Notes about Recipes in this book

• Ham-and-cheese waffles

  • Suitsme on March 02, 2024

    These are super light and crispy and the recipe I use when I want waffles. They get even better after a few minutes warming in the oven. Freeze well. Unfortunately the cheese makes a big mess in the griddle so I skip the ham and cheese.

  • Agaillard on May 17, 2026

    Excellent and simple recipe, although I think the amount of cleaning/ustensils could be reduced. Very tasty. I improved it slighly by putting my toppings inside a thin layer of batter, because I wanted to avoid the toppings to get burnt, or less so. Very nice for breakfast/brunch. I divided the recipe by 3 and got 4 servings, so the quantities were spot on.

• Wasabi salmon with bok choy, green cabbage, and shiitakes

  • peaceoutdesign on December 03, 2021

    I really liked the veggies but the salmon was mediocre.

• Roasted pineapple with honey and pistachios

  • Zosia on February 23, 2018

    Lovely way to serve this fruit. With both brown sugar and honey in the syrup, I thought it would be much too sweet, but it was very nice served with tangy yogurt.

• Chocolate-peanut butter fun cake

  • jumali on June 18, 2012

    My 11 y.o. made this cake for Father's Day, and I helped her with the frosting. The cake is very intense and dark. The frosting also tasted great--on its own. But I felt it was completely overpowered by the cake. I think it would do much better on a yellow cake. The next time we make this cake (and we will definitely make it again--it's so darn simple), I will probably serve it unfrosted with vanilla ice cream.

  • sosayi on November 27, 2018

    A super-easy chocolate cake recipe (that is also egg-free)! We make this for annually for my husband and son's birthdays (even though I keep advocating to try new recipes!). The frosting can be made with sunflower seed butter if you need to take it to school functions (that don't allow peanuts).

  • MarciK on April 24, 2019

    I used chopped dark chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in place of the peanuts. It seems like a lot of salt in the recipe, but it worked.

• Twice-baked sweet potatoes with bacon-sesame brittle

  • peaceoutdesign on May 27, 2021

    I really liked this, it would even be a good recipe for mashed sweet potatoes. The bacon brittle is good but I think that leaving it in bigger sheets might be better. The recipe would also be fine without it but who doesn't like bacon and sweets?

  • hillsboroks on October 31, 2021

    This was delicious and a great change of pace for a side dish. I was only serving two and had two sweet potatoes so I made 1/3 of the recipe. I couldn't really distinguish any of the miso flavor so I might add a bit extra next time. The ginger came right through. Do not skip the slivered green onions. They are needed to offset the other sweet flavors. The bacon-sesame brittle was a nice special touch. I made extra because I knew my husband would be snacking on it before dinner.

• Chorizo and gigante bean cassoulet

  • meggan on February 10, 2019

    My beans did not cook evenly. Perhaps it was the age of the beans. Otherwise good.