Posted in cheese, eggs, mexican, quick bread, vegetables, vegetarian on Mar 13th, 2010
After buying four and a half pounds of masa harina for a recipe that used, oh, about a cup of it, I completely messed up the recipe I was making. While I learned quite a bit about the chemistry of cooking beans (hint: don’t add tomatoes at the beginning), I have a feeling I [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, quick bread, whole grains on Feb 2nd, 2010
Dave gets a man magazine – not one with naked ladies, but one about fashion and supposedly culture and, I don’t know, other manly stuff. I know he’ll insist that I clarify that he doesn’t pay for it. Anyway, the last issue had an article about getting in shape in which the author [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, fruit, quick bread, whole grains on Jan 31st, 2010
I must be growing up. Since when do I like raisins? At least I still think green peppers are blech. If that ever changes, I know I’ll be ready to pick up my cane and trade in my real teeth for the kind you take out at night to clean. Oh, [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, chocolate, fruit, quick bread, tuesdays with dorie on Jan 25th, 2010
I made these, oh, a year and a half ago. And the file’s just been sitting around waiting for someone to choose them for Tuesdays with Dorie. Actually, it was the first recipe I ever made from Dorie Greenspan that was not specifically for TWD. I had told myself that I would only [...]
Posted in breakfast, freezer friendly, quick bread on Jan 14th, 2010
I got scooped! I was just about to write an entry on these scones a few days ago and decided to go with the apple muffins instead. The next day Michelle posted about them. What are the chances?
Actually, considering that these first appeared on Barefoot Contessa Saturday morning, and by the time [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, fall, fruit, healthy, quick bread, whole grains, winter/holidays on Jan 11th, 2010
I don’t know why I feel the need to state this every year, but, again, for the record: I am pro New Year’s Resolution. Yes, we all know that you can resolve to make changes any day of the year. So what? New Year’s Day is the official last day of holiday [...]
Posted in chicken, one pot meal, quick bread, soup, vegetables on Jan 8th, 2010
Aargh, I hate when I choose a recipe specifically because of one step that I find interesting, and then I screw up that step! In this chicken and dumplings recipe, Cooks Illustrated uses chicken wings to thicken the broth, instead of starch. I’m always fascinated by how homemade stock is gelatinous when it’s [...]
Posted in dessert, fall, fruit, quick bread, winter/holidays on Nov 20th, 2009
Sometimes I’m too full of myself for my own good. When I saw this on Jen’s site, I noted that she called it ‘cranberry dessert.’ But, in my hubris, I figured, what the hell, it looks like a cake. I’ll call it a cake and serve it as a cake.
In retrospect, though, [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, fall, freezer friendly, quick bread on Nov 7th, 2009
Oh, did you want to see something besides scones? I’m sorry, it turns out that the ol’ crumblycookie has become all scones, all the time.
No, just kidding. This is the last scone recipe. I just wanted to get through them in one fell swoop, which is what’s kind of fun about NaBloPoMo.
Like [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, freezer friendly, fruit, quick bread on Nov 6th, 2009
Having a great, seemingly perfect recipe for something isn’t enough to stop me from trying new recipes. There’s always something to learn, you know? Even though one of the first biscotti recipes I ever made is still the best, I’ve made many many more recipes and I’ve learned some little biscotti tricks along [...]
