If you are looking for a bacon alternative that is gluten-free, I’ve got the perfect solution: Coconut Bacon! Coconut Bacon makes a delicious BLT. It’s the perfect savory, salty crunchy topping for potato soup. I enjoy it atop salads and even use it in cookies. It’s also good in omelets, quiche, in bacon jam… I…
Boozy Advent 22: Spiced Rum Frozen Pina Colada
For the 22nd Day of Boozy Advent, I blended a Spiced Rum Frozen Pina Colada. We rarely make frozen drinks here but were talking about how in the 80’s and 90’s a restaurant in the Kansas City area made pina coladas everyone talked about. They were made with soft serve ice cream. Neither of us…
Boozy Advent 6: Painkiller Cocktail
Finally, a truly tropical cocktail for the Boozy Advent series. Today, a slightly modified version of a Painkiller cocktail. The Painkiller cocktail originates from the Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke in the BVIs. Soggy Dollar because there is no dock, you have to swim or wade through the water to get there, hence…
No-Fail Dairy-Free Whipped Cream
For the past few years, I’ve been making whipped coconut cream to top pies and other desserts. While it’s usually pretty fluffy and not runny, this isn’t always the case. I’ve always thought there had to be a way to stablilize or firm up the coconut cream so it held a bit better on top…
Coconut: Friend or Foe?
I was interviewed recently for an article that appears in today’s KC Star. The subject of the article, Coconut. It’s hard to miss all of the coconut being used in the culinary and health products world today. A quick look around my kitchen turned up lots of products. I had on hand coconut flour, coconut…
Berries and Coconut WhippedCream, Dessert in a Hurry
Some nights I want something a little sweet without having to make an actual dessert. Sometimes I want a dessert that is maybe a little healthier than what most would consider dessert. Sometimes I don’t have the time to bake cupcakes or pie. And truth be told, I’m not disciplined with a whole batch of…