Brunch, Cakes and Desserts, Cookies, fruit, Recipes, Sweets

Eton Mess with Spiced Red Wine Syrup


Eton Mess is a simple British dessert, made with three ingredients: strawberries, whipped cream and meringue cookies. Over the years, many variations were created for this tasty dessert, all based on the same ingredients. Continue reading “Eton Mess with Spiced Red Wine Syrup”

Brunch, Cookies, fruit, Recipes, Snack, Sweets

Pecan and Strawberry Jam Mini Bars

During strawberry season, I prepared a few batches of strawberry jam. As with any jam that is prepared with a fairly small amount of sugar, it doesn’t keep as well as the sugar loaded jams. So, instead of waiting for it to spoil, I’ve decided to use some of it to prepare the following tasty mini bars. Continue reading “Pecan and Strawberry Jam Mini Bars”

Cakes, Cooked Fruits, Jams, Jelly, fruit, Recipes

Strawberry Buttermilk Swirl Cake

Strawberry season is here and the farm stand has abundance of fresh and tasty ones, full of flavor and wonderful aroma, so much better than the ones at the supermarket. Continue reading “Strawberry Buttermilk Swirl Cake”

appetizer, Food, fruit, Recipes, Soups

Watermelon-Strawberry Chilled Soup and Popsicles

Buying watermelon is always a kind of gamble – even with all the suggested methods for choosing a good one, once you get home and cut it – it’s always a surprise. Continue reading “Watermelon-Strawberry Chilled Soup and Popsicles”