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How to Poach Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Balsamic Fruit Stew
May26

How to Poach Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Balsamic Fruit Stew

Posted By on May 26, 2017 in Berries, Citrus, Cooking How-To Videos, Cooking Shows, Cranberries, Dates, Desserts, Easter, Featured, Figs, Fruit, Fruit & Vegetables, Ginger, Gluten Free, Herbs, Holidays & Events, How To Cook, Oranges, Papaya, Pears, Stone Fruits, Sweets, Thanksgiving, Tropical, Vegetarian, Wine Country Kitchens with Kimberly | 0 comments

If you’re looking for a hot, scrumptious, fruit dessert, try my recipe for Poached Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Balsamic Fruit Stew! This stew is chock full of delicious fruits, and kicked up with the addition of syrupy, sweet balsamic vinegar – you will love this hearty, cold-weather dessert, full of the warmth of the holidays. Poached Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Fruit Stew: In this recipe, I used Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Balsamic...

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How to Cook Haskap Fruit Moos + Video
Nov24

How to Cook Haskap Fruit Moos + Video

Posted By on Nov 24, 2014 in Berries, Christmas, Cooking How-To Videos, Cooking Shows, Cooking with Kimberly, Desserts, Eastern European Food, Ethnic Foods, Featured, Fruit, Fruit & Vegetables, German Food Recipes, Haskap, Holidays & Events, How To Cook, Russian Food Recipes, Sweets, Thanksgiving, Vegetarian | 0 comments

Haskap Fruit Moos is a quick, easy & stunningly delicious dessert you can throw together and impress everyone. The sweet, tangy taste of the haskap berry mixed with a fruit combinination for a lovely, warm, sweet treat for dessert, whether it’s for a mid-week dinner, Thanksgiving or even Christmas. The fruit moos I am making here is loaded with dried and fresh fruits including dried haskap berries, which I happen to have on...

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How to Cook Stewed Prunes
Oct31

How to Cook Stewed Prunes

Posted By on Oct 31, 2013 in Desserts, Featured, Fruit, Fruit & Vegetables, How To Cook, Plums, Sauces, Soups, Stews & Chilis, Sweets, Vegan, Vegetarian | 0 comments

Stewed Prunes are an old, classic fruit stew, and most think it to be for “old people,” but the fact remains, it’s tasty! Yes, it’s a known fact that prunes, well, make you regular, if you catch my drift. However, they are chock full of vitamins, minerals & even protein. A healthy snack that’s ever-so-tasty made this way…stewed. How to Cook Stewed Prunes: We are quite fond of stewed prunes in...

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How to Cook Pluma Moos in Stoneware Ramekins + Video
Sep10

How to Cook Pluma Moos in Stoneware Ramekins + Video

Posted By on Sep 10, 2013 in Cooking How-To Videos, Cooking Shows, Cooking with Kimberly, Desserts, Eastern European Food, Ethnic Foods, Featured, Fruit & Vegetables, German Food Recipes, How To Cook, Plums, Russian Food Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian | 4 comments

Pluma Moos is an Eastern European recipe of fruit stew, perfect made & enjoyed in cooler weather. Either using fresh, seasonal fruit, or fruit you’ve frozen to save for a cold day, moos is a great way to get an easy dessert out of what you have with simple ingredients, and comfort food goodness. There are a wide variety of Moos Recipes on the site, if you look around. A larger family portion of moos can be made in a large...

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How to Cook Rhubarb Moos in Stoneware Ramekins + Video
Sep10

How to Cook Rhubarb Moos in Stoneware Ramekins + Video

Posted By on Sep 10, 2013 in Cooking How-To Videos, Cooking Shows, Cooking with Kimberly, Desserts, Eastern European Food, Ethnic Foods, Featured, Fruit & Vegetables, German Food Recipes, How To Cook, Rhubarb, Russian Food Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian | 0 comments

I just love pulling out my Stoneware Ramekins and cooking something hearty & delicious in them…Rhubarb Moos! …It’s the perfect time of year to break out these bad boys and explore the tastes of the world inside of your oven. Moos is an Eastern European fruit stew ate for dessert, or as a condiment for dinner. Now, I’ve shown you How to Cook Rhubarb Moos before, but in a large soup pot. These are individual...

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National Ethnic Foods Month: The Heart of Our Favorite Foods
Sep01

National Ethnic Foods Month: The Heart of Our Favorite Foods

Posted By on Sep 1, 2013 in Ethnic Foods, Featured, Food Finds, Food Fun, Holidays & Events | 0 comments

National Ethnic Foods Month allows us to reflect upon the eclectic nature of our world today, the fusion of cuisine & culture, and the heart of our favorite foods. North America, being such a melting pot of cultures has brought us a wide variety of cuisines that speak to us of the many original homelands and their best loved foods. What is ethnic these days? Well, that’s all relative to you, your heritage or background and...

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One Month Grocery Shopping Strike: Day 8 – SuperBowl XLV
Feb06

One Month Grocery Shopping Strike: Day 8 – SuperBowl XLV

Posted By on Feb 6, 2011 in Organizing, Sports Tailgating | 0 comments

This is Day Eight of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! It’s also SuperBowl! That’s right! We love football and we especially love the tailgating food we get to create and eat for this special game. We are still doing well and eating deliciously on day 8 of our grocery shopping strike. We are doing “upscale” SuperBowl treats. For brunch we had creamed scrambled eggs on top of toasted Italian flax seed bread...

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How to Cook Kasper Family German Holiday Moos
Dec05

How to Cook Kasper Family German Holiday Moos

Posted By on Dec 5, 2008 in Christmas, Desserts, Eastern European Food, Ethnic Foods, Featured, Fruit & Vegetables, German Food Recipes, Holidays & Events, Organic, Sweets, Vegan, Vegetarian | 0 comments

In German Moos (pronounced “mouse”) is a “dried fruit sauce” or dessert stew. Often called “pluma moos” as well. It is most delicious, a dessert of love and amazing for the Holidays! Grandma Kasper was an amazing cook and everything she made was memorable! During the Holidays, this special Moos was a dessert, a treat, a snack and a wonderful addition to the flavors we remember being present during...

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