Apple Crumble (Paleo & Gluten Free) with Scream Sorbet

 As the finishing touch to a paleo feast, I made an apple crumble sin flour and milk. Served with Scream Sorbet out of the East Bay which is sold from the Ferry Building Farmer's Market on Saturdays. I had the pleasure of meeting Sierra who was working the Scream Sorbet stand. Sierra is full of life and knowledge about Scream Sorbet's process and ingredients. They usually have 4 - 6 flavors available for sampling and purchasing and I believe it changes week to week. For this I used their 'Saffron Almond' flavor which was divine. The ingredients are on the carton and include nothing more than water, Kashiwasi Farms blanched almonds, sugar, sea salt and saffron.

Apple Crumble 

Ingredients:
6 large apples, peeled and sliced. I recommend the Pink Lady apples for crumbles
1 1/2 cups almond flour
1 egg
2 tablespoons coconut oil
Raw honey
Cinnamon

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Place apple slices in a glass baking dish. Drizzle the honey on the apple slices
2. Mix the almond flour, egg, coconut oil and cinnamon in a bowl until you have a 'crumbly' consistency
3. Add the topping to the apples. Bake for 30 - 35 minutes, until hot and bubbly and the crust is golden.
Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before serving with Scream Sorbet. Enjoy!

Spicy Cheese! ....another reason to LOVE California

 I recently had the pleasure of sampling (multiple times) this delicious and surprisingly spicy habanero jack cheese from the Sonoma Cheese Factory.  Buy it HERE.

Disclosure: Apologies for the semi-blurry picture - this was taken about 2 hours into a wine tasting...
The habanero kicks in about 3 seconds into the cheese tasting. The jack is otherwise perfectly creamy to help offset the habanero.


Some ideas for good uses for this cheese include:

• Shredding and using as a topping for fried fish tacos
• Shredding and using in a corn bread
• Quesadillas
• On crackers with a dollop of sweet peach chili sauce or honey (or some sweet sauce)
• Topping on tortilla soup
• Topping for nachos with extra guacamole   

And here are some awesome recommendations from my cousin Megan <3

• shredded on top of taco salad
• used with rice and chicken in a stuffed poblano pepper
• in enchiladas! yum!
• maybe paired with a sharp green apple? Could be interesting..

Any one feel up for a visit to the Sonoma Cheese Factory?

Mouse Cheese Grater

My mom always seems to find the cutest kitchen/household appliances! I am absolutely in love with this adorable little mouse cheese grater. It's so much fun to use and it's like having a little Stuart Little in the kitchen! The bottom of the mouse is a stainless steel grater that makes perfectly fine grated cheese.

The best part is that this grater is also a container for cheese storage. It has a Tupperwear top and can sit flat in your refrigerator! It's too cute!

I found it online at CentralChef.com. It is only $9.99 and they have it in yellow too!

Dave's Gourmet Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce

In June I went to the Summer Fancy Food Show at the Javits Center in NYC. I learned about "Dave's Gourmet" and Dave's whole line of delicious pasta sauces and hot sauces. I had never seen a butternut squash sauce before so I decided to try it and it was DELICIOUS! Ever since the food show I have had the most difficult time finding this sauce in NYC. I even called Dave, who is based out of San Francisco, to find out where I could find his butternut squash sauce! During a visit home, I scouted our local markets and was thrilled when I found it. The only thing stopping me from buying 5 jars was the excessive fee for overweight luggage at the airport.....