I’m offering a two-part series of recipes and tips for making the easiest and best custard and creme brulee, in the comfort of your own home. This four ingredient, pure and simple classic, has been a staple in my professional work for the last decade. The way that I typically make custard, calls for whole cow milk, and no vanilla or added flavorings – much like how I show you here. The best part is, you do not need any additional or professional tools to make the brulee happen, as I the top is “torched” and set, with the use of your oven on the broil setting.
creme brulee: made with dairy-free, no-bake custard
Four simple ingredients come together to make custard so amazing, it can be enjoyed on it’s own, or torched for creme brulee. I absolutely love my easiest dairy-free, no-bake recipe, using coconut cream, and share my notes for making this most-loved dessert with any type of cow/alternative milk or cream you’d like, so that you can have a beautiful and delicious result every time. Once you have this custard down, all you need is a torch to brulee it.
coleslaw with pulled-pork for sliders
I’m sharing my “rad” coleslaw, paired with pulled-pork for sliders. This is a meal that my family gets excited about. I tend to bring it into our dinner-rotation when hotter weather starts to kick-in or when we’re watching sports on tv together. These two easy recipes are full of flavor and have everything you want in this meal: tender, juicy, melt in your mouth pork, paired with a fresh and crisp salad that is sauced with just the right amount of acidity and kick.
lilacs and roses for Nonna
It felt so amazing to make a special floral arrangement for my mom, to celebrate Mother’s Day. It was a gift for me to even have my hands on fresh flowers during quarantine! It has been a while! I swooped up some of her all-time favorite flowers: Lilacs, Roses and Dusty Miller.
lemon bars
If life gives you lemons, make Lemon Bars! Lemon bars are a total classic, and a from-scratch essential for my personal and work-related baking. If you have a lemon-lover in your life, you need these bars! Shortbread is laid out to the bottom, and fresh lemon curd is poured over the top. It’s chilled to-set, cut, and absolutely devoured. If you have a moment to dust a little powdered sugar on top, go for it. Either way, this is a keeper of a recipe, and one that you and anyone who gets to enjoy them, will love for all-time.
Sunday-supper-Pot Roast
Sunday supper style Pot Roast: easy to make, and comforting. I’m so happy to share this family-favorite recipe. The goal is about getting the flavors and textures right every single time for flavorful, fall-apart beef, paired with root veggies that are perfectly tender and firm. Since the original post, I have updated the recipe to add a cup of red wine, elevating the flavor of this recipe.
Mili’s best mac salad
My best mac salad recipe was something I developed many years ago. This is a self-taught creation, based on my husband’s special request for a Hawaiian-style side-dish, to go with some of the family-cooking we do at home. When it starts to feel like summertime, or we’re hosting friends and family over – where we love to serve up a feast – this dish tends to make it to the table.
Mili’s Tzatziki Sauce and Greek Marinade for the Grill
My recipe for Greek Chicken on the grill, along with must-have Tzatziki sauce is such a favorite meal at home, that if we ever have guests over, this is typically on my list of what to make and share. These incredible flavors taste amazing with a great big salad, or fresh cut veggies. If you want to work it out the way I did for dinner last night, serve them up with naan bread, jasmine rice and grilled zucchini. I’m also sharing how the leftovers made a second meal of Greek Chicken Salad that I served for lunch at home today.
Mili’s chicken pot pie and flaky-pastry pie crust
It is comfort-food time, my friends. My chicken pot pie is made the way my family and I love to enjoy it: with a chicken breast and vegetable filling that is full of classic and fresh flavor. I top it with a flakey-pastry pie crust that comes out amazingly-perfect every time.
Celebrating COASTER in San Diego County
Mili’s Sweets was happy to work with North County Transit District of San Diego County, to help celebrate 25 years of COASTER.
cherries on classic vanilla bean cheesecake
Cherries on classic vanilla cheesecake is what’s happening for dessert this weekend! At home, we’re celebrating the first weekend of February with a kick-off for love to my Valentines, and kicking off Super Bowl Sunday with friends and family that I absolutely must make dessert for. It’s all good stuff.
chocolate toffee crunch cookies
Here’s the deal, my friends: A couple months ago I posted “Next Level” Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies, and today, this recipe for Chocolate Toffee Crunch Cookies is absolutely a level above that next-level! We have all the goodness of that original, with some slight modifications, and the addition of easy-breezy handcrafted toffee and chopped pretzels. The crunch, nuttiness, flavor, snap, chew all combined, has my family and friends calling it “the best chocolate chip cookie ever.” You can take it from them, or see what we’re raving about by making them with me. In my notes, I share how to make this recipe dairy free and gluten free.