The last muffins I made ere good, but flat, so one of my friends suggested using egg whites to make it lighter and fluffier, so I decded to try that. Seemed like a good idea at the time. What wasn’t a good idea was thinking that raspberries would be a good filling. I thought, at […]
Trying Julia Child’s Ratatouille
by Laura R. on 22. Sep, 2010 in Eggplant, peppers, Tomatoes, zucchini
The veggies always look so good when I first start cooking with them, before I cut them up. The only problem with this recipe, from the Julia Child Mastering the Art of French Cooking, is that she doens’t always say how much in cups the veggies are, or how many veggies should be used. I […]
Making Indian Ratatouille
by Laura R. on 21. Sep, 2010 in Eggplant, onions, peppers, Tomatoes, Uncategorized, zucchini
I don’t always manage to cook all the veggies I get in my basket from my CSA before the next week comes about. This week, I was bound and determined to do so. I looked at what I had, and found a recipe that would work, and spend the day, every time I went into […]
Yogurt Muffins, or using up blueberries and other stuff
by Laura R. on 20. Sep, 2010 in Bananas, Muffins, Yogurt
I made a lot of yogurt the other day, but have not made any more granola, so we haven’t been eating it. Because of that, I know have a pleathera of yogurt, and not wanting it to go to waste, I began looking for something to make with it. And where better to look, then […]
Not making Apple Cake, again
by Laura R. on 18. Sep, 2010 in apple, Apples, cake, Sauce
I have made, what, four apple cakes, and none of them have turned out. Sigh. But I still had a bunch of apples, so I pulled out Baby Cakes again, determined that perhaps this one last time, something from their cookbook would turn out the way I expected. Cartoonist saw the book, and said, no, […]
Polenta Lasagne, using up tomatoes
by Laura R. on 14. Sep, 2010 in Polenta, Tomatoes
I don’t know why I keep trying to make things with polenta, as I must be doing something wrong. It does not get all stiff with me, no matter how much I cook it. Still, this looked like a cool gluten free lasagna, and I was open to that, as well as having an excuse […]
Apple Cake, again, gluten free
by Laura R. on 12. Sep, 2010 in Apples, cake
Yes I am still trying to find a way to get through all the apples that we have been getting from our CSA. Come winter, we will miss them, but for now, we just want to use them before they all go bad. And I am being stubborn. I know there must be a good […]
How not to make souffle
by Laura R. on 01. Sep, 2010 in Apples, savery, souffle
Why is it when I take plenty of pictures, lots of pictures, that the dish doesn’t turn out too well, but when I only remember to take one picture, it is the best thing I have ever eaten or made. Sometimes, I don’t even get a picture of it. It all started when we got […]
Chilled Apple and Carrot Soup Part II
by Laura R. on 29. Aug, 2010 in Apples, carrots, Chilled, Soup
As often happens there is a lag time when things have to go into the fridge and wait. Once I got the mix off the pot, I had to blend it again, with the apple sauce I had made the other day. Problem was that it was quite hot, so I couldn’t just reach my […]
Chilled apple and carrot soup, Part I
by Laura R. on 28. Aug, 2010 in Apples, carrots, Chilled, Soup
Once again, we have too many apples (Is it possible?), so we looked up another recipe from the Savor book. We decided, because of the weather, to make Chilled Apple and Carrot Soup. We had most of the ingredients, and those we didn’t have, that we didn’t get, were just those for the garnish, which […]