Super easy! Courtesy of Food 52.

1 4 ounce burrata (carefully cut into 4 pieces)
3/4-1 cup berries (strawberries should be cored and quartered)
honey
balsamic vinegar
fresh ground black pepper

Place two pieces burrata on a plate. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon honey. Sprinkle berries around cheese. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar (to taste) and sprinkle with black pepper (to taste.)

For all our normal frugality and staying-in-ness, we do manage to eat really well every now and then.


There's this joint down the street called Fish Bar, and it's a perfect Sunday night meal.

( Amazing Eats and Fabulous Beers )

You may have noticed that I went a little coconut crazy recently. I know I've mentioned this somewhere before, but I hate it as a child (I think it was a texture thing), so now I'm making up for lost time :)

I recently posted a list of 10 coconut recipes on Willow Bird Baking and thought I'd share here, too.

1. Buttery Coconut & Almond Morning Buns



(It's hard to pick a favorite because all the recipes are SO different, but I wish I had some more of these hot coconut almond morning buns with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on top right this second.)


( 9 more coconut recipes )

These scones are delicious, quick, and easy. They can literally be mixed, baked, and glazed within 45 minutes -- perfect for the difficult Sunday I had this past week. I love the combination of maples and blueberry because it reminds me of a sweet blueberry pancake breakfast.

Hope you enjoy :)



( recipe + photo )


To read the story I tell to my students ALL THE TIME, see what I was originally supposed to bake last Sunday, and see more photos, please head over to Willow Bird Baking!

x-posted to food_porn, cooking, picturing_food, and bakebakebake

I used a muffin tin to make these yummy mini pies, laced with lemon curd. More pics and how to here...

Honeydew Ice- The perfect cold treat for the hot weather! Super easy, fresh, healthy, and you don't need an ice cream machine!

Recipe and more over at The Alchemist.

I love these mini "heirloom" tomatoes and made a tasty salad with machen lettuce, avocado, red onion and goat cheese, more info and pics here. I love adding a cup of warm rice too, so good! Anyone else do that?

I made these fore a recent lunch party, I had on my new porch. I just recently moved from GA to CA and was not even sure I could find green tomatoes! Luckily I did, a local "Sprouts" had a sale on vine ripen tomatoes with a few stray greens, which are simply unripened tomatoes. The added firmness makes them ideal for frying. Recipe and pretty pics here.

Breakfast apple pie, perfect for Mothers Day Brunch!

Recipe and more over at The Alchemist.