Berry Almond Quinoa Porridge

My brother recently took out a big stack of cookbooks we had stashed in a cabinet to find some creative ways to make breakfast and lunch. I think he gave up pretty quickly, as usual, but he never moved them back into the cabinet. Since the stack of books was right in front of me, I rifled through them and was intrigued by the concept of quinoa porridge in The Hungry Student Vegetarian Cookbook. This cookbook was gifted to me by a friend, and the recipes are quite easy and interesting to make.

The next morning, I made it and changed a few things, such as replacing the milk with almond milk, switching the sugar with maple syrup or honey, and changing the toppings.

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Raspberry Dutch Baby Pancake

Hey guys! Anyone want a fluffy and crispy on the outsides really easy pancake to make? I got a 12-inch skillet for my birthday a few weeks ago and this is the first time I made something with it. I wanted to do either a frittata or a dutch baby pancake but finally decided on the pancake. And it’s super delicious and fulfilling in the morning, but I’m sure this could pass for dessert too.

Like I said, it’s super fluffy and crispy on the edges, plus has some sweetness from the raspberries and the raw cane sugar. I was so surprised when I looked in the oven because all I could see was that my pancake had billowed up to twice its size.

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!

Raspberry and Blueberry Chia Pops

Ahhhhh! I am so in love with this. The sweetness of berries and maple syrup with coconut milk and chia seeds all rolled into one popsicle. Then drizzled with melted dark chocolate and coconut flakes and more chia seeds. These pops are a definite yum in my book.

I found these cute little blue popsicles molds in the bottom of a containers drawer and they had little green bear sticks attached to them. I remember my mom using them every once in a while when we were younger and we would always jump up and down in excitement when she took them out of that drawer. My mom stopped making sweet things a while ago, giving us the task instead and we totally forgot about these popsicle molds.

Frozen Raspberry Meringue Pie

Happy Sunday everyone! This is a creamy, sweet, and oh so refreshing dessert. Did I tell you that it is healthier than the classic lemon meringue pie? And guess what? I finally have A KITCHENAID MIXER!!!!! Woo! (What color? Well, I tell you how I accidentally ended up with the some random color.)

Sometimes I try to bake desserts without a recipe and it usually turns out very strange. You can imagine my excitement when I was eating this and realized it actually worked! This was inspired by the passion fruit meringue pie I ate in Panama. I ate it after a good meal and I was surprised that the filling wasn’t just passion fruit curd but actually some sort of frozen passion fruit mousse. So, naturally, I had to make it at home! Didn’t have passion fruit so I subbed it with raspberries, and, as you can see, it looks fantastic!

So that KitchenAid mixer I was screaming about earlier on? It’s an artisan one, in a red or turquoise random color. I’ll tell you what happened.

Raspberry Banana Pancakes

Imagine biting into a pancake which tastes like bananas and then feeling the oozy sweetness of the raspberries enter your mouth.

With just 4 ingredients, these are just so easy to make in the morning. Oh and did you know how hard it is to take a good picture with good lighting? For these past recipes, I’ve just been running around my house, trying to place the food in a good spot, but it is so difficult! Especially for those pictures which would look so good from the top view but my camera puts a shadow on the food.