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Simple Dried Cherry and Orange Scones

March 8, 2013 By Carla 9 Comments

What’s the first thing you think of you when you hear scones? I bet it was Ireland, wasn’t it? Me too. During spring 2007, I studied abroad in Limerick, Ireland. My housemates and I definitely ate our fair share of scones, including the ones we made ourselves from a box (none of us had extra [...]

Filed Under: Quick Breads and Muffins Tagged With: blood orange, cherry, citrus, dried fruit, Irish, St. Patrick's Day

Mini Pear Walnut Crisps with Blood Orange Caramel Sauce

March 5, 2013 By Carla 44 Comments

Why is it important to be heart healthy? Today’s post really hits home as a lot of people are affected by heart disease, whether it runs in the family or whether it’s someone they know. Kim from Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen from Juanita’s Cocina want to dedicate today to their loved ones and [...]

Filed Under: Cobblers, Crisps, and More, Dessert Sauces and Syrups Tagged With: blood orange, citrus, Dessert For Two, fruit, nuts, pear, walnuts

Blood Orange Pie Bites

February 26, 2013 By Carla 18 Comments

Are you a risk taker? Kristen of Dine and Dish asked that question awhile back on Twitter, and it had me thinking. My initial reaction was no. In January, I was at a meeting where they talked about saving for retirement and how you can set up your account to try and outperform the market, [...]

Filed Under: Pies and Tarts Tagged With: blood orange, citrus, mini

Blood Orange Curd

February 21, 2013 By Carla 11 Comments

One of the few good things about winter – the abundance of blood oranges, and the first thing I made was this Blood Orange Curd. Curd is a fancy way of saying fruit spread, much like jam or marmalade. Some are made with eggs, like this one, or some are made without eggs, like strawberry [...]

Filed Under: Jams and Curds Tagged With: blood orange, citrus

Mini Deep Dish Lemon Meringue Pies

February 5, 2013 By Carla 29 Comments

Mini Deep Dish Lemon Meringue Pie from www.chocolatemoosey.com @chocolatemoosey

Deep dish pie is something my dad has been trying to do for years. Every time we walk past pie plates, we would look to see if any were deep dish. None were, so we gave up looking. Fast forward to this past December, I was looking at recipes when I saw Bake or Break’s [...]