Peanut Butter Energy Balls

I was inspired by the energy bars my mom used to make when I was a kid. These are made from oats, crispy rice cereal, honey, peanut butter, cranberries, chocolate chips and chopped almonds.

Caramel Pots De Creme

This recipe comes from Curtis Stone's cookbook. It was so creamy, rich and delicious we wanted more. The sea salt sprinkled on top added a bit of extra sophistication.

Pear Ginger Puff Pastry Tart

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Zesty Lemon Biscuits

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

One way to coax my children into eating vegetables is to put them in muffin form. But botanically zucchini is considered a fruit while culinarily it is considered a vegetable. Anyhow, the kids love these muffins and their moist chocolatey flavor so much, they forget all about the zucchini within.

Crumpets

 It is only here in New Zealand that we started eating crumpets. They are really inexpensive at the grocery store.  I was inspired to make my own. These crumpets are so much more moist and flavourful though they lack the prominent holes of their store bought companions. They are sort of like a cross between an English muffin and a pancake.

Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

Some people in this family are not a fan of raisins.

Tartine Shortbread

A favourite cookie of mine. I used to think of shortbread as hard and flavourless but this one is soft and buttery and melts in your mouth.

Focaccia Bread

I baked some focaccia bread and topped it with fresh mozzarella, basil, and tomatoes. I finished it off with sea salt and pepper and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.

Applesauce Oatmeal Cranberry Muffins

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites

These tiny cookies are great for an afterschool snack. I added chopped almonds to the recipe.

Marble Cheesecake Brownies

This is by far my favourite brownie recipe. It combines the tanginess of cream cheese with the dark richness of bittersweet chocolate. This recipe was found on David Lebovitz's site.

Apple Cake