Desserts

Once upon a Thyme · A New Home And A Chocolate Chip Cookie I recently took a deep dive into my heart. I left my friends, my home and everything that was familiar to me, and moved across the Atlantic.  I arrived into my new…

Once upon a Thyme · The Magic Of The Chocolate Chip Cookie The chocolate chip cookie has always held great meaning for me from my first bite. It was the first time that I had travelled to the United States. A little girl was eating…

It is Sunday or Saturday. Wait no, it’s Monday. The only thing that differentiates one day from the next is the recipes that I create. In terms of days of the week, my reference has now become “the day we made  pancakes,” or “the morning…

 Once upon a Thyme · Almond Lemon Cake-Gató de Almendras Mallorquin I will never forget the first time that I breathed in the Mallorcan air..as we drove from the airport along the coast to our holiday home. I felt at peace at once with…

I returned home from a workshop feeling completely exhausted and absolutely famished. As I searched for my keys, my mind was in the kitchen thinking about what I could make for dinner. Some garlic lemon salmon with asparagus? Or perhaps some asparagus soup? As my…

My daughter had seen someone eating rice crispies  in a movie and asked if we could make some. While I didn’t have either Rice crispy cereal or marshmallows in the house, we  found some puffed rice and experimented a bit. . The end result is…

Once upon a Thyme · Onceuponathyme. Carl Part2 Raw Coconut Macaroons   The following morning, I woke up another dream about Carl and woke up smiling. I grabbed my computer and went onto Facebook. There were only two Carl Shar’s and while none of the…

Once upon a Thyme · Once upon a Thyme. Carl Part 1. Chocolate Almond Tart   Carl was my first love, as my parents like to say it. We met when we were four years-old where we attended a catholic pre-school.  Carl and I found…