It took my mom 30 years to manage to make her Beef and Noodles exactly like Grandma’s, so I suppose I should not be disheartened. And in fairness to both my mom and myself, my mom is hamstrung by my dad’s complete aversion to salt and I on the other hand was hamstrung by either…
Archives for March 2009
Chocolate Scones: Quadruple Chocolate Scones and Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Scones
Chocolate scones are delicious–Chocolate Chip Scones are a scone take on chocolate chip cookies and Quadruple Chocolate Scones are just an intensely chocolate scone. Breakfast, afternoon snack, dessert–they work for any occasion! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. What does quick bread say to you? Sure I know that loads…
Taste & Create: Bollywood Biryani
I LOVE my Taste & Create partner this month. No disrespect to my former partners–many of whose blogs I still read regularly–but Simran and I are on a wavelength of sorts (as far as I am concerned anyway, haha, who knows what she thought of my blog). I instantly found many, many dishes on her…
Back In The Saddle: Daring Bakers’ Lasagne
And people wonder why I think counter space is a necessity for the Daring Bakers! This is the cooked noodles lying out to dry and waiting to be assembled–while I was still cooking more noodles. You read that title right–although depending on how well you know me it could either be the Daring Baker part…
Baking With Kids: Granola
Does this scenario sound familiar? You are baking and your child desperately wants to help sift the pre-mixed flour (i.e., it has baking powder, etc, in it) into the bowl with your sieve. Despite misgivings, you let her because you know she has to learn–and whoosh! half of it goes over the side. Or she…
Whole Grain Cottage Cheese Bread
A blog that I read, For Goodness Sake, recently had a post about some of my bread–in the post Linda called herself a “bread stalker” and said she stalked my breads (a HUGE compliment, by the way). Well I have 2 blogs that I check into primarily for bread as well–Wild Yeast and Farmgirl Fare….
Pasta Making In 2009 101
Introducing my new favorite appliance, the Kitchen Aid pasta roller. I’ve had this since last Mother’s Day but have been waiting for the new kitchen to try it (what? You think I should have been able to find noodle drying space with no counters, 2 toddlers and 3 dogs?). I actually did not originally want…
Soy Garlic Lime Coriander Marinated Flank Steak
Any basketball fans in the house? Anyone appreciate the totally exciting significance of Michigan being back in the tournament after over 10 years? Suffice to say I am a little distracted these days. I was a VERY big basketball fan in my college days–but it has been hard to maintain enthusiasm the last decade or…
Would You Believe?…..
I STILL have strep throat! And John is out of town this weekend, so I will try get some recipes up when I can but if you don’t see anything ’til next week that is why. Well that and the basketball tournament. 🙂 Go Blue!