Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
Banana Coconut Bread Every now and then I like to make different variations of banana bread. (Sometimes it’s fun to change things up a bit.) Aside from my favorite regular banana bread recipe, I really love this more tropical version prepared with shredded coconut, coconut milk, and coconut oil. Because there is no dairy, this [...]
Happy Halloween everyone!!!! When the night is over, don’t forget to reclaim your Jack O’lanterns to make pumpkin puree. You can then freeze the puree, and use it throughout the year to make pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup… whatever you feel like! Making pumpkin puree from field pumpkins is a little bit time consuming, [...]
It’s Oktoberfest right now! Oktoberfest is a 16 day festival lasting from late September through the first weekend of October, and is considered the world’s largest fair – held annually in Munich (Bavaria), Germany. Specials beers and all kinds of wonderful German foods are served during this celebration… one of my favorite German treats [...]
There are quite a few “Starbucks Iced Lemon Pound Cake” recipes circulating around the internet these days… Judging from the ingredients, most of these are made from boxed cake mix (with no butter) or are just basic pound cake recipes with a bit of lemon juice thrown in. I wanted something that would be closer [...]
Hawaiian cornbread is not your typical American style cornbread – this one is sweeter, fluffier, and lighter in texture than the dense bread we think of as “cornbread”. It’s sort of a cross between a cake and regular cornbread. I love the texture and sweetness – it’s perfect served with a bowl of chili [...]
It’s officially fall! The 100 degree summer weather has finally left – and it actually rained yesterday. I closed the windows, ditched my summer comforter, put away the fan… and the crisp smell of leaves is in the air. Nothing says “fall” to me more than the scent of warm cinnamon and pumpkin. And with [...]
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