Being armed with a broiler can be a dangerous thing in the land of creamy desserts! For Tuesdays with Dorie, we end the month of September with Dorie Greenspan’s Crème Brûlée recipe(from page 393 of Baking from My Home to Yours) as selected by Mari, creator of the blog, Mevrouw Cupcake. Her blog is amazingRead more

Fall is here! It’s the best season of the year. The leaves begin to change color. The air is crisper. It’s also time for pumpkin picking! Since we haven’t made the trip to get pumpkins just yet, Carlo and I got into the spirit of things by baking a low-carb-friendly pumpkin pie. Though there isRead more

Carmella and I continue to stretch the sinews of our culinary imagination and boundaries. Since we’ve been on a flaxmeal kick, we decided to make a flourless muffin with pumpkin that fit into our low-carb way of eating. Hence, Carm came up with her own recipe for Mini Pumpkin Flax Muffins. These easy-to-make treats tookRead more

Let me first say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my aunt Gertrude. Her birthday was on Thursday. As a gift my mom, Carlo and I came together to get her a gift. My mom found a sweatsuit for her, while we decided to bake her a cake. Since she enjoyed Dorie’s Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake, greatRead more

Yesterday evening, Carmella and I felt like having an after dinner snack. Carm suggested that we look at Linda’s Low Carb Menus & Recipes to find a yummy after dinner nosh that didn‘t breach our low-carb diet commitment. I ended up finding Momov2boys Cocoa Flax Cookies which were a breeze to make and took underRead more