I have had this biscotti recipe bookmarked for a few weeks and after awakening with a hankering for chocolate and almonds, I thought today they perfect day to try it. I followed the original recipe to a tee (with the exception of a dip in chocolate), and there was not one thing I would have [...]
Archive for October, 2008
A Little Late to the Party
Posted in Borrowed Recipes, Bread, tagged Bread, food, no-knead bread, recipe on October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I didn’t have an iPod was until only a year or two ago; I saw The Goonies for the first time while in college; I am still using a crappy P & S camera; and I had no idea Miley Cyrus was dating a Jonas Brother. So yes, one might say I am behind the [...]
Mexican Chicken Soup and Homemade Tortillas
Posted in soup, tagged Chicken, food, Ina Garten, Recipes, soup on October 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The rich golden chicken stock I made yesterday was calling my name, begging me to make something wonderful with it. I have been eying Ina Garten’s recipe for Mexican Chicken Soup for a few weeks and figured this would be just the dish worthy of yesterday’s project. The result was a light yet satisfying soup [...]
Rainy Day Project
Posted in soup, tagged Chicken, food, Recipes, stock on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was a dark, dreary, and rainy day. This could only mean one thing, it was time to take that picked clean chicken carcass out of my freezer and make some stock. (Sorry about the above picture, there’s nothing sexy about a chicken carcass). And yes, homemade chicken stock is really as important as they [...]
TWD – Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes
Posted in Borrowed Recipes, Desserts, Tuesdays with Dorie, tagged Baking, chocolate, Cupcakes, dessert, Dorie Greenspan, Tuesdays with Dorie on October 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is my first post with Tuesdays with Dorie. TwD is a blogging group which picks 4 recipes per month from Dorie Greenspan’s book Baking: From My Kitchen to Yours. I have had Greenspan’s book for a whole year and have yet to make anything from it, though many recipes are bookmarked. I thought this [...]
Turkey Chili
Posted in one pot, Original Recipes, tagged beans, cheap, chili, one pot, turkey on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is an old saying “if you know beans about chili, your chili ain’t got no beans.” Well, I guess I don’t know beans. If you are a chili purist, kindly accept my deepest apologies for causing offense. Being a Northerner, I have never had traditional chili, so I don’t understand the hysteria over some [...]
Tofu and Buckwheat Noodle Salad
Posted in Original Recipes, Side Dishes, tagged Asian, noodles, Salad, Vegan, vegetarian on October 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Before I lose my carnivore readers, please, give tofu a chance. I believe tofu is an acquired taste, like coffee, olives, or stinky cheese. Sure, it is jiggly, white, and made of bean curd, but what’s to say it can’t be your new bff? Tofu and buckwheat noodle salad is a perfect make-ahead brown bag [...]
Apple Cake
Posted in Desserts, tagged apples, cake on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You will probably be seeing a lot of apple recipes from me lately, though I will try to space them out. Apples are one of my favorite fruits, but there is no doubt they are best this time of year. I fancy myself a wannabe apple connoisseur. The US grows about 100 varieties of apples [...]
