Skinny Banana Splits – Improv Challenge

Skinny Banana Splits | Teaspoonofspice.com

It’s a new year for the Improv Challenge and this month’s theme is bananas & nutmeg – two ingredients I eat pretty much every day. Lately, this Banana Mocha Frappe has been part of my daily breakfast routine and I recently waxed poetic about my microplane and my love for freshly grated nutmeg. But I don’t think I’ve ever [...]

Sweet & Spicy Sweet Potato Bake

Sweet & Spicy Sweet Potato Bake | TeaspoonofSpice.com

Consider the humble sweet potato; what a versitile veggie. It can star in an appetizer, entree or dessert – or even a delicious sweet potato fries snack. Really, the only thing tricky about sweet potatoes is that they tend to go bad quickly – which I always seem to forget since their white potato cousins [...]

Potato Cheddar Waffles – Improv Challenge

Potato Cheddar Waffles

March is usually maple syrup season anywhere in the northern US. Ever since I lived in Boston and visited a western Massachusetts sugar shack on March weekends, I’ve been fascinated by the process of maple sugaring. After a long drive up a bumpy graveled road, we would emerge in a small clearing surrounded by tall [...]