Last updated on April 8th, 2019 One of the best parts about visiting my parents during the summer is the box of stone fruit they send as a parting gift. In June we get apricots and plums and by July they’re overflowing with peaches. Last year I turned the loot into an apricot galette and this year…
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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chestnut Waffles with Balsamic Roasted Berries
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 It’s a short week – celebrate with chocolate chestnut waffles! Then make them again for Waffle Wednesday (totally a thing). And then Thursday because it’s almost the weekend. Whatever the day, I’m sure you can find a reason for chocolate waffles. Before we go any further, important things first: I got…
Hibiscus Strawberry Curd Tarts with Toasted Meringue {gluten-free}
Last updated on August 2nd, 2019 The first time I made this hibiscus strawberry curd tart, I took the last little tart over to our neighbors to thank them for the various eggs, butter, and cups of sugar they’re constantly lending me. Ulterior motive: to resist eating two tarts in one day. Only they didn’t answer their door….
Black Sesame and Wild Rice Crackers {Gluten-free}
Last updated on May 11th, 2019 I made a cup of rice in the rice cooker a few nights back and forgot about it. Overnight! As in, I didn’t eat any of it and it wasn’t until the next morning that I remembered I’d put rice in the cooker. I started the rice, then planned to…
Gluten-free Chestnut Flour Pasta Ravioli with Goat Cheese and Spring Vegetables
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 I’m notorious for using every square inch of surface area within reach while I’m cooking. Including the couch. Nothing is off-limits when good food is involved. When I first started making ravioli from scratch (pre gluten-free days), counter space in our 26-square foot kitchen was limited. Finished baking sheets of fresh ravioli spread…
Gluten-free Matcha Cake with Black Sesame Streusel
Last updated on June 26th, 2019 When Lucas works from home, he makes his and hers kale smoothies every morning. On days he goes into the office, he’s usually in such a rush that breakfast is coffee to go. Unless there’s half a dozen matcha green tea muffins cupcakes sitting on the counter – then he grabs two. Full disclosure,…
Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Cupcakes with Raspberry Red Currant Filling
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 This post is basically a one-stop shop to finding a sweet Valentine for that special someone. Since google analytics tells me y’all are about 88% women, by special someone I mean: you. Treat yo’ self! With a gluten-free double chocolate cupcake with raspberry red currant filling, a hand-forged bracelet, and…
Chocolate Mochi Mug Cake
Last updated on May 11th, 2019 Among many important life lessons, my parents instilled in me one fundamental truth: dessert follows dinner. No sooner do I finish my last bite of dinner than I crave something sweet to wash it down. Tonight I’ll be making my second batch of these chocolate mochi mug cakes. This sweet tooth…
Gluten-free Scallion Pancakes
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Sometimes a recipe idea pops in my head seemingly from nowhere at all (the recipe gods?). Take these gluten-free scallion pancakes, for example. I’d never eaten a scallion pancake. Not once in my whole life. In fact, I’m not even sure I’d ever even seen a picture of scallion pancakes…
Gift in a Jar: Walnut Cocoa Brownies {gluten-free}
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 When it comes to gift-giving, I’m all about the homemade kind (as all of our friends who received a set of hand-carved salad spoons, a color-dipped bird’s-eye maple cutting board, or a custom-painted kitchen bakery sign as a wedding gift in the past couple of years can attest to). A sentimental streak passed down from my…
Frosted Spiced Persimmon Cookies with Cranberries and Walnuts {gluten-free}
Last updated on November 3rd, 2018 The holidays seem like the best time of the year to pull out cherished family recipes. In addition to my great grandma’s candied walnuts recipe my mom pulled out last week, she also passed her mom’s persimmon cookie recipe on to me – typos, butter stains, and all. I’m not exactly sure what my…
Gluten-free Buttermilk Skillet Cornbread
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 A couple of weeks ago, I invited my friend Dane over for chili and cornbread, but instead made him cook the whole meal himself. I’m an excellent host. Let’s back up. You see, that night, Angi and I let her boyfriend Dane crash our weekly dinner date while Lucas was…
Homemade Gluten-Free Chickpea Pasta
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Back in August, I fortuitously met Phi of Princess Tofu at a Bay Area food blogger’s picnic on the very same day I’d decided to make a pot of silken oboro tofu at home without a recipe (more on that to come). I selfishly prodded with questions of tofu-making, while scarfing…
Maple Walnut Bars {gluten-free}
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 I’m a terrible daughter. My dad’s birthday falls on or around Thanksgiving every year, and even though walnut desserts (namely walnut pie and Walnettos) are his favorite, I always bake him a pecan pie instead. The sole reason being that my namesake passed her award-winning pecan pie recipe down to…
Halloween Jack Skellington Ricotta Olive Tarts
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Halloween struts in at just the right time. With some sort of time warp, it’s magically the end of October and I’m on the brink of losing my mind. Anyone else with me? I poured a scoop of cat food into the detergent slot of the washing machine at…
Pumpkin Spice Muffins with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Glaze {Gluten-free}
Last updated on May 11th, 2019 On our flight back from Philadelphia two weeks ago, I found myself in a middle seat caught in a conversational crossfire between Lucas and the founder of HotorNot.com at the very moment I’d decided to get some dissertation writing done. If ever there was place to be a fly on the wall….
Lemon meringue s’mores with shortbread cookies
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 The open call for meyer lemon poachers still stands. No one has yet taken me up on the offer…except for the opossums who keep leaving mangled up lemons in the middle of our weed garden. I’m here to tempt you to come collect a basket of lemons by pulling out the…
Cherry Garcia cupcakes: Chocolate chip cupcakes with cherry frosting {gluten-free}
Last updated on October 30th, 2018 Before you start screaming that I’m a month late and it’s not cherry season anymore, just hear me out. Rather than juicy summer berries, these cupcakes get their tart cherry flavor from freeze-dried cherries folded into the frosting – available all year round! I picked up this freeze-dried berry frosting trick from my…
Double mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches
Last updated on October 30th, 2018 My Nana taught me many important life lessons. For starters, she made sure I knew how to eat popcorn politely – “one piece of popcorn at a time […will keep you from looking like a fool when you drop half a handful down your shirt while shoveling it in your face].”…
Strawberry mochi with red bean & A trip to Strawberry Land!
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Based on the sheer number of strawberry desserts I churn out every summer, you probably already know that I’m a strawberry fangirl. So when the California Strawberry Commission invited me and nine other bloggers down to tour a Santa Cruz strawberry farm to learn about California’s sweetest crop, you can probably imagine…
Gluten-free apricot galette with lavender caramel sauce
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Welcome to the new and improved Snixy Kitchen! If you’ve been here before, you’ll notice things look quite a bit different. About a week ago, I spilled the beans about the redesign and today I’m finally rolling it out for y’all! And we’re celebrating with a slice or two or…
Gluten-free carrot cupcakes with honey cream cheese frosting
Last updated on April 18th, 2019 My college boyfriend thought I was a terrible cook. I was offended, and the fact that he explicitly told me so was a pretty clear sign there were better fish in the sea. To his credit though, he was probably right. One of my $1.50 gourmet dinner specialties in…
Strawberry fairy cakes with blueberry cream cheese frosting
Last updated on June 12th, 2019 There was a period of time in my life when I carried around a trunk full of hula hoops, balloon animals, and rainbow parachutes. You need to tie something down? Let me pull out my tug-of-war rope. And just in case you’re ever in a pinch, a parachute will also…
Sesame peach mochi cookies
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 On each plate at the reception, we had a “Letter to the Bride & Groom” Madlib to entertain guests while we rushed to take as many pictures as possible in our now 20 minute cocktail “hour” that got cut short because of the shuttle snafu. We grabbed them all…
