Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake

Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake: a layer of white chocolate mousse, over a layer of dark chocolate mousse, over a flourless chocolate cake.

Spinach Puff Pastries in a Toaster Oven

Rich, flaky, savory spinach puff pastries featuring cream cheese and sour cream. Conventional oven? OK. Toaster oven? Easier, more efficient.

This recipe for Premium French Vanilla Ice Cream produces something delicious and easily scoopable no matter how long it’s been frozen.

Tomatoes, capers, olives, and anchovies come together quickly in this recipe for Puttanesca. Delicious everyday pasta; makes great leftovers.

Rigatoni Pie with Parmesan, mozzarella, sausage, and red sauce. A cheesy, zesty, baked pasta that is as good reheated as it is freshly made.

Korean-Inspired Pot Roast in an Instant Pot is as “beef and vegetables” as you could want: beef, carrots, jujubes, ginger, daikon, shitake.

Sous vide recipe for NY strip steak w/cowboy butter: perfectly seasoned, perfectly cooked, beef. Green beans & baked potatoes on the side.

Black Bread Torte: chocolate, pistachios, rum … topped with whipped cream and cherry jam. Made from pumpernickel breadcrumbs. What? Yes!

I used this easy, homemade Crème Fraîche Blue Cheese Salad Dressing to dress a fresh berry and veg salad (with a rotisserie chicken breast).