tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48363718620659830422024-03-03T17:26:00.823-07:00All About Cooking, Food and StuffI'm just a girl standing in front of a stove, watching FoodNetwork...*sniff* *sniff* do you smell something burning? Have you seen my cat???Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-5224026782177857462012-10-05T16:25:00.002-06:002012-10-05T16:43:32.861-06:00Balloons in my backyard and decorating for Halloween...it must be that time again.<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am still exhausted from the past weekend and its Friday (ready for another long weekend?). On Sunday after driving my neighbors to the airport at 6am and taking care of the zoo at my sister's house, I came home to frantic dogs...well, one frantic dog and one wondering what the heck was wrong with the other dog. Apparently, our neighborhood is a hot air balloon landing site.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the cool weather in the mornings the hot air balloons have been out in mass numbers and this weekend kicks off the 2012 International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was around this time, taking pics out side my house, that I thought "I should put out my Halloween decorations".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made the feather wreath, that was above the fireplace, using 4 cheap feathered boas from Hobby Lobby, a tube of foam plumbing insulation from Home Depot and a bird I picked up from Wal Mart. The whole thing was less than $20. I plan on buying a wreath form next year and rewrapping the boas around it. At that point, I will hot glue them down. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So this post is old. How old? Well...we were still living in the apartment. November and December last year was such a whirlwind of helping out with fundraisers and baking for the holidays, that this post fell by the wayside...forgotten and un-posted.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So today is your lucky day. Since I am out of town right now and needing to post something, I will dust off this post and give it to you. Its a good cake that's very tasty during the holidays with or without bananas. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So...the house guests have left the building. The house is slowly being put back together and now I have to ramp up and bake for a charity kick-off at work. I thought it would be easy...the banana cake I had made last week was a total success (thank you Ina...if you haven't gotten the recipe book, "Barefoot Contessa, How Easy Is That", you should)...so I will just make that. I had perfect bananas; Sean's parents had left them for the cake to be made. So my thinking; I will make the cake for work on Thursday night, brilliant...or so I thought.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I walked home for lunch on Tuesday and my perfect bananas were gone...I was pretty sure we had been robbed. After checking the rest of the apartment, nothing else was missing...so, there must have been a zoo escape and a primate came into my home and took the coveted fruit. As I was about ready to call the zoo to let them know that they owed me more ripe bananas...I had gone to throw away a tear soaked tissue (yes...I had a shed a few tears for my missing bananas) to find that my bananas had been THROWN AWAY!!!! HOW COULD THIS BE!?!?!?!? Who would do such a thing!?!?!?!?!?!? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I looked to the dogs...they weren't talking. The cats...well, they were napping. I then made the phone call..."Sean...Did you throw away my bananas?" , "Yep, they were bad" , "No, they were brown" , "Well, they were too ripe to eat" , "They weren't too ripe for banana cake?!?!?" , "Oh! *silence* I'll buy you some more." , "*sigh* That's OK." *click* (this was on a cell phone, so there was no click, that was dramatized to show that we both hung up, in case you weren't aware and had thought that I just left him on the phone while I made myself soup...which I may or may not have).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, that evening Cheryl (my sister) and I made our way to TJs in search of ripe bananas only to find that they were all green. *joy* She imparted the wisdom of throwing the bananas in a brown paper bag in order to ripen them faster. Well, that didn't work...by Thursday they were eating bananas not baking bananas. *sigh*</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So I made a chef-xecutive decision to make pumpkin cake using Ina's recipe. Here is the result via my iphone (since in all my agony of not having my bananas I forgot to put my SD card back in my camera *sigh*).</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(adapted
from Ina Garten's Banana Cake recipe)</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: xx-small;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/pumpkin-cake-w-cream-cheese-frosting" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">here</a></span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 c
pumpkin puree </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">¾ c
granulated sugar</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½ c
light brown sugar, lightly packed</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½ c
vegetable oil</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2
extra-large eggs, at room temperature</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½ c
sour cream</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grated
zest of 1 orange</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2 c
all-purpose flour</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 tsp
baking soda</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½ tsp
kosher salt</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 tsp
cinnamon</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½ tsp
nutmeg<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½ tsp
pumpkin pie spice</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½ c
coarsely chopped pecans (optional)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cream
Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Preheat
the oven to 350</span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">⁰</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Grease and flour a 9x2 in.
round cake pan.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the bowl of an electric
mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the pumpkin, granulated sugar, and
brown sugar on low speed until combined. With the mixer still on low, add the
oil, eggs, sour cream, and orange zest. Mix until smooth.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a separate bowl, sift
together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice and salt.
With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix
just until combined. Stir in the chopped pecans, if using. Pour the batter into
the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in
the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, turn out onto a
cooling rack, and cool completely.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Spread the frosting
thickly on the top of the cake.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Ina's
Cream Cheese Frosting:</b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6
ounces cream cheese, at room temperature</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6 Tbsp
(¾ stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 tsp
pure vanilla extract</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2½ c
sifted confectioners' sugar (½ pound)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mix the cream cheese,
butter, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle
attachment on low speed until just combined. Don't whip! Add the sugar and mix
until smooth. Yield: frosting for one 9 in. cake.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For Ina Garten's "Old-Fashioned Banana Cake" recipe just click on the link, <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/old-fashioned-banana-cake-recipe/index.html">here</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This cake is as perfect for dessert as it is for breakfast. It will end up being a holiday favorite and your go to, for work pot-lucks and for unexpected guests that stop by...it is that easy to make.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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</span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-1985429900473820182012-08-22T22:26:00.002-06:002012-08-23T09:48:08.382-06:00Happy Birthday ... have a biscuit<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Its inevitable, people are going to have birthdays and you are going to have to buy birthday presents. What I like to do for birthdays is getting a totally awesome container that I love and giving something baked inside of it, like these biscuits below. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I fell in love with a wire basket at Target recently and had bought one for myself to store eggs that were given to me by my boss. She had a birthday just recently and I thought she might be able to use a basket like this to store her eggs as well. Instead of giving it to her empty, I lined it with a couple of tea towels that I had picked up and filled it with these tasty biscuits I baked the morning I was giving it to her. Add some cool burlap ribbon and this becomes a really pretty present. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sour Cream Sweet Biscuits</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sour Cream Sweet Biscuits</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/sour-cream-sweet-biscuits" style="text-decoration: none;">here</a></span></i>
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<i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i>
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 C Self Rising Flour</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">½</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> C Butter, melted</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 C Sour Cream</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">¼ </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">C Sugar + </span><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">⅛ </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">C Sugar (keep separate)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">½</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Tsp Vanilla Extract </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat oven to 425<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 11px;">°</span><span style="line-height: 11px;">. </span>Measure out the flour into a bowl and whisk the </span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">¼</span> <span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> C sugar into the flour. In another bowl combine sour cream, the </span><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">⅛</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> C sugar, and vanilla extract; whisk together. Pour the sour cream mixture into the flour mixture, mix together with a fork or pastry cutter. Pour the melted butter over the mixture and continue to mix until the dough comes together. Using your hands form biscuits, about</span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">¼</span> <span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">C of dough each. Place on a baking sheet. Bake until biscuits start to brown, between 15-17 min. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What's great about this biscuit is the fact it can work for breakfast with jam or with fresh fruit for dessert, think strawberry short cake.</span><br />
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Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-45931085389646870512012-08-14T22:06:00.001-06:002012-08-14T22:06:40.711-06:00A New Year, A New Home, A New Beginning or the end to nonexistent plumbing and Eazy Bake Ovens...<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Christmas has come and gone, as well as a few holidays in between...but this story starts on my birthday which is on Festivus (I bet you would have never guessed I was a Festivus miracle). On my birthday I had to go to the gym in order to shower...not to work out then shower...just to shower. My shower was backed up...not fun and I had family coming over for Christmas Eve dinner. So with and inoperable bathroom, I went to the gym to shower. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The plumber would visit 2 more times...I had to knock on my sister's door and ask to take a shower at her place. We felt displaced, this apartment, though quircky, had served me well for the past 7 years. We had painted, we had changed out the blinds to nice bamboo blinds, almost every light in the place was replaced with cooler/safer lighting, we had added storage to the kitchen; it was my pefect apartment...until it wasn't. So I bought a house. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, between the process of buying the house, moving in, being host to my sister and brother in-law while they closed on their home and trying to just get settled in, my blog took a back seat. So, I wanted to post a few pics of my new kitchen (new appliances, more space, more counter work space, more than 1 electrical outlet and an actual pantry...I really love my kitchen) to kick off the first blog entry of the year and get back on track with posting a bit more frequently than every six months. </span><br />
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Well, here are the results that I am taking to my sister tonight:</span></span><br />
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The recipe for the marshmallows is from Alton Brown...I chose to first use his recipe, because if anybody would know how to make a marshmallow it would the science guy of FoodNetwork. I was right; these marshmallows are fool proof and easier than pie if you have a candy thermometer, an electric stand mixer w/ whisk attachment and the patience of Jobe to let the pan sit for 4 hours to set (I think that may be the hardest part..."IS IT MARSHMALLOW YET?!?!?!?!?!?!").</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Prep Time: 35 min Cook Time: 10 min </span><br />
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Serves: approx 9 dz marshmallows or 1 ½ lbs miniature </span><br />
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3 packages unflavored gelatin </span><br />
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12 oz granulated sugar, approx 1 ½ c </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">¼ c cornstarch <br />
1 c light corn syrup Nonstick spray <br />
¼ tsp kosher salt <br />
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Place the gelatin into the bowl of a stand mixer along with 1/2 cup of the water. Have the whisk attachment standing by. <br />
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In a small saucepan combine the remaining 1/2 cup water, granulated sugar, corn syrup and salt. Place over medium high heat, cover and allow to cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Uncover, clip a candy thermometer onto the side of the pan and continue to cook until the mixture reaches 240 degrees F, approximately 7 to 8 minutes. Once the mixture reaches this temperature, immediately remove from the heat. <br />
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<img src="file:///C:/temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.gif" />Turn the mixer on low speed and, while running, slowly pour the sugar syrup down the side of the bowl into the gelatin mixture. Once you have added all of the syrup, increase the speed to high. Continue to whip until the mixture becomes very thick and is lukewarm, approximately 12 to 15 minutes. Add the vanilla during the last minute of whipping. While the mixture is whipping prepare the pans as follows. <br />
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Combine the confectioners' sugar and cornstarch in a small bowl. Lightly spray a 13 by 9-inch metal baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Add the sugar and cornstarch mixture and move around to completely coat the bottom and sides of the pan. Return the remaining mixture to the bowl for later use. <br />
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When ready, pour the mixture into the prepared pan, using a lightly oiled spatula for spreading evenly into the pan. Dust the top with enough of the remaining sugar and cornstarch mixture to lightly cover. Reserve the rest for later. Allow the marshmallows to sit uncovered for at least 4 hours and up to overnight. <br />
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Turn the marshmallows out onto a cutting board and cut into 1-inch squares using a pizza wheel dusted with the confectioners' sugar mixture. Once cut, lightly dust all sides of each marshmallow with the remaining mixture, using additional if necessary. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks. <br />
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Combine the confectioners' sugar and cornstarch in a small bowl. Line 4 half sheet pans with parchment paper, spray the paper with nonstick cooking spray and dust with the confectioners' sugar mixture. <br />
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Scoop the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a ½ -inch round piping tip. Pipe the mixture onto the prepared sheet pans lengthwise, leaving about 1-inch between each strip. Sprinkle the tops with enough of the remaining cornstarch and sugar mixture to lightly cover. Let the strips set for 4 hours or up to overnight. <br />
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Cut into ½ inch pieces using a pizza wheel or scissors dusted with the confectioners' sugar mixture. Once cut, lightly dust all sides of each marshmallow with the remaining sugar mixture and store in an airtight container for up to a week.</span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">***I have not tried it yet, but I think it would be smashingly good to use peppermint schnapps in place of the vanilla to have a peppermint marshmallow. Use 1 tsp peppermint schnapps in place of the vanilla to achieve this.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I also made a grouping of these for the folks at work...giving each a dozen ever so lovely puffy clouds of goodness. I packaged them in cute little cookie box kits I got from Michaels a la Martha Stewart (BTW...I think Martha Stewart is AWESOME! These box kits are AWESOME! and I didn't buy enough of them, NOT AWESOME! :-( ). The kits came with the box the ribbon the separating papers and labels...everything you would need for food gifts.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello, little roasted chicken...you look tasty<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sauce that is suppose to go over the chicken...I liked it over the potatoes too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meet the sides...sauteed asparagus, mashed potatoes and again the tasty sauce w/ carrots and onions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the chicken after resting...it was exhausted.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every bit of this plate is home cooked right down to the little popover that didn't quite pop in the back. </td></tr>
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<div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/traditional_pumpkin_pie">here</a></span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <br />
1 (9in) unbaked pie crust<br />
1 (15oz) can pumpkin puree<br />
1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk<br />
2 eggs<br />
1 tsp ground cinnamon<br />
½ tsp nutmeg<br />
½ tsp ginger<br />
½ tsp pumpkin pie spice* (this was my mother's addition, it makes it MORE SPICY)<br />
½ tsp salt<br />
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Preheat oven to 425°F. In large bowl, combine all the filling ingredients, mix well. Pour the pumpkin mixture into prepped unbaked pie crust. Place in the oven (be careful not to slosh) and bake for 15 min. Reduce the heat to 350°F and bake another 35 to 40 min. (use a toothpick or knife to test the pie; if it comes out clean, its done). Cool before cutting. Garnish the pie or each slice with whipped cream or your desired topping. Refrigerate leftovers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have made this pie so much that I think I could make it in my sleep. This is truly my favorite dessert EVER! Also, this is the pest pumpkin pie you will ever taste. Trust me.</span></span><br />
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</div>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-31426558365030927272011-11-11T17:53:00.000-07:002011-11-11T17:53:18.114-07:00House guests, raffles and cooking...OH MY!!!<div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Its been hectic this week...Sean's parents are visiting us from California. So, of course I have been busy in the kitchen, cooking up a storm. Plus, I was waiting patiently by the door for the mailman to deliver my <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/11/pooches-prep-for-superlevis-walk-to.html">Super Levi gear for the virtual walk tomorrow</a>. Plus, I have been working on the 2 raffle prizes, trying to buy the cutest packing materials as possible...and Monday I start the biscuit baking (the pooches are looking forward to that day).</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, you are probably wondering what has graced the dinner table this week...</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We had a lovely<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Boeuf Bourguignon</span> (Julia Child’s Boeuf Bourguignon) on Tuesday evening when they arrived...</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And tomorrow we will head out the door and help support Levi in our Levi gear and take lots of pics on our virtual walk. There is still time to donate and participate in the raffle...please check out the blog <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/">"Two Pitties in the City"</a> for details.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I will post the recipes next week...I have to head to dinner now before we go on our ghost tour of "Old Town". </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-85936875815750102262011-10-31T10:55:00.000-06:002011-10-31T10:55:32.088-06:00SuperLevi needs your help...<div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">The family of "Two Pitties in the City", is fostering a wonderful little pittie named Levi. I have been following the story of Levi for quite some time, why...because I read the blog everyday and he's the cutest little guy (plus, he may have been raised by <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/09/levis-superhero-upbringing.html">super heroes</a>). Well...checking out the blog on <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-need-your-help-help-superlevi-find.html">Thursday</a> (27 October 2011) I found out that little Levi is in need of surgery to save his eyesight. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "Two Pittie..." people have pulled together a couple of fundraisers in order to raise the money for Levi's surgery. They are having a <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-need-your-help-help-superlevi-find.html">super hero themed walk</a> and they are also having a<a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/10/using-some-of-our-favorite-things-to.html"> raffle of their favorite things</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Dog Backpack, GoPro Camera, Dog Sweater, Ruffwear Coat</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">).</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I have already purchased my gear for the walk on Nov. 12., but I will also be donating 2 raffle prizes to the cause. They will be doggie care packages that will include:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"<a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-need-your-help-help-superlevi-find.html">We Need Your Help: Help SuperLevi Find his X-Ray Vision</a>"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"<a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/10/using-some-of-our-favorite-things-to.html">Using Some of Our Favorite Things to Help Levi Find his X-Ray Vision</a>"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"<a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/10/faqs-about-superlevis-fundraiser.html">FAQ's About SuperLevi's Fundraiser</a>"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"<a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/09/levis-superhero-upbringing.html">Levi's Super Hero Upbringing</a>"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"<a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/10/super-levi-charming-any-dog-in-single.html">Super-Levi: Charming Any Dog in a Single Bound</a>"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"<a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/">Two Pitties in the City</a>"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-23961526342715517122011-07-28T00:05:00.001-06:002011-07-28T10:49:29.534-06:00Cookin' it old school...Cast Iron and Cornbread<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had a "cookin' it old school" moment the other day when I made my contribution to Sunday dinner at my sister's home. When I think about "cookin' it old school", the thing that comes to mind is making classic recipes with classic tools...in this instance it was making cornbread in my 10in smooth cast iron skillet. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
Smooth cast iron has become an obsession of mine...the classic cookware was the original non-stick pan, but now they are languishing away in thrift stores and antique shops; unloved, lonely, and dusty. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">My first piece of smooth cast iron came from my mother in the form of a Griswold, #6, 6in. skillet. This skillet had belonged to her mother, my grandmother, "Good Mama" (we're from Kentucky). I couldn't believe how smooth this little skillet was; it was like looking into black glass. It fried an egg with the greatest of ease, no sticking...much easier than those skillets you buy at big box stores that are supposedly seasoned. I was hooked, but my mom was not going to relinquish any more pieces to me...something about prying it from her cold hand (again, we're from Kentucky). So at this point, I realized I would have to keep an eye open on Ebay, antique shops and thrift stores that I frequented in order to round out my cooking collection.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #444444;">The last few years I have been on the look out for the perfect skillets/griddles for my home. I have been able to acquire a perfect unmarked smooth cast iron 10in. skillet (no rust, like new and you can see the machine marks in it, supposedly from the '40s according to the vendors tag), a Wagner Ware Juinor Krispy Korn Kob Baker, and as of this afternoon a #9 Griswold griddle. These pieces that grace my home now, once helped get food on the table for a family, they stayed on the stove ready to heat up at a moments notice, they have seen joy and tragedy, these pieces are what helped shaped cooking in America. </div><div style="color: #444444;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444;">Now to get back to "cookin' it old school"...I wanted to make cornbread for Sunday dinner at my sisters; what better way to bake it, but in a cast iron skillet. </div><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">Cornbread </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #660000;">from</span> "<a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/comfort-food-cookbook/?pkey=e%7Ccomfort%2Bfood%2Bcookbook%7C1%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH%7C%7CNoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-">William Sonoma's Comfort Food</a>"<span style="color: #660000;"> cookbook</span></span></b><br />
<i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/cornbread">here</a></span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #660000;"> </span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
<div style="color: #660000;">1 C AP Flour</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">1 C Yellow Cornmeal</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">¼ C Sugar</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">¾ tsp Baking Soda</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">½ tsp Sea Salt</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">⅛ tsp Cayenne Pepper</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">⅛ tsp Cinnamon *(this was my little addition)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">⅔ C Sour Cream</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">⅔ C Whole Milk</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">2 Lrg Eggs</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">6 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, melted *(I use TJ’s salted butter)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">¾ C Corn Kernals, fresh or thawed frozen</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Preheat the oven to 400⁰F. Butter a 10in. cast iron skillet (or other oven safe skillet or baking dish), set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking soda, salt and cayenne pepper. In another bowl, whisk together the sour cream, milk and eggs until blended. Make a well in the center of the cornmeal mixture, pour in the sour cream mixture and melted butter and stir just until combined. Do not over mix. Fold corn kernels into the batter.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="color: #444444;">One of the other guests at dinner seemed shocked that the cornbread did not stick to the skillet when I was getting it out, I just smiled...its the original non-stick cookware, plus I slathered the skillet with butter before I put the batter in it. </div><div style="color: #444444;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444;">The cornbread was moist and delicious, plus I got to showcase my cast iron. </div><div style="color: #444444;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</div></div>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-43281848681561535032011-06-24T13:46:00.001-06:002011-06-24T14:17:28.624-06:00Death by chocolate cake...TAKE TWO<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Devil's Food Layer Cake</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take two on Devil's Food Cake...why "take two" you ask? Well, this is a blog entry that I have been working on for about 2 weeks. I had the story part done, but needed to type up the recipe. The blog entry was funny; it made reference...an homage if you will...to my favorite comedian; it was filled with word imagery that would get you to bake this cake in a heartbeat; it was a masterpiece that would win me many blog awards in the near future.</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Still confused why you are not reading this glorious blog entry and instead of reading a description about it??? WELL, in the process on working on the recipe from <i>Williams Sonoma's "<a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/comfort-food-cookbook/?pkey=e%7CComfort%2BFoods%7C3%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH%7C%7CNoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-">Comfort Foods</a>" Cookbook </i>I deleted it; in one <b>STUPID</b> keystroke the whole thing was gone and no cache memory, back button or any such trick could save it </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*sigh*</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. So instead of trying to recreate genius, I am writing this to let you know that it was wonderful, it is gone and I have to move on with my life *sob*.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So now to let you know about this cake and why you should make it. This cake is beyond good...IT'S GREAT!!! It is not a very difficult cake and it bakes up perfectly, I have made it as a layer cake (as you saw above) and as a sheet cake (not pictured). Both baked up perfectly. The cake feels dense, but the crumb is velvety creating beautiful slices to impress all that see it. The first bite is so decadent that you will have to control yourself from forgoing a fork and cramming the cake in your mouth with your hands. The frosting is smooth, creamy and ever so sweet that you may get cavities looking at it and it works in perfect unison to dress the cake for a night on the town (heck the frosting is sooo good that even my mom wants the recipe and she never asks me for recipes...I told her, "you can get it on my blog" :-P ). If you love cake, if you love chocolate...your search is over, this is the cake for you.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Devil's Food Layer Cake</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">From William Sonoma's <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/comfort-food-cookbook/?pkey=e%7CComfort%2BFoods%7C3%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH%7C%7CNoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-">Comfort Foods</a> Cookbook</span></span></b></div><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/devil-s-food-layer-cake">here</a></span></span></i><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>For the cake: </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 C Boiling Water </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">¾ C Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1¾ C AP Flour </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1½ tsp. Baking Soda </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">½ tsp. Fine Sea Salt </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">2 C Granulated Sugar </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">½ C + 2 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, at room temperature* </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">3 Eggs </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 tsp. Vanilla Extract </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">⅓</span> C Buttermilk</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preheat an oven to 350°F. Lightly butter two 9-inch round cake pans. Line the bottom of each pan with a round of parchment paper. Dust the pans with flour, tapping out the excess. <br />
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In a small heatproof bowl, whisk together the boiling water and cocoa powder until smooth. Let cool completely. <br />
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In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. <br />
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In a large bowl, using a handheld mixer, beat together the granulated sugar and butter on medium-high speed until the mixture is light in color and texture, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then beat in the vanilla and the cooled cocoa mixture. <br />
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Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk and beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat until smooth, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans and smooth the tops. <br />
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Bake the cakes until they begin to pull away from the sides of the pans, 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer the pans to wire racks and let cool for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the inside of each pan to release the cake. Invert the pans onto the racks, lift off the pans and peel the parchment paper off the cakes. Turn the cakes right side up and let cool completely. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>For the chocolate frosting: </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">3 ¾ C Powdered Sugar </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 C Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">8 Tbs. (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, at room temperature* </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 tsp. Vanilla Extract </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 C Heavy Cream, or as needed </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">In a bowl, sift together the confectioners’ sugar and cocoa powder. Using the mixer, beat in the butter on low speed until it is crumbly. Beat in the vanilla, then gradually beat in enough of the cream to make a spreadable frosting. <br />
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Place 1 cake layer, bottom side up, on a cake plate. Using an icing spatula, spread the top of the layer with a generous 1/2 cup of the frosting. Place the second layer, top side down, on top of the first layer. Frost the top and then the sides with the remaining frosting. Slice the cake into thick wedges and serve. Serves 10.<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*I use Trader Joe's salted butter.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">So in the word's of Eddie Izzard, "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNjcuZ-LiSY">Cake or Death?</a>" ... I choose cake.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"> </span> </div>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-15920431147125377342011-06-03T23:39:00.005-06:002011-06-30T14:52:50.700-06:00That's one spicy meatball...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This has been the week from hell...stress X50. I have felt like I was running around in circles all day only to come home and just feel totally frayed at the seams. Wednesday night at 8pm I was totally convinced that the only way to feel better was to make spaghetti and meatballs...surprisingly it worked. Some how the process of making meatballs took almost all of my stress away...so much so that I didn't even mind doing the dishes.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><b>Marinara</b></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/marinara">here</a></span></span></i><u><b> </b></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">2 (28 oz) cans Plum Tomatoes with juice, each tomato crushed by hand</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">1 (6 oz) can Tomato Paste</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">2 small Onions, chopped </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">4 cloves of Garlic, finely chopped</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">3 Tbsp Olive Oil</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Oregano</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Basil</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Parsley</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Onion Powder </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Garlic Powder</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Chili flake</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">¼ C Pasta Water</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">In a pan/Dutch oven (at least 5qt); sauté the garlic and onion in olive oil. Once the onions start to become translucent add the tomatoes and the spices (to taste). Stir in pasta water. Taste the sauce before adding any salt, the pasta water will already have salt in it so it may not be needed. Simmer together until cooked through, at least 20 min.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><b>Meatballs</b></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/meatballs">here</a></span></span></i><u><b> </b></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">2 lbs. Ground Beef (80/20 or 85/15)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">2 Eggs, beaten</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">1 C Saltine Crackers, smashed (about half a sleeve of saltines)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">4 cloves of Garlic, finely chopped </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Onion Powder</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Garlic Powder</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Red Chili Flake</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Salt and Pepper </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preheat oven at 400⁰. Combine the meat, eggs, saltine crumbs, garlic, spices, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix together with hands. Form each meatball about an inch and a half in diameter and place on a baking sheet, makes approx. 24 meatballs. Place meatballs in the oven and bake for about 15 min. or until browned. Using a metal spatula; take meatballs off of baking sheet and place in marinara sauce in the Dutch oven. Reduce heat to oven to 300⁰ and place the Dutch oven back in the oven for approximately 20 – 30 min. Serve over pasta or on a hoagie roll.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meatballs in Marinara Sauce</td></tr>
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</div>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-60882891681384505502011-05-27T23:15:00.000-06:002011-05-27T23:15:21.558-06:00Good, but not great mac n' cheese...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creamy Mac and Cheese at Sunday dinner </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If there is one thing I love is a great mac and cheese...its creamy, its cheesy, it is one of the ultimate comfort foods. It accompanies southern meals with the greatest of ease,but it can still stand on its own as a meal unto itself. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When it came to helping with Sunday dinner this past Sunday, I thought...what would go better with ribs than mac and cheese. I decided to turn to <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/search/results.html?activeTab=products&words=comfort+food+cookbook&cm_sp=OnsiteSearch-_-GlobalNav-_-Button">Williams-Sonoma Comfort Foods</a>, page 172... "Creamy Mac and Cheese". </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are the pictures and the results of what I made...</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ingredients for Creamy Mac and Cheese</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ingredients are pretty simple, as you can see in the photo above...milk, macaroni, cheddar, fontina, flour, butter, dried mustard, salt and pepper. </div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creamy Mac and Cheese</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The picture above is after preparing the roux, adding the milk, the cheeses, the spices and of course the macaroni. The sauce came together quickly. At this point I was still sure that this would be the greatest mac and cheese ever; the sauce was creamy and everything tasted great.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creamy Mac and Cheese</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is what the Creamy Mac and Cheese looks like topped with bread crumbs and taken out of the oven. I had used Trader Joes Parmesan Toasts to create the bread crumbs. I'm still feeling good about the recipe at this point.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creamy Mac and Cheese</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the Creamy Mac and Cheese at dinner. It looks like the picture in the book...its good, but I have to admit; it tasted better before it went into the oven. After coming out the oven and slightly cooling down by the time we ate...it just seemed dry to me, like the saucy goodness had baked right out of it. I really liked the sauce and I plan on trying the recipe again, maybe adding a bit more cheddar and forgoing the whole bread crumb baking thing which I don't think it needs. I will be trying this with in the next week or so, so stay tuned...I will post the recipe at that time with the changes I have made to it. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy the foods of your labor.</span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-4072940234769598712011-05-20T17:17:00.001-06:002011-05-23T10:54:41.347-06:00The Frittata...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Tonight was another frittata night in our house. The easy eggie goodness, is popped into the oven giving me room to do other things on top of my barbie size stove. It was suppose to be omlettes, with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. I could not figure out for the life of me how to put three large skillets on the stove top at one time....I may be able to put 2 skillets on there at once, but 3...its just not happening. So, instead I fell back to the trusted frittata in order to make space to get the asparagus sauteed.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, the frittata has been my fall back for awhile. One morning, I decided that I would make a Spanish tortilla (eggs, thinly sliced potatoes). I looked at recipes...I even got out the two skillets similar in size in order to flip the thing. I don't know what came over me while I was frying up the potatoes...fear of flipping the thing...or maybe it was the fact I didn't want the whole thing to end up in the floor when I tried to transfer it from skillet to skillet. What ever the case, the Potato Cheese Frittata was born.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>Potato Cheese Frittata</b></u></div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/potato-cheese-frittata">here</a></span></span></i></div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8 Eggs</div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 Tbsp Heavy Cream</div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6-8 Golden Potatoes, thinly sliced</div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5 Tbsp Olive oil</div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 C English Cheddar, grated </div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Salt/Pepper</div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preheat over to 350. In an 11 to 12" skillet, over medium heat add the olive oil, add the potatoes to the oil and season with salt and pepper. In the mean time, while the potatoes are frying. Whisk the eggs and the heavy cream together, add half of the grated cheese to the egg mixture, set aside. Stir the potatoes in the skillet, when they are tender but still firm, add the egg mixture over the potatoes. Make sure the mixture covers the potatoes evenly. Let set over medium heat for a few minutes, top with the rest of the cheese and place in the oven for about 20 - 25 min or until done in the center. Let set for a few minutes after removing from the oven, serve and enjoy. Refrigerate leftovers.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So guess the moral of the story is don't fret, make a frittata instead.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-70666905351609976622011-05-05T17:59:00.000-06:002011-05-05T17:59:25.564-06:00The Queen's Drop Scones...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Royal wedding seems to have stirred up a plethora of scone recipes on the net. There was one in particular that caught my eye..."</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/queen_elizabeths_drop_scones/">Queen Elizabeth's Drop Scones</a>" posted on Simple Recipes which I follow on Facebook. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who thought this recipe looked appealing; 2 days after it was up on Facebook my sister made the Queen's Drop Scones and posted it on her page (she too follows <a href="http://simplyrecipes.com/">Simple Recipes</a> on Facebook).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, I made mine last night; deciding to use two of my favorite teacups for measures (like the Queen's recipe). Instead of the pancake like batter that was described on Simple Recipes, I ended up with something a bit more sconie (biscuit like) if you will. I think by using teacups to measure my flour, I used a tad more flour than what was called for...and before you ask...no I didn't weigh the flour to verify the measure and no, I didn't use a Starbuck's coffee mug to measure out the ingredients, they were actual English teacups that you see in tearooms or your grandmother's study. Overall, I was really happy with this skillet scone (</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the taste and texture for a scone was spot on)</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, but I may try to bake them in the oven the next time. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><u><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Queen Elizabeth's Drop Scones</span></b></u><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="color: #660000;"></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/queen_elizabeths_drop_scones/">from simplyrecipes.com</a></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/the-queen-s-drop-scones">here</a></span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4 teacups Flour</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4 Tbsp Sugar</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 teacups Milk<br />
2 whole eggs<br />
2 tsp Baking Soda</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3 tsp Cream of Tartar</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 Tbsp melted Salted Butter</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt; set aside. In a another medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar; then whisk in half *(<i>1 teacup</i>) of the milk. Make a well in the middle of the flour and pour in the milk egg mixture. Whisk until smooth, adding more milk until you get the right consistency *(<i>I actually added the other full teacup of milk and it was pretty thick</i>) - thin enough to spread on the pan, but not so thin as to run *(<i>the consistency I got was like a wet dough</i>) . Fold in the melted butter. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">***To cook scones on the stovetop:</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Heat a griddle or large cast iron pan on medium to medium low heat. Coat the pan with a little butter, spreading it with a folded over paper towel. Drop large spoonfuls of batter on the griddle to form pancakes. When bubbles start to appear on the surface (after 2 to 3 minutes), use a metal spatula to flip the pancakes over. Cook for another minute, until lightly browned. Remove to a plate and cover with a clean tea towel to keep warm while you cook the rest of the drop scones. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">***To bake in an oven:</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preheat oven to 400°. Drop about 2 Tbsp of batter/dough on a baking sheet for each scone. Bake for 14 min or until golden.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial;">Makes 14 to 16 scones.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial;">* My notes</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">***Baking/cooking methods</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By cooking them in the skillet it makes heating them up easier since they can be popped into a toaster. As a matter of fact; I had one this morning, covered in........JAM!</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy the foods of your labor.</span> :-)Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-33824017836901465772011-04-27T17:52:00.000-06:002011-04-27T17:52:54.532-06:00Heavenly Rice...an Easter tradition<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">With holidays comes tradition...where you go, what you do, what you eat</span></span>.<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"> With our family a lot of tradition revolves around the dinners involved with holidays; Thanksgiving means turkey (I know that's a given), Christmas Eve means posole. Well, Easter is no different; this past Sunday was Easter, which meant the tradition of our Easter dinner.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Growing up, Easter dinner was always the same...mom made a ham covered in brown sugar, cloves and stuff, she made potato salad, green beans and heavenly rice. These items always worked well together to make a perfectly balanced Easter Sunday dinner. The location and cooks may have changed, but the meal staples are the same...and the tradition continues.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Now we have Easter dinner at my sister's home...my brother-in-law cooks the ham with brown sugar and such (I'll link it here when he posts on it in a few days)...my sister, Cheryl, makes the potato salad and rolls (I cannot get enough of those Parker House Rolls, they are AWESOME)...so it was up to me to bring the Heavenly Rice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">What is "Heavenly RIce"...well...its good, that's what it is. Its a salad made up of sweetened rice with pineapple, nuts, gelatin and whipping cream. Mom's recipe has no reference as to where it came from; so I decided to do some research and came up with recipes that were similar, but just not the same. I figure it is probably a salad that was created in the 50's or 60's. It has a similar feel to a jello salad or an ambrosia. Its hard to explain, but it tastes awesome with ham and you don't feel bad for having dessert with your meal...because it is technically a salad.</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Heavenly Rice</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/heavenly-rice">here</a></span></span></i><br />
½ C Rice (uncooked) </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">4 C Water <br />
¼ tsp Salt<br />
1 C Sugar<br />
½ C Chopped Pecans<br />
1½ C Crushed Pineapple<br />
1 Pkg Plain Gelatin<br />
¼ C Cold Water<br />
1 Pint Heavy Whipping Cream<br />
1-2 Tbsp Powdered Sugar<br />
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In a 3 qrt sauce pan, boil the water, rice and salt over medium high heat until all water is gone. This will have a tendency to want to boil over, so be sure to watch it and stir occasionally so the rice does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Take off heat after the water has boiled off.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add the sugar, nuts and pineapple to the rice. Mix together. Dissolve the gelatin in ¼ C water, add to the rice mixture and mix well. Refrigerate over night.</span><br />
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Next day, in a cold mixing bowl whip the pint of whipping cream w/ the powdered sugar added until soft peaks form (I beat it to a point between having soft to stiff peaks, but don’t over beat it…you’ll end up making butter). Fold the whipped cream into the chilled rice mixture. Keep in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Refrigerate leftovers, this salad will keep for a couple of days; the whipped cream will start to break down after that. </div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</span></span><br />
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</span></span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-47973275441171916632011-04-21T17:16:00.006-06:002011-04-21T17:20:52.378-06:00Cherry Crumble Pie Bars...just another Sunday afternoon<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cherry Crumble Pie Bars</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So a couple of Sundays ago, I decided to have a go at making </span></span><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cherry Crumble Pie Bars</span></span></b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (from </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications: Sunday dinners") </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">for our Sunday dinner dessert at my sister's home. I had agreed to this the Friday before; I agreed to it without having all the ingredients on hand, namely </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>UNSWEETENED PITTED TART RED CHERRIES. </b>Big mistake!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now I know what you are thinking..."how hard is it to find unsweetened pitted tart cherries?" I thought the same question myself after going to the third grocery store and finding everything but those darn cherries. Blackberries, raspberries, mangoes, peaches, pineapple (they have frozen pineapple??? why?), mixed berries, cranberries...you name it, I could find it, but those elusive cherries were no where to be seen. I felt crushed, defeated...I singlehandedly ruined Sunday dinner (maybe a little dramatic, but I was tired...I was allowed to be dramatic). At that point I received the phone call that would save me from doing the unthinkable...Sean called to ask "Do you need anything from Wal-Mart?" So I sent him on a mission to find this elusive frozen fruit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An hour later I received another phone call, "Will Sweetened Dark Pitted Cherries work?"... *sigh* Even Wal-Mart had failed to have </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>UNSWEETENED PITTED TART RED CHERRIES. </b>I said that would be fine, but I wanted 3 bags...he told me I would have to settle for 2...why I asked...because they were the last 2 they had in the store. *sigh*</span></span><br />
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<div style="color: #660000;"><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">C</span><span style="font-size: small;">herry Crumble Pie Bars</span></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #660000;">from</span> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<span style="color: #660000;">Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications: Sunday dinners</span>"</span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></b></div><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/cherry-crumble-pie-bars">here</a></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">2 C AP Flour</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">1</span></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">¼</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> C Finely Ground Almonds (I used a coffee grinders on them)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">¾</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> C Packed Brown Sugar</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">1 C Butter, cut up (I used a grater on it instead of cutting it up)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">¾</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> C Granulated Sugar</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">1 Tbsp Cornstarch</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">½</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> tsp Lemon Zest</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">4 C Frozen Unsweetened Pitted Tart Red Cherries, thawed and drained</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">½</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> tsp Almond Extract </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">Preheat oven to 350</span></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">°</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">. Line a 13x9x2" cake pan with foil, extending the foil over the edges of the pan; set aside.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">For crust: In a large bowl stir together flour, almonds, and brown sugar. Using a pastry blender; cut in the grated butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Remove 1</span></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">½</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> C of mixture (this will be used for the topping), set aside for later. Press the remaining mixture into the bottom of the prepped cake pan. Bake for 15 min. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">For the filling: In a large bowl combine granulated sugar, cornstarch, and lemon zest. Add cherries and almond extract; stir together gently. Spoon filling over partially baked cookie crust, spreading evenly (mixture will be wet). Sprinkle remaining crumb </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">mixture over cherries.</span><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">Bake about 40 min. more or until filling is bubbly and topping is lightly browned. Cool in pan on wire rack. Using edges of foil, lift uncut bars out of cake pan. Cut into bars. Makes 32 bars (which is more like 12 bars the way I cut them). Refrigerate leftovers.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cherry Crumble Pie Bars</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> </span>The result was a nice pie bar that tastes excellent with ice cream, even if I didn't use </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>UNSWEETENED PITTED TART RED CHERRIES!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <b> </b> </span></span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-84625104176536836902011-04-14T18:17:00.002-06:002011-06-26T21:44:20.940-06:00Buttermilk Waffles in my new belgian waffle iron...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love waffles! I know, who doesn't love waffles...but seriously, they are awesome. The little indentations holding butter and syrup so perfectly; they are fluffy and crisp all in the same bite, and did I mention the syrup and butter thing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, I have not been able to make a waffle for the last 5 years...not because I had some random waffle block, "Alas I will never make another waffle again...I have lost all creativity and hate butter and syrup" (um NO)....not because I have random food allergy to butter (omg, even uttering the words makes me gasp in horror)...not because I have been banned from making waffles in several states (which would be funny, but not the case). Its because I couldn't decide on a waffle iron to buy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I left my first waffle iron at a Gateway Country in El Paso, TX. Why you may ask...go ahead and ask it? It may have been for the next sales associate to take on the task of Sunday breakfasts at the store (um, no)...it may have been the fact I wanted to leave behind something that would make the people at the store remember me, "oh yeah, didn't that chick use to make waffles on Sunday?" (probably not)...i</span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">t may have been the fact the thing was getting too hot and wouldn't have lived past another year (ummm, well...). The second waffle iron suffered the same fate, left behind in a foriegn country, alone and scared and over heating. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After years of waffle avoidance ("I can live with just making pancakes and french toast, I don't NEED waffles"..."I can get a waffle out, I don't NEED to make them at home"..."I can live with stealing waffles from my sister"), I finally broke down; I could not go another minute without my own Belgian waffle iron. I think it was the lack of syrup butter well of the pancake or the fact that I tire of trying to sneak waffles out of my sister's home (btw...she makes a good waffle)...either way, I knew it was time to fill my breakfast void. So last weekend I bought the </span></span><a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/all-clad-electric-belgian-waffle-maker/?pkey=cwaffle-bread-makers#BVRRWidgetID"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All-Clad 2-square Waffle Maker</span></a><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. </span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had looked at this waffle iron several times, it was a nice foot print for my uber small kitchen and the ratings were outstanding (maybe this waffle iron would not catch on fire after using it a year). I decided to make waffles the next day, buttermilk waffles. At that point, I fell for the little overflow container that connects to the back; the couple of Tbsp of batter that did end up squeezing out, did so in the container, not my counter. The temperature stayed consistent and produced perfect golden brown waffles. Cleanup was a easy too, partially because of its great non-stick plates and also due to this little overflow container. This has been the best waffle iron purchase of my life!</span></span><br />
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1 ¾ C Buttermilk<br />
8 Tbsp (1 stick) Butter, melted<br />
½ tsp Vanilla Extract<br />
1 ¾ C AP Flour<br />
1 ½ tsp Baking Powder<br />
1 tsp Baking Soda<br />
½ tsp Salt<br />
⅓ C Sugar<br />
Maple Syrup and Butter for serving</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">Preheat waffle iron on medium high heat. Preheat an oven to 200°. </span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">** In a large bowl, whisk together: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Set aside. In another large bowl, whisk the egg yolks. Next whisk in the buttermilk </span><span style="font-size: small;">and vanilla, blend well. Slowly add the flour mixture to the egg mixture; whisk together </span><span style="font-size: small;">until smooth. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>**(No need to use an electric mixer on this part, a hand whisk is </i><i>perfect </i><i>for the task)</i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">In another bowl using an electric hand mixer, whisk the egg whites</span><span style="font-size: small;"> until stiff peaks form.</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Using a rubber spatula, fold 1 C of the egg</span><span style="font-size: small;"> whites into the batter, then careful fold in the </span><span style="font-size: small;">remaining whites.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pour about ⅓C of batter into each well of the waffle iron and close the lid. Cook the waffle<span style="font-size: small;"> until golden brown and crisp, about 5 min.</span> If you need to keep the waffles warm before </span><span style="font-size: small;">serving, transfer the waffles to a wire rack</span><span style="font-size: small;"> set on a baking sheet (I used the pizza stone that is permanently in <span style="font-size: small;">my oven) in the preheated oven</span>.<br />
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Repeat to cook the remaining batter. Serve waffles hot with butter and syrup. </span></div></div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Makes twelve 4" waffles.</span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had forgotten the joy I got out of making waffles. The waffles came out perfectly and didn't stick an inch. I also found that my <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/ebelskiver-filled-pancake-turning-tools/?pkey=e%7Cebelskiver%2Bfilled-pancake%2Bturning%2Btools%7C1%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH%7C%7CNoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-">ebelskiver turning tools </a>did an excellent job of getting the waffle out of the waffle iron with out scraping the plates.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I got a comment from Dorene the other day, requesting that I post the recipes for the dog treats that I had baked for the raffle...so here they are. The first recipe actually came from <a href="http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/peanut-butter-and-pumpkin-dog-treats/Detail.aspx">AllRecipes</a></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.</span></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I worked on the instructions for the recipe, so it would be easier to work with the dough. The second recipe is a variation of the first and makes more of a chew snack vs. a crisp biscuit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 ½ cups whole wheat flour </span></div>
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 eggs </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">½ cup canned pumpkin </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 Tbsp peanut butter </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">½ tsp salt </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">½ tsp ground cinnamon </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2-4 Tbsp Water </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preheat oven to 350°. In a medium bowl whisk together: flour, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl. Set aside. Using a standing mixer with paddle attachment mix together: eggs, pumpkin and peanut butter on medium speed until smooth. Set the mixer on low speed and gradually add the flour mixture. Add water as needed until the dough comes together (1 Tbsp at a time). Dust the dough with flour and roll the dough out on a flat surface that has been floured (you may need to add more flour to surface or dough to keep it from sticking to the rolling pin)</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (about </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">¼</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> in thick)</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. Use cookie cutters (as shown) to cut out the biscuits. Bake in preheated oven until hard, about 35 minutes or until done. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 ½ cups whole wheat flour </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">½ cup canned pumpkin </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~1 C English Cheddar</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">½ tsp salt </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">PS...You may know that I was participating in a raffle to help benefit a pittie named Khloe (aka Shy) if you had read </span>"<a href="http://foodnetworkwannabe.blogspot.com/2011/03/gone-to-dogs.html">Gone to the dogs...</a>". </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you read the blog entry that followed, "<a href="http://foodnetworkwannabe.blogspot.com/2011/03/sad-news.html">Sad News...</a>", you also know that Khloe passed away before she could get the surgery. :-(</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Well I have </b><b>happy news</b></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...</span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the raised money, that was</span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> slated for Khloe's surgery, went on to benefit 2 pups; you can read about these two amazing girl puppies on <b>Two Pitties</b> (<a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/04/two-special-pooches-in-memory-of.html">click here for original story</a> and <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/04/update-on-special-pooches-saved-by.html">click here for the update on the 2 pittie girls</a>). :-)</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Breakfast...its what's for dinner. If you know me at all, you know that <b>I LOVE</b> breakfast/brunch at any time of day. I am not sure where my love affair began with all things breakfast; maybe it was from my mother serving it for dinner...waffles covered in butter and syrup, sausage/egg/potatoes fried up to perfection, stuff topped with eggs because it completed the dish (enchiladas should ALWAYS have an over easy egg on top...trust me).</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">This was a somewhat normal occurrence in our home and one that I can't get enough of now; however, I have had friends gasp at the thought of dinner for breakfast...GET OVER IT, its deliciousness times 3.</span></span><br />
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<div style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">So I sit here wondering right now, "what will I be making for dinner tonight"...Farmhouse Grits. Its cheesy; its got bacon; its got butter; its GOOD. We had something similar at a restaurant in Portland, Oregon (<a href="http://www.screendoorrestaurant.com/">The Screen Door</a>). Their grits were so good that I had to recreate the dish when I got home from our trip and I have been making it pretty regularly ever since.</span></span></div><div style="color: #660000;"><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That night I went through all of my cooking/baking books that I own. I finally came across a recipe in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Martha-Stewarts-Baking-Handbook-Stewart/dp/0307236722">Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook</a>", of course she had a recipe...why on Earth didn't I check this book first (this was "DOH!" moment). I studied the recipe carefully; I find bread making intimidating, to say the least. Since soda bread is not a yeast bread I felt a little more confident, but not by much. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</span></span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-23252713714892217912011-03-24T16:53:00.003-06:002011-04-13T16:19:33.791-06:00Just another Sunday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is something great about a Sunday morning and the routine that goes with it. The late start, the dog walking, the dog rescuing (seems to be a common occurrence at my home now), getting home to make brunch. I like a routine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This past Sunday was no different. We got a late start and debated on how we wanted to walk the dogs (whether it was together or separate, in order for me to start brunch). We decided on together and headed out the door with the pups following at our heels. To our surprise a little Scottie dog named Maximus was waiting outside for us. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is not the first time this has happened; I have done head counts in the backyard that have left me with having 1 dog too many</span>.<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I came home after work one day, ready to feed the dogs that we actually own...realizing that we had a third dog in the yard, a little rat looking terrier. First thought, "OH MY GOD! There is a third dog in the yard!" Second thought, "Did Sean put this dog in the yard and not tell me!?!?!?!" Third thought, "OH MY GOD! Someone must have thrown you over the fence, you poor thing!" The "Poor Thing" thought subsided when it proceeded to bare its teeth at me, as he made his way under the fence through a small hole into the yard next door. I grounded my dogs that day for having friends over when we weren't home and blocked off the hole...I don't think they noticed they were grounded.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thankfully, Max was not as hateful as the rat terror...I mean terrier. This little Scottie was kind of sweet, so we put the kids in the backyard together and called the owner. While waiting for them to return the call, the fur kids played and I started on fixing something to eat.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With all of the excitement, I felt that something easy was in order...Sour Cream Biscuits with Runny Blackberries. I like this biscuit recipe for its simplicity. Anything that only takes three ingredients and takes no time at all to mix up and bake is my kind of biscuit.</span><br />
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<div style="color: #660000;"><u><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sour Cream Biscuits</span></b></span></u><br />
<div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/sour-cream-biscuits">here</a></span></span></i></div></div><div style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">2 C Self Rising Flour</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">½</span> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">C Butter, melted</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">1 C Sour Cream</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">Preheat oven to 425</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">°. </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">Using a wooden spoon, mix the sour cream and butter into the flour. Using your hands form biscuits, about a ⅓ C of dough ea. Place on a baking sheet. Bake until rolls start to brown, approximately 15 min. Makes 6 to 8 biscuits.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/runny-blackberries">here</a></span></span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b> </b> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">1 Pint Fresh Blacberries or 2 C Frozen Blackberries</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">½</span> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">stick Butter</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">½ to 1 C Sugar (depends on sweetness of the blackberries)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">1 to 1</span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">½ Tbsp Orange Juice</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;">A Pinch of Kosher Salt</span><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #444444;">So within 30 minutes, I had the biscuits and berries on the table and Max was returned to his owner. I hope next Sunday is a little less hectic than this past Sunday.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #444444;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-70981340003127384192011-03-17T14:04:00.000-06:002011-03-17T14:04:15.463-06:00Sad News...<div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I regret to inform everyone that Khloe (fka Shy) passed away last night. If you read her <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/01/pooches-kindess-of-dog-people-and-story.html">story</a>, you know that this dog had a hard life...but things did get easier for her the last few months. People cared for her and loved her and she thrived. Unfortunately, sometimes love and care are not enough.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Its funny, Khloe/Shy didn't even know how many people were rooting for her. We all read her story and we made donations, because her story and her smile touched us. She entered all of our lives; we wanted to be a part of her fairy tail...we all wanted this Cinderella dog to get her happy ending. She brought a community together and we all hoped for adoption...we all prayed she would make it to her surgery...we all wanted for her to live a happy doggie life...we all wanted these things for her. Her story started off sad, but ended with compassion, love and joy (if you can tell from the <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/03/some-sad-news.html">photos</a>...Shy had such a great smile). She finally received medical care that made her healthy enough to enjoy the rest of her time on Earth, she had gotten her "furever" home (though she has left her family way too soon), she knew what it was like to be loved. In the end, she was happy. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm going to quit rambling now and leave you with a Hopi Prayer my sister posted almost a year ago for her <a href="http://inktrap.blogspot.com/2010/04/rest-in-peace-my-little-friend.html">Hunter</a>. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do not stand<br />
by my grave and weep.<br />
I am not there.<br />
I do not sleep.<br />
I am a thousand winds that blow.<br />
I am the diamond glints<br />
of snow.<br />
I am the sunlight<br />
on ripened grain.<br />
I am the gentle Autumn's rain.<br />
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When you awaken<br />
in the morning hush,<br />
I am the swift uplifting rush<br />
of quiet<br />
birds in circled flight.<br />
I am the soft stars<br />
that shine in the night.<br />
Do not stand <br />
by my grave and weep.<br />
I am not there.<br />
I do not sleep.</div>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-89841150948986540132011-03-15T11:05:00.006-06:002011-03-28T10:18:36.314-06:00Gone to the dogs...<div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you know me at all, you know that I have a soft spot for animals (my fur babies are my pride and joy). So it is only natural to visit blogs that feature fur babies as well.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the blogs that I follow involving adorable dogs, <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/">Two Pitties in the City</a>, is having a fund raiser raffle for a deserving little pittie named Khloe (formerly known as <a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/01/pooches-kindess-of-dog-people-and-story.html">Shy</a>). Now, if you go to the link and read her story have a tissue ready (I still tear up when I read it), but take heart; this little girl's story has a happy ending in the fact she has found a forever home. </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Due to the hardships that Khloe faced early on, not being treated for her diabetes, she is in danger of losing her sight completely. In order to help the family and ensure that Khloe has the best life possible, a donation page was started (click here for the <a href="http://shyscataractsurgery.chipin.com/mypages/view/id/91c624eb49f733cd">ChipIn Link</a>) in order for her to get the surgery she needs. The surgery is $2000 and with all of the contributions they are almost there.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The big push in this dog-athon came in the form of a raffle; a $10 donation buys you a ticket and the opportunity to win some really really cool stuff (I have posted the link at the end of the blog entry for more information). I donated early on, but I wanted to do something extra...I am donating one of the "Everyday" raffle prizes. </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Everyday Prize donation...homemade dog treats (by yours truly), with cookie cutters, and the recipe (plus another lil surprise in the box in the form of my choosen packing materials).</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog treats in mason jars, with cookie cutters and recipes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closeup of "Doggie Cheese Treats with corresponding cookie cutters"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closeup of "Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits with corresponding cookie cutter"</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">If you have questions on this raffle prize, please feel free to leave a comment and I will respond back to it as soon as possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Don't be "Shy", give a little today. :-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">PS...Here are a few links that you might want to head over to</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Please-help-Shy-find-a-home/146810228706982">Khloe's Facebook Page</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://shyscataractsurgery.chipin.com/mypages/view/id/91c624eb49f733cd">Khloe's ChipIn Donation Page</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/01/pooches-kindess-of-dog-people-and-story.html">Khloe's (fka Shy) Story</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/02/pooches-shys-cataract-surgery-pet.html">Khloe's (fka Shy) Surgery</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/2011/03/our-favorite-things-animal-rescue-and.html">Khloe's Raffle</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">This will give you info on prizes and how to submit your donation to be entered in the raffle</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://pittiesincity.blogspot.com/">Two Pitties in the City</a></span></span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-60365456340093926552011-03-09T18:00:00.003-07:002011-03-15T17:55:18.171-06:00Cookin It, Old Scool...<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">There was something about standing in front of the stove today with my cast iron skillets that made me think about my grandmothers and how they use to cook "back in the day". It was nostalgic in a way that was hard to describe; the heating of the cast iron, warming of tortillas, the smell of pork being fried in lard wafting through the air...it was comforting. What caused all of this sentimental cooking today, carnitas tacos and refried beans.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Every Sunday (or almost every Sunday) we have dinner at my sister's and brother in-laws home, in which I proceed to steal all leftovers that I can get my hands on. This past Sunday, we had pulled pork...which was awesome (click <a href="http://albukirky.blogspot.com/">here</a> to see Kirk's BBQ blog). He suggested using one of my many cast iron skillets to make carnitas with the leftovers. In case you don't know, carnitas is the most awesome stuff in the WORLD...translating to "little meats"; its pork that has been roasted or braised or fried (I know that's how it is done in El Paso, at least that is what it tastes like and it is AWESOME!!!).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">So for lunch today I pulled the leftovers out of the fridge and decided to make carnitas tacos. I started off by heating up the medium skillet with about a tablespoon of lard and then I threw the pork in to fry it up. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I also heated up the corn tortillas using my 8" skillet that had belonged to Good Mama (my mother's mother, can you tell I have family from Kentucky). </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I then mixed up slaw to go on the tacos. The slaw is from a recipe, from a restaurant in Old Mesilla, NM...<a href="http://www.laposta-de-mesilla.com/">La Posta.</a></span></span></span><br />
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<div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>La Posta's Coleslaw</b></u></span></div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/la-posta-s-coleslaw">here</a></span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">1 small head of cabbage shredded </span></div><div style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> or 2+ cups shredded (trust me you will need more)<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">¼</span></span> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><span style="font-size: small;"> C<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299706462_0"> olive oil</span> or Wesson oil<br />
2 Tbs. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299706462_1" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">apple cider vinegar</span><br />
1 tsp. salt<br />
1 tsp. pepper<br />
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Mix together oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Add cabbage and mix thoroughly. Chill before serving. Add more cabbage as necessary.</span></m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br />
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</tbody></table></div><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Truly, this is the best slaw ever and so quick and easy to make. I whipped this up to go over the tacos and was ready to eat in a matter of minutes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</span></span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836371862065983042.post-72945014530466262142011-03-03T17:10:00.005-07:002011-03-04T09:27:02.589-07:00Bread...3 ways...<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I recently received a recipe from Sean's mom, Vickie, for "Zucchini Bread". Looking at it, it seemed like a perfect "squash" bread recipe (zucchini or pumpkin, thanks for the term Christa) and I bet I can get a banana nut bread out of it too. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not being able to wait to buy zucchini I adapted it for pumpkin bread first, since I had pumpkin on hand. It was just as I suspected; it was GOOD.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Next...I went to the store and bought zucchini a few days later to try out the recipe as it was written.</span><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><u><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Zucchini Bread</span></b></u></div><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For printable recipe, please click <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/fnwannaberecipes/zucchini-bread">here</a></span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">3 Eggs</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">1 C Oil</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">2 C Zucchini (peeled and finely grated)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">2 C Sugar</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">3 tsp Vanilla</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">3 C Flour</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">1 tsp Salt</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">1 tsp Baking Soda</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">½</span> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">tsp Baking Powder</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">3 tsp Cinnamon</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">2 tsp Nutmeg* (I added nutmeg, because I like it w/ cinnamon)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">1 C Nuts (optional)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">butter and 2 tsp flour to prep 2 loaf pans </span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">Preheat oven to 350</span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">°</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. Prepare 2 loaf pans, by greasing them with butter and dusting them with flour. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">Combine the following dry ingredients in a large bowl: flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nuts (I used pecans). Whisk together.</span></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ96jp8c7tM1aA2UP330xKe0HylTHMVkrre8Ds9jLAdfznFNGNaVPCUIn2ghLWtYX_l2Sx2TzvrWEOpq0elDUuMucZkSHTA0L2SUGgyBfVBlMktr-6JKM15Gb8KK33GbcFQ3gmwArhEc/s1600/Zucchini_Bread+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ96jp8c7tM1aA2UP330xKe0HylTHMVkrre8Ds9jLAdfznFNGNaVPCUIn2ghLWtYX_l2Sx2TzvrWEOpq0elDUuMucZkSHTA0L2SUGgyBfVBlMktr-6JKM15Gb8KK33GbcFQ3gmwArhEc/s320/Zucchini_Bread+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"> In a small bowl, beat eggs until light and foamy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">In a large mixing bowl, add: oil, sugar, zucchini, egg and vanilla. Mix well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">Mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients. Mix well</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">Pour the<span style="font-size: small;"> batter into the 2 </span>prepped loaf pans and <span style="font-size: small;">bake @ </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">350</span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">° for 1 hour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">**Variations: </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> For Pumpkin Bread: Omit zucchini. Use 1 can pumpkin, </span></b></i></span><b style="color: #660000;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">¾</span></i></b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> C of oil instead and add 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice, & a dash of cloves. </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>For Banana Nut Bread: </b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Omit zucchini. U</span></b></i></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>se 2 C ripe banana, </b></i></span></span><b style="color: #660000;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">¾ </span></i></b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>C of oil instead. </b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What came out of the oven were 2 perfect golden loaves of zucchini bread. They were a tasty treat. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I want to thank Vickie for the recipe, we have really enjoyed it and its versatility (tonight we bake banana nut bread). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy the foods of your labor. :-)</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Trissi_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700257592539573074noreply@blogger.com1