2014, where are you going? I cannot believe it is May, nor can I believe the 7 year anniversary of Chez Us is literally around the corner. To kick off the celebration, I whipped up the perfect blood orange margarita, which happens to be the first thing I blogged about. It was hot, hot, hot …
I have an insane addiction to baking doughnuts. I blame the addiction on the recent issue of Saveur Magazine which is all about doughnuts. Have you seen it? As well as my friend Tracy has been killing it with her doughnut addiction. I am thinking about doughnuts all the time, from batter flavors to glazes, sugar …
There aren’t many “baking food blogging” events that I get a chance to participate in recently, due to work schedules or waistlines! One that I do not like to miss is World Nutella Day. Who doesn’t love Nutella? Am I right? The brainchildren behind World Nutella Day are Michelle of Bleeding Espresso and Sara of Ms. Adventures …
Instead of making traditional Lemon Bars, next time you want to bake up some bar cookies, give another citrus a whirl. These blood orange bars are perfect; slightly crunchy and melt in your mouth creamy.
The first sign of spring is baby asparagus lightly roasted, drizzled with blood orange viniagrette and served along side roasted sea bass encrusted with butter and masala seasonings.
This recipe for Fennel Blood Orange Salad is going to be a welcome side dish this winter. Time to take advantage of blood orange as well as fennel. We started playing around with fennel over the recent years and wished we had started sooner. It is such a versatile vegetable as well as ingredients. It …
Most people either love or hate New Years. I always feel that it is one of those “over-rated” holidays with too many expectations and the end result is never what you fantasize it will be. Lenny still has hope, even though he can not remember one standing out over the others. This would be the …
Here you have it the Blood Orange Margarita Cupcake. I made a cupcake that was flavored with the zest and juice of one blood orange and topped it off with a ginger tequila buttercream frosting. Where does SHF come in, well, I dusted the tops of the cupcakes with silver sparkle sanding sugar. For this photo I used a gold edible dusting powder. The cupcakes were, well, pretty fantastic and definitely meant for adults only.