May 2011

Sweet Potato Cinnamon Buns with Hazelnuts

May 27, 2011
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Do you remember the baked sweet potato doughnuts I featured a few weeks ago?  They really exceeded my expectations and I couldn’t stop thinking about them, light and airy with the hint of sweet potato taste and nutmeg. Therefore, I had to transfer this yumminess into another pleasing baked good, cinnamon rolls!  My dream came […]

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French Rhubarb Cake

May 20, 2011
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  I stumbled over this French rhubarb cake recipe on one of the German blogs I follow, Bolli’s Kitchen. Katja, the face behind Bolli’s Kitchen, lives actually in France and shares a lot of French recipes with her German readers. I like that a lot, since my school French has gotten very rusty over the […]

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One Dinner and Two Tarts (Asparagus and Scallion)

May 18, 2011
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A dinner that says spring in one bite. Puff pastry topped with fresh asparagus or scallions. The veggies are resting on a bed of Gruyere and honey mustard to add another layer off flavor. The tarts are a very quick meal to assemble and worked perfectly at my house on a busy weeknight. You could […]

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Dijon Mustard Chicken with Green Garlic

May 14, 2011
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Thanks to my local blogger friend Toni, the Boulder Locavore, I still had lots of green garlic left after preparing an unbelievably tasty green garlic risotto the other day. On a recent trip to visit Toni in Boulder, she had given me two big bundles of young garlic that she had purchased at a local […]

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On Set with Food Network’s Show "The Great Food Truck Race", Part 2

May 10, 2011

Hi, welcome back. Let’s continue the picture tour of “The Great Food Truck Race” with host Tyler Florence while they stopped in Denver last weekend. If you have missed part 1, please click here. Let’s go follow me: The Lime Truck: from Irvine CA, serving crisp, refreshing, California beach cuisine. The Lime Truck Lime Truck’s […]

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On Set with Food Network’s Show "The Great Food Truck Race", Part 1

May 9, 2011

” My Kitchen in the Rockies” on set filmed and interviewed while documenting “The Great Food Truck Race” for her food blog readers. The buzz in town last weekend was when the filming of season two of  “The Great Food Truck Race” with host Tyler Florence rolled into Denver. This was their third stop on […]

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Pomegranate Vinaigrette on Roasted Asparagus

May 5, 2011
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Fresh green asparagus is one of my most favorite spring time vegetables, preferably roasted, since it gives an extra flavor boost to the asparagus. Here I am serving the roasted asparagus with vinaigrette made out of pomegranate molasses, aged balsamic vinegar and a good organic olive oil. A healthy and quick side dish that goes […]

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Rum Raisin Bread and a Cookbook Winner

May 2, 2011
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In my quest of mastering the secrets of yeast dough I thought it would be handy to have a recipe that allows the dough to rest over night in the fridge, so it would be ready and baked in time for breakfast. I found this “cold yeast dough” recipe by the Austrian chef Johann Lafer […]

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