Pink Prosecco Soup

“DO YOU HAVE A KINDER, MORE ADAPTABLE FRIEND IN THE FOOD WORLD THAN SOUP?”  Judith Martin (Miss Manners)

Pink Prosecco Soup | From My Sweet Heart

Well today is the culmination of a week long celebration of SOUP!  Fourteen amazing women have come together, again with a theme.  This month, we are sharing our best and favorite recipes for soup!  And Miss Manners, could not have posed a better question.  Soup is one of the most adaptable foods I can think of.  Each recipe you will find here today is fabulous as is.  But like all soup, you can change it up depending on the season, your personal tastes, or what you have available in your cupboards.  I helped to wrap up the week with, what else?  This luscious dessert soupStrawberries lend the sweetness. While yogurt makes it creamyProsecco gives it a fizzy tang.  And top it off with a little cracked, black pepper for a hint of heat and spice.  Ready for more??? [Read more...]

Iced Berries in Warm White Chocolate Cream

“SIMPLICITY IS THE ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION.”  Leonardo DaVinci

Iced Berries in Warm White Chocolate Cream | From My Sweet Heart

Sometimes the simple pleasures are the best.  And there are some things in their natural form that just can’t be improved upon.  Like biting into a peach on a hot summer day and feeling the juice trickle down your chin onto your favorite white tee shirt!

Well sometimes in the middle of the week, you need a pick me up.  A dessert which feels a little more special than a bowl of berries, but which doesn’t take a lot of time.  This treat is sublime!  From the joyous clink of the berries, like ice cubes, into the glass….to the sweet rich cream which bathes and warms them back to their soft, sweet state.

I hope you will try this.  The possibilities for variation are many!  Switch up your chocolate, or berries, or add spice or liqueur.  Just kick back, relax and enjoy!

And the recipe along with a picture of my favorite flower…..follows…… [Read more...]