Tag: Recipes

Denmark, Food, Recipes

International Holiday Recipe: Æbleskiver

A plate of aebleskiver with powdered sugar on top

What on earth is an æbleskiver? I’m so glad you asked! These poppable, spherical, portable little pancakes also known as aebleskiver or ebleskiver are dangerous—both in the “you’re definitely going to eat too many” way and also the “you’re probably going to burn yourself at some point during the making process” way. But they are …

Journal

Journal | 7.21.18

Long time, no see! It’s good to be back in this space after a week off. Summer is definitely here and we’re not getting any relief from the heat any time soon! This weekend we are up in the Atlanta, Georgia, area to visit my family, where we plan to enjoy some hot chicken from …

Home, Journal, Reflections

Journal | 6.30.18

Alyssa writes in a journal

Happy Weekend to you! It’s been a busy week around here, so I’m just going to skip the intro and jump right on in. This post contains affiliate links and I may receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking one of these links (at no additional cost to you!). Thank you …

Food, Recipes, Sweden

Recipe: Swedish Sticky Chocolate Cake (Kladdkaka)

A sticky chocolate cake with whipped cream

*Infomercial voice* Do you like brownies? Do you like making brownies? Do you like making brownies because you get to lick the spoon, and sometimes you “accidentally” are bad at scraping the contents of your mixing bowl into the pan so you can eat more batter out of the bowl?* Because if you’re the kind …

Food, Recipes

Fresh Pasta Carbonara Recipe

A bowl of just-made carbonara with grated cheese on top

Michael and I often talk about our favorite meal of our trip to Italy: the pasta carbonara at da Enzo al 29. Impossibly silky, rich, and savory, carbonara is my desert-island meal. But back home from Italy, we soon discovered that Florida is a desert island for carbonara lovers. Well, what do you do? You …

Destinations, Food, Italy, Recipes, Travel

A Pistachio Ice Cream Recipe Inspired by Rome

A hand holds a cone with pistachio ice cream

I have an insatiable sweet tooth, so nearly every day on our recent trip to Italy ended with gelato (sometimes we had gelato after lunch and dinner but please don’t tell my doctor). While I’m normally a chocolate ice cream girlie at home, in Italy I couldn’t get enough of the pistachio gelato (or in …