"Other candies are actually junk food, while M&Ms are a superior gourmet experience." Strawberried Peanut Butter M&Ms If there are two things I love, it's peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and coconuts. Growing up, the only candy my mom was “OK" with me eating was M&Ms. I think it’s because she got to steal all the light brown ones. Remember those? Delightful. Her rule wasn't much of a rule anyway—they were always my favorites and still are. I'm a plain or peanut girl, sometimes dabbling in dark, but when I saw the Strawberried Peanut Butter and Coconut editions at the drug store, I actually yelped in delight and ran to the register. I loved them. Why? Because they're subtle. Isn't...
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with copious amounts of coconut, chocolate chips, and cream in your life. Diet schmiet. Throw in some eggs, sugar, and leftover bread and you've got a party in the form of Coconut-Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding (or as I like to say, CBP). Emily, of (Visions of) Sugar Plum, whipped this up in preparation for an impending winter storm, and I suggest you do the same. Even if there's no storm, there are lots of things that this bread pudding could help you prepare for—like, say, life?...
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Alicia, of The Cupcake Forest, has one cool grandma. She always uses a heart-shaped cake pan when making this feather sponge cake. It's a little embarrassing, but I've been lusting after heart-shaped cookware for as long as I can remember. I mean, the more love the better, no? (I like to think I'm a less crazy version of Carla from Top Chef.) Don't worry, Alicia makes a normal round cake, which turns out looking like a cloud from the best dream ever. Thank goodness this cake has plenty of love to share. It's filled with buttercream, crushed pineapple, and coconut. Frost with freshly whipped cream, dust with some more coconut, and you're set! If you have time to make...
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The Grocery Ninja leaves no aisle unexplored, no jar unopened, no produce untasted. Creep along with her below, and read all her mission reports here. I believe the simplest dishes are also the easiest to mess up. Take the plain omelet, for instance, or just steamed rice—both are so clean of flavor, so unadulterated, that there's nothing for you to hide your mistakes behind. No cloak of smoky spices, no razzle-dazzle of MSG—just the purest expressions of egg and grain. And so it is the case with kaya—a rich, fragrant custard that South-East Asians like to slather, along with a generous dollop of salted butter, on their morning toast. Made with eggs, coconut milk, and sugar, there are many, many...
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