Summer is right around the corner and it’s time to start celebrating with two key summer ingredients lemon and strawberry! When it’s hot outside people look to eat a little lighter and these cupcakes will hit the spot for all of your spring and summer gatherings.
Call me a snob if you must, but I just can’t settle for normal desserts anymore.
If you frequent my blog at all (it’s right here in case you haven’t been,) then you can tell by looking at the recipes I share. It’s not that I don’t appreciate them…don’t get me wrong, I totally do!
I just like to mix it up a little. Take this Tropical Bliss Strawberry Shortcake, for example. It’s shortcake elevated, and is totally worth the minimal amount of effort required to throw them together.
Spring is here and all the signs of its splendor are welcomed with open arms. The bulbs are pushing up through cold, dark earth. The trees are pink with their cotton-candy blooms and the rains come and go, quenching the land and making us feel as if the best place on earth is by the window wrapped in a well-loved quilt, hot cup of tea in hand.
It is easy this time a year to get a little too excited about all the spring bounty to then come crashing down when you pop over to your farmers market. Spring is here, but only barely and though we have some new baby greens peeking out, spring onions and green garlic of course is here, mostly it’s our winter veggies that are still at the harvest; after all things need a chance to grow!
Hi, Marcella Rose here! I often find that I make some of my most exciting recipes out of necessity. Needing to use this or that before it goes bad or to make room in the fridge or because “surprise!”, you have guests staying for dinner. It’s where I shine because you really have to be creative to make it work.
It is a skill that was honed while being a ranch cook 45 miles from anything for 5 years. I would open up a cook book and decide on a recipe only to find out that we don’t have half the ingredients. I got really good at substitutions and clever ways around things and it made me feel empowered. I didn’t need to be limited by recipes. So strict and to the point. Why not let your palate decide? You know what you like, what flavor combinations taste best together. So tonight why not take off the saddle, untie the reins and just run free? Make something up, be spontaneous, and try something new! Who knows what could happen, you could invent a new favorite dish!
