A lemon tart appears on nearly everyone’s list of top 10 desserts. This recipe combines lemon with white chcoclate for an elegant presentation. The simple coconut-gingersnap crust, quick and forgiving, is a great addition to your dessert repertoire. It can be used to enhance any simple fruit tart, cheesecake, mousse pie, or ice-cream pie.
This is the best orange tart ever. Ginger and a whisper of coconut add complex flavors that have my guests sighing with pleasure. It’s beautiful all on its own or garnished with fresh berries or whipped cream. The quick-and-easy crust works beautifully for cheesecake and fresh fruit tarts.
A crunchy top you must shatter to reach the silky custard beneath—this juxtaposition of textures is what has made crème brulée one of America’s most popular desserts. Try it in this subtle coffee flavor.
Frozen yogurt may or may not have less fat than your favorite ice cream, but it definitely has a bright, tangy flavor that dramatically enhances fresh fruit. And if course if you use one of the Greek style yogurts I recommend, you’re getting all of that nice acidophilous bacteria, too.
Juicy melons of every variety are a highlight of my worktable at this time of year. Their colors are so summery and fresh and the flavors blend and complement nearly every recipe from salsa to salad and dessert.
Try this elegant, velvety soup as a more sophisticated way to serve everybody’s favorite: chocolate pudding.
The bold and fruity notes of Cabernet Sauvignon transform this simple Blackberry Sorbet into a WOW dessert.
Even if they cost a bundle, which they don’t, these recipes are just what you’re looking for right now. Called granita in Italy, granité in France, they are essentially a (very) sophisticated rendition of a snow cone. Yummm.
A Conscious Feast™ presents the calming thesis that the pursuit of all things in moderation—even saving the planet and our own arteries—is what actually cultivates health and well-being, even happiness. The recipes and information I’ll include here support a life where all natural and humanely raised foods may be considered as appropriate answers to, “What’s [...]
