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Author Archives: trishlee75
Gummy Worm Waffle
Oh no, she’s waffling again! HAHAHAHA! Waffling is a fun use of any shelter-in-place type activity. For instance -who could forget CPM’s great Waffle Bowl 2016 during Super Bowl 50, when we brought you crazy waffles like the French Bread With Goat Cheese and Chocolate Waffle or the 7-layer Dip Waffle Dilla Waffling can be … Continue reading
Strawberry Lemon Shortcake Poke Cake and the Supermarket Ponzi Scheme
When life hand you lemons you make lemon curd. With that lemon curd you make this cake! I call this the supermarket ponzi scheme because every once in a while a recipe book will call to you at the check stand. Like this one – The Poke Cake Cookbook. Seems innocent, right? $40s in boxed … Continue reading
Support Small Local Business in Times of Crisis – Frymazing Vallejo
Did you get enough toilet paper yet? Or maybe you’re the one who bought up all the Spam. Or the beans you don’t know how to cook. We have a recipe for that, by the way. Check it out here. Don’t wait in line at Costco or Safeway to collect food you’re never going to … Continue reading
Dirt Cake
The title isn’t very appetizing but this cake is fantastic and is easy to throw together. The components are simple – cake, pudding and Oreos. I did this cake for a local groundbreaking ceremony at SolTrans in Vallejo. The large decorative cake was done in a large terra cotta pot while the servings for the … Continue reading
Perfect Steamed White Rice
Looking for the best steamed white rice recipe? Look no further! Warning – really good steamed rice is a labor of love and takes roughly an hour to cook so plan accordingly. You won’t be disappointed! Perfect Steamed White Rice 2 cups white rice 2 cups for cooking and several cups of water for rinsing … Continue reading
Almond Coffee Cake
A special thanks to Mrs. Briseño for this incredible recipe! Sweet, nutty and has a beautiful, moist crumb. This recipe makes a single layer, 8” cake. Perfect to share….or not. Almond Coffee Cake For the cake: 1 egg ½ cup buttermilk ½ cup melted butter (regular, salted) 1 teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon almond extract ¾ … Continue reading
German Chocolate Frosting (Coconut Pecan Frosting)
Or, as our family affectionately calls it, Coconut Snot Frosting. But that just didn’t seem like an appetizing title. Warning: I don’t recommend sampling too much of this deliciousness before frosting your cake, or there won’t be any left with which to frost the cake. But hey, maybe you just wanted to eat the frosting … Continue reading
Best…Hummus…Ever
A great big MAHALO to my friend and neighbor, Billy Kamaka for this beautiful plate of hummus AND the recipe! This super easy recipe was handed down from Billy’s grandmother, who was of Lebanese descent. The hummus is also a fan favorite of the patrons at Juice Planet. It truly is the best hummus I’ve … Continue reading
Chump Change / Cook / Soups / Urban Hippies
Corn Stock
Here at CPM we LOVE corn season and, with Larry’s Produce finally open, we put fresh corn in all sorts of delicious things. After we’ve cut all the corn off the cobs, we realized there is still a lot of crazy good flavor left on that cob that just can’t go to waste. So we … Continue reading
Cook Plant Meditate 