You’re such a peach!

One of the great things about summer is the summer fruits!!! I forgot my love for peach until I took a bite out of one a few weeks ago. It was like sweet bliss, so sweet, juicy and succulent. However, for my brother who was sitting beside me did not enjoy my loud slurps from trying to keep the juices from dripping down my chin, but whatever, it was so yummy! I LOVE PEACHES!

In my family, I am the dessert girl, but I hardly make any dessert for dinner, because usually we get really full from the actual dinner one and… I’m kind of lazy especially when I’m hungry… haha So one day, with my peaches in hand & dinner almost starting, I decided to quickly whip up this french dessert, called “clafoutis.”  Plus I saw Anna Olson do it easily on her show, Fresh with Anna Olson, the week before, so I thought why not. She used plums, but I just used peaches.

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Pretty Please with a Cherry on Top :)

Hey everyone! Sorry I been away for almost 2 months :( I have been quite busy with everything (a wedding (not mine’s of course), vacations, work & just living life), but I didn’t stop baking, I made a few things during this time. So I’ll be blogging about these little baking adventures within the next week :) I’m back in full force!

Every year around June, I get bags of cherries so I try to make something with cherries (last year I made super mini cherry pies). This year I found “Cherry coffee cake”. I couldn’t pass up trying this recipe because 1) it was simple 2) I love coffee cake 3) it incorporates my huge supply of cherries.

Cherry trees are the one of the first fruit trees to ripen in North America. The peak season for cherries is SUMMER, which is now! So I suggest to go cherry picking with a lover, a friend, or anyone that loves cherries or FUN =P haha
What’s so good about cherries anyways? Well they are SO PRETTY! They remind me Vegas, cause of those slot machine with the cherries, haha… But on a serious note, tart cherries provide us with the mighty antioxidants (which are fighters against those pesky free radicals in our bodies which reduces many health risks like cancer… basically they fight off bad guys so they don’t do bad things, such as leaving garbage in your body!) More specifically, the antioxidant that cherries provide are called, anthocyanins, which have powerful anti-inflammatory properties and research state that it helps with pain relief in joints; some studies state it helps inflammation more than ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, etc). Lastly, the darker the cherry is, the more anthocyanins there are.

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