Category: Aly’s Original Recipe

Tomatoes are in season now.  Yes tomatoes have a season and it’s summer.  So i wanted to take advantage of all those ripe and beautiful fruits.  I first made some home-made tomato sauce

So i got the idea to make a maple cake from Diva (in Demand) who made some butter pecan cupcakes the other day.  My sweets started off as only maple and ended up as Coconut Maple once i got to the grocery store and saw all the great ingredients i could use.  Here is my…

So i had about 8 peaches we purchased from the farmers market last week.  They’d been sitting in the frig and no one seemed like they were going to eat them anytime soon.  Thus i decided i was going to make a peach cobbler.  Well, if you know anything about making cobblers, a good crust…

I had a can of albacore tuna in my cabinet and didn’t really feel like cooking dinner.  I also had some left over fresh rye bread i’d baked the day before.  Using what i had on hand, my Tuna Twist recipe was formed.  Nothing like some dazzled up tuna on fresh rye bread – YUM!

Ingredients 2 cups whole milk 1 ¼ cup cane sugar (divided) 1 TBSP all-purpose flour 3 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups heavy cream 1 tsp sea salt flakes (I used Maldon) 1 tsp vanilla extract Directions Whisk milk, ¼ cup sugar, and flour together in a large heavy bottomed pot over medium heat, stirring constantly. …

Ingredients 1/2 cup vegan butter substitute, room temperature  (I used Earth Balance) 1/2 cup organic brown sugar 1/2 cup organic cane sugar 1 cup unsweetened almond milk 2  cups unbleached all-purpose-flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup organic raw cacao powder 1 tsp vanilla extract Instructions Preheat oven…

So now I’m trying my hand at actually eating fruits and veggies that are in season, meaning not just picking up stuff at the grocery store just because it’s there.  Well figs are in season now so I picked some up and decided to bake a cake with them, among other things.  It’s really simple…

So as usual we had some very ripe, very brown bananas sitting around that no one wanted to eat.  I didn’t want the usual banana bread so I decided to try something different.  It turned out so good that I didn’t even have a chance to take a picture before it was all gone. Ingredients…

I’ve made this recipe a lot.  This can be made vegetarian style as well.  This is another family favorite recipe that is a staple in our home.  Once you get the hang of it, it really is not a hard dish to make out all, especially when you have the spices already on hand in…