Notes about Recipes in this book

• Blueberry pudding cake

  • aeader on July 27, 2014

    This was very easy to make and very tasty. Good warm with vanilla ice cream. The only thing I would change is to decrease the salt, as I could actually taste it, which I don't care for in a cake (I did use unsalted butter). The cake was also nice for breakfast the next day. A great quick dessert, with ingredients I usually have on hand. You could easily substitute another type of berry or fruit.

  • chawkins on September 11, 2020

    As shown in the attached photo, this cake will never win any beauty contest. However, it was quick and easy to pull together and the end result was very tasty. I did reduce the amount of sugar in the cake batter by 2 tablespoons and to a quarter cup in the blueberry pudding for personal dietary preference. The full amount specified in the recipe would be perfectly fine, it won’t be overly sweet.

• Smoked-salmon quesadillas with warm tomatoes and arugula

  • Rutabaga on April 02, 2014

    If only my husband liked smoked salmon, I would make these more often. I enjoy the combination of smoked fish and arugula at breakfast, which often leads me to make myself a simple salad of the two, but if I have the time to do something a little more labor intensive, this really hits the spot.

• Peach white-wine sangria

  • Rutabaga on August 11, 2014

    While I can't claim to have truly made the recipe as is (primarily because I had no peach nectar on hand), I did use it as inspiration for a simple wine spritzer. I mixed three diced peaches, basil leaves, and a few lemon slices with a bottle of vinho verde, then served it a few hours later topped off with sparkling water and ice. It was delicious and refreshing, and so easy I would definitely make it again.