When I was young, I wanted nothing to do with the desserts my father brought home from our monthly trips to the Thai market in the city: gray griddled discs of taro root and coconut, round pancakes filled with coconut cream, and layered pink jellies flavored, disappointingly, with coconut. Well, times have changed. Now I m the coconut fiend…
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I eat very little dairy on a daily basis and was an early converter to soy milk. has been a newfound ingredient for me and I have learned many things about using it in the kitchen. First of all, read labels! I prefer Almond Breeze Unsweetened. Many almond milks are filled with sugar and unwanted thickeners and starches and will change the…
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I LOVE and adore banana pudding, real banana pudding. By real I mean the kind where you make the pudding from scratch and pour it warm over a bowl of yummy Nilla wafers and fresh cut bananas. That stuff with boxed pudding mix cannot even come close to how this tastes. If you think you’ve had banana pudding before and it involved a boxed pudding…
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Over the past few days we could definitely feel a touch of fall in the air. Slightly cool and refreshing… Just perfect. Every year we get super excited this time of year, because we get to use some of our fall favorites: pumpkin, of course and pomegranates. Pomegranates might not be as popular ( although that is slowly changing lately) but…
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Print RecipeJump To Recipe The recent Green Tea Steamed Cake was a real hit among Just One Cookbook readers and I received very supportive feedback from readers (thank you!). Today I am excited to share my next “steam in a frying pan” recipe with you, and it’s Custard Pudding . In Japan we call this dessert “Purin”. Bakeries, pastry shops…
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Like rice, farro is such a versatile grain that’s good in anything from soups to to stuffings. Because it can be used in a lot of the same ways as rice, it led me to ponder what it might be like substituted for rice in a pudding. The result? I think the photos speak for themselves, but this was delightful. Like rice, the farro made a thick…
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I ve never made tapioca pudding before and always loved it as a kid. When I set my sights on making a rich, glorious version with coconut milk as a base instead of milk and egg, I didn t realize I d have a runaway hit in my household. But that s exactly what happened. To be fair, I m currently obsessed with all things coconut, as evidenced…
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Share tweet pin My mother is the most loving person. She was at every track meet, every science fair. But the one thing I love most about her is that compassionate spirit she has for anyone. My mom admittedly is not a big cook. My dad did most of the cooking when we grew up. But my mother does a really tasty banana pudding. And whenever she…
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You can make two 100 ml cups of pudding with just 1 egg, milk, and sugar. Use the leftover heat from your pot to make it creamy! Ingredients: makes two 100 ml containers Pudding: Milk 125 ml Egg Sugar (brown sugar also OK) 1 tablespoon Caramel Sugar 2 teaspoons Water 1 teaspoon Story Behind this Recipe I love the Marlowe custard pudding shop…
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To me, holiday dinners are all about prime rib roast and especially the Yorkshire pudding made from luscious beef fat drippings. I can t even think about prime rib without thinking Yorkshire pudding. They re a match made in culinary heaven. For the best rib roast you need a seriously marbled cut of meat, which is why it s good to go for…
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Their texture can take a little getting used to, but they are so versatile and are a great protein-packed addition to many recipes because of their ability to thicken and gel. Chia Seed Pudding… Chia seed pudding is a simple and delicious way to easily get the benefits of chia seeds. It takes minutes to make and has enough protein and nutrients…
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Here is a traditional turkish recipe. On rainy days, or whenever me and my mum are up late at night with no intention of sleeping - she will always pop this one out the bag. It s so simple and delicious. It has this odd taste, one thats slightly similar to that of Baby Born food - but in a really good way. You can either make it with rice…
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Pudding is the ultimate comfort food especially when the weather turns cool. Warm, right off the stove is the way I most enjoy it just like my Grandma used to make it. A pudding box wasn’t good enough for her, and it’s not good enough for me either. Who wants to feed their children (or themselves) a bowlful of GMO white sugar, GMO corn starch…
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A custard is one of the simplest dessert you can make but one of the most delicious. Everybody here knows my passion for creamy texture and nothing like a custard to satisfy my cravings. This is not the recipe I used to make when I was a kid, along the years I learned a little bit more, heard other s recipes and finally found the perfect…
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This past weekend we celebrated Jacobs’ grandmother’s birthday (my grandmother-in-law). When she requested banana pudding in lieu of a birthday cake we were all thrilled because everyone loves this recipe! I wish that I could take credit for it but it is the banana pudding recipe from New York’s famous Magnolia Bakery (and The Buttercup Bake…
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