Culinary Adventures with Camilla

      This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Melissa's Produce . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. When I received a package from  Melissa's Produce * to take part in the 2020 #FamilyBakingChallenge I immediately opened up the clamshell of Winter Crunch® Grapes to taste them. Grown exclusively for Melissa's Produce, these Winter Crunch® grapes are large and voluptuous. They are sweet with a great hardy texture that holds up well to baking and roasting.  So, I picked their  Winter Crunch Grape & Almond Cakes  as my second recipe to tackle. My first post for the #FamilyBakingChallenge was the  Butterscotch™ Pear Bread Pudding . Ingredients makes 10 muffin-sized cakes very slightly adapted from Bigger Bolder Baking's recipe 1 cup butter, softened plus more for buttering the ...

     This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Melissa's Produce . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. When I received a package from  Melissa's Produce * to take part in the 2020 #FamilyBakingChallenge I was intrigued immediately by the Butterscotch™ Pears. So, I picked their  Butterscotch™ Pear Bread Pudding as my first recipe to tackle.  I am already late to the party; the challenge started three weeks ago.  And I, of course, went completely off the rails, swapping out bread to use up some leftovers, substituting eggnog for milk, and adding in lots of holiday spices. Then I made a mahogany sage-infused caramel to pour over the pudding before adding the pears. But this was a smash hit with my trio. I'll get to my recipe in a moment. But, first, a little bit about the fruit that inspired thi...

   This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Melissa's Produce . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. Can you believe that February is already over? And we even had a bonus day in February. But with the advent of March, I begin to see the steady parade towards the Vernal Equinox and Spring which is my favorite season. Last week I noticed that  Melissa's Produce *   shared a photo of yellow dragonfruit on one of their social media channels. So, I reached out to my contacts at Melissa's Produce to see if they would want to sponsor a series of posts. I had my eyes on making some Spring-y, sunny dishes. And they did! I received a selection of yellow produce and set out to make some #SpringOnThePlate recipes. I received several Bergamot Oranges (you can read about them on the Melissa...

   This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Melissa's Produce . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. Can you believe that February is already over? And we even had a bonus day in February. But with the advent of March, I begin to see the steady parade towards the Vernal Equinox and Spring which is my favorite season. Last week I noticed that  Melissa's Produce *   shared a photo of yellow dragonfruit on one of their social media channels. So, I reached out to my contacts at Melissa's Produce to see if they would want to sponsor a series of posts. I had my eyes on making some Spring-y, sunny dishes. And they did! I received a selection of yellow produce and set out to make some #SpringOnThePlate recipes. Because the finger bananas were perfectly ripe when they arrived, I knew that they would...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Melissa's Produce . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. Here we are at the final week of this year's #FreakyFruitsFriday event. The Halloween before last, I noticed that  Melissa's Produce *  had a section on their website for ' Freaky Fruits .' I really wanted to showcase recipes featuring those fruits, so I reached out to my contact at Melissa's and he agreed. This year, I emailed him, again, and he agreed, again. Woohoo. The group received a generous selection of less-than-common fruits, including dragonfruit, passion fruit, kiwano melon, cherimoya, chayote, blood oranges, rambutan, and pomegrante. With that bounty, here's what the crew is sharing today... Blood Orange Bars by Kelly Lynn’s Sweets and Treats Buttermilk Passion Fruit Poundcake with Blood-...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Melissa's Produce . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. Welcome to this year's #FreakyFruitsFriday event. The Halloween before last, I noticed that  Melissa's Produce *  had a section on their website for ' Freaky Fruits .' I really wanted to showcase recipes featuring those fruits, so I reached out to my contact at Melissa's and he agreed. This year, I emailed him, again, and he agreed, again. Woohoo. As the produce boxes started arriving, I realized that we had waaaaaaaay more produce than I could feature in just three Fridays in October. So, I decided that I would create some additional recipes and call it 'recipe testing.' The boys helped me brainstorm some ideas. You'll see most of these on the blog in this month. But, as I wrote, this is one of ...