ice cream maker in between the other frozen foods I was intrigued….
Individual Egg Soufflé Stacks
Changing work schedules and the start of the school year has resulted in a desire (and need) to simplify prep of weekday meals and snacks. Consequently, when I was reminded about muffin tin eggs I thought I should give a variation of the recipe a try. Since I had just found hash brown…
Baked Apple Trail Mix
One of my family’s favorite treats on road trips or hikes is trail mix. It often seems that we have hardly left the driveway before we are opening up the bag to sample the treat. I tend to gravitate towards a mix that is heavy on the dried pineapple and papaya, but for…
Spinach and Salmon Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette
A few weeks ago on my post about popcorn I mentioned that my family had visited a specialty oil store in June. One of the other items I picked up during this trip was blueberry balsamic vinegar. What I love about flavored vinegars is that you can often make a simple, extremely flavorful vinaigrette of…
Corn Gazpacho
Gazpacho is one of my favorite summertime meals. A refreshing soup that helps you beat the heat, it is also a light dish that packs in quite a few servings of vegetables. Instead of the tomato based version I enjoyed in my youth, or the my zucchini gazpacho, I decided to make a…
Savory Homemade Microwave Popcorn
At the beginning of June my family went on a quick weekend trip to Breckenridge, CO. The few times we have been there we have enjoyed perusing the used bookstore, Old Man Berkins, and tasting the vinegar and oil at the specialty oil store, Oil Fusion. On this occasion, the specialty oil store had…
Papaya-Peach Smoothie
This week’s fun, Colorful ChoicesTM inspired dish is a Papaya-Peach Smoothie. In addition to the challenge to eat colorful produce, two other factors contributed to my recipe: (1) I may have overbought a variety of fresh fruit this past week. Peaches were a steal and it had been awhile since we had eaten…
Purple Cauliflower Dip
Every now and then the wellness program at my office highlights a challenge. The one starting this next week is to eat 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruit in the colors of the rainbow for a whole month. Doing so (and logging my progress) earns me points towards a better…
Hot and Spicy Hero Salad
My latest cooking contest challenge was to use any one of the Fortune Asian noodles in a cold salad or casserole for their Blogger Recipe Challenge. I chose to go with their Hot & Spicy noodles for a cold salad creation, hoping to capitalize on the built in flavor of the sauce. After…
Farro and Mixed Berries Salad
If you often get bored with the typical dinner sides of rice and potatoes, then you will like trying this ancient grain as much as I did. Farro is a hulled wheat that provides a good source of fiber, protein, and magnesium among other nutrients. When cooked, it has a chewy texture and…
S’more Baked Alaska
I don’t know anyone who can resist a s’more. The combo of chocolate, graham cracker, and marshmallow is hard to beat. As a way to combat this unusually early heat spell I was all about making a version of the treat that involved ice cream. Why not try a super easy version of…
