Raspberry, Lemon and Almond Milk Creams

I was flipping through a cookbook, La Tartine Gourmande by Béatrice Peltre, that I had lying around in my house, mainly out of guilt that I had never actually made anything in it yet. All the recipes looked so good but I was feeling lazy. And then I reached the dessert section.

If you’ve read some of my other blog posts, you might know that I have a thing for desserts. So naturally, my interest in the cookbook spiked up to like 200% and I wanted to make everything. Lemongrass and blackberry teacakes, dark and white chocolate mousse cake, rhubarb mousse fraisier, apple and pear verrines, spiced panna cotta… There were just so many yummy-looking recipes!

Healthy Light Lemon Bars

Yummy. That’s one word to describe it. I would also like to add light, healthy, delicious, sweet, and smooth. Too many words? Yeah, probably, but ah, who cares? I need to describe these bars the best I can!

I’ve been on quite a lemon streak, but they are so good in everything, such as the Lemon Blueberry Chia Seed Pudding I made last week, that I can’t seem to stop using them! The crust in these lemon bars was, by the way, perfect! I usually end up with a crumbly crust that can never seem to stay put before I manage to stick the bar into my mouth, but this crust was a bit more doughy when I baked it, so that’s why it didn’t disintegrate to the touch!

Lemon Blueberry Chia Seed Pudding

Bright flavours, bright colours, and a bright change to any breakfast, who wouldn’t want it? The blueberry and the tangy lemon taste really explodes in your mouth. So delicious. I’m not even kidding.

Although school is ending in just more than a month (which I’m very excited for!), I need to stay focused to keep my grade up and prepare for final exams. And this chia seed pudding, with lemon juice and blueberries, sure helps me wake up in the morning!

Lemon Tart with Poppy Seed Crust

I love lemons. The acidic taste and the sweet contrast just makes my mouth water. And the crust is absolutely perfect, made with coconut oil, an egg, flour, and poppy seeds!

And this is pretty healthy, so there is no reason why you can’t have seconds. Or thirds. Or fourths. (Whoops. That was me after dinner.)

This really was perfect. Oh, and Chinese New Year is coming up! Does anyone celebrate that? Well anyways, it’s the day where we celebrate the New Year, according to the Chinese calendar, and it’s the year of the MONKEY! Don’t know why, but I find that so cute. (The monkey, not the celebration. Wait. That would sound like I don’t like the celebration. Okay, Chinese New Year is cute also!)

Oven Roasted Asparagus

An easy, yummy vegetable to eat as a side dish. Asparagus. When you hear the name, most of you think of the weird after smell that you can smell when you go to the bathroom. But it is completely worth it! Just make sure you don’t go to a public washroom afterwards (you know, the embarrassment when you come out of the stall and see everyone wrinkling their noses!).

This a pretty short post, but I’m so wrapped up with stuff in school that it is hard to find time to write food posts. But I usually post stuff on my instagram account, @akitchenfable, so you can check that out if you ever get anxious of waiting for me to post something. I know you guys can’t wait to hear from me 😉 .

Lemon Pound Cake

This cake has a very rich lemon taste, and is quite dense, which I personally love. And it’s an easy one bowl recipe!

And it is very, very healthy. The ingredients scared my brother because he was like “no butter, no eggs, and no refined sugar? It’s not going to work.” But thankfully it turned out to taste quite good.

Did you know that lemons eliminate toxins from your body, and help with weight loss and digestion? That I think, makes lemons taste even better.

Greek-Style Lemon Potatoes

Tender, moist and yummy potatoes. The lemon makes these taste so good, just like those Greek potatoes you can get at the restaurant! These frequently find themselves on our dinner plates because they are easy to make and everyone likes the taste.

Had a very good Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, and these potatoes were one of the side dishes. The turkey, by the way, was humongous! We had so many things to eat, I think everyone was pretty full afterwards.

Blueberry Lemon Zucchini Bread

I love this recipe. It was so easy to make, and the results were delicious. The bread is moist, and the addition of lemon and blueberries with the zucchini really made a difference in taste. It is definitely not one of those weird tasting zucchini creations. This is really really really good.

No Bake Lemon Cheesecake

To tell you the truth, the reason I made this was because of my brother. Since it had been his birthday, a few months back, I gave him a coupon booklet of food. He decided to save them up (I thought he forgot about them ) and yesterday he surprised me by handing me a coupon which was for No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake.