Dutch Baby with Lemon Sugar

What is it that turns four ordinary ingredients — butter, eggs, milk and flour — into such a regal creation as the Dutch Baby pancake? Is it magic? A culinary sleight of hand that only the gifted cook can pull off?

Lemon Ricotta Cookies with Lemon Glaze

If you like the fresh flavor of lemon then these cookies are for you! The cookie itself is incredibly moist because of the ricotta cheese; and the glaze, made of pure sugar and lemon, is sweet and lemony. Both the cookie and the glaze contain lemon zest, which boosts the lemon flavor up a notch. Meyer Lemons also work incredibly well in this recipe!

Butternut, Corn and Coconut Soup

This is a delicious creamy soup that morphed from a different soup recipe that called for kabocha squash.  I had to use ingredients that I had readily available, so I substituted the kabocha for a butternut squash and a beautiful organic garnet red yam. The end result was what I think is a creamier textured soup! Don’t be tempted to skip the corn relish, It is a necessary finishing component!

Skillet Baked Ziti

Yield: Servings: 6 to 8

Prep Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 25 min

This recipe is really so easy, it almost makes you feel guilty ! But trust me, it really is delicious with the pasta cooking itself in the sauce, releasing all of the yummy starch and absorbing the garlic and tomatoes . If you have a cast iron skillet, I would recommend using it for this dish. There’s just something about a one dish meal that is so comforting!