Cheese Soufflés

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

I never had soufflés on my list of “must make” items, and I am disappointed in myself. I really, really should have jumped on making them sooner.

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The Daring Cooks: Boeuf Bourguignon

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

After a bit of a hiatus, it is nice to be back and posting a Daring Kitchen update. The last couple of months, I’ve been busy enough that trying to squeeze in a daring challenge would have driven me over the edge I think. Life is settling back into a normal routine now with no TV appearances, bake sales, out-of-town travel or birthday after birthday, and I can take on full day kitchen activities once more.

 Our May 2012 Daring Cooks’ hostess was Fabi of fabsfood. Fabi challenged us to make Boeuf Bourguignon, a classic French stew originating from the Burgundy region of France. Continue reading →

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San Diego Food Bloggers Bake Sale and My Giant Cookies

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

There are certainly good thing and bad things to be said about burning the candle at both ends. Good things: I multi-tasked the heck out of the week of my birthday. I prepped for my own little shin dig here at home including cleaning and got 4 different items baked and packaged for the Food Bloggers bake Sale on the 28th of last month. After spending Sunday recovering, I jumped back into working, planted my garden (update on that forthcoming!) and worked some more. And by the weekend I was tired, but had planned some time to get this wrap up post written. And then I got sick. Starting on Sunday, nothing so bad to keep me in bed but one day, but with more work, I have been run down the whole week, and blogging was truly the last thing on my mind!

But today, I have an incredibly good night of sleep under my belt, my next Daring Cooks meal doing its thing in the oven (smells incredible) and I have mastered some things in Lightroom. At least enough to function and actually get some pictures up!

First up are some shots of the day of:

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Did you notice?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

I’ve done a little redecorating, mostly courtesy of my brother-in-law and his fantastic drawing of our corgis!

 

The pups have always been our little mascots, including the gift baskets we gave out two years back. I am now finally giving them their due and place of honor!

Next up? I will finally, hopefully, get my post up about the Food Bloggers bake sale and start getting some recipes posted again. One small hiccup in all this is my birthday gift from my husband and my brother; Lightroom! I’ve never used it before, but I’ve heard only good things. I just have to take the time to sit down and play with all my editing options. I also took some photos in RAW over the weekend to fuss with too.

So soon, more to come!

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It’s my birthday!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

And in a tradition as old as time I am eating some sort of cake/strawberry confection. Well, it isn’t as old as time considering I am not as old as time (be quiet peanut gallery), but in the time-honored tradition started by my mother, here I am.

I did cheat some though, it is my birthday after all, and I didn’t want to bake today. Sliced strawberries, pound cake and whipped cream all work together so well though!

And never fear, there is a real birthday celebration coming, full of barbecue and cake. There is also more baking coming from me for this weekends Food Bloggers Bake Sale. Oh and also, I will be on TV.

Yup, you read that correctly, I am going to be on Channel 6 the CW on Friday morning to show off some of my baked goods and talk about the bake sale with some of my fellow bloggers/bakers! from what I understand, we will be on after 9 am, so if you are in the area, love to have you tune in!

Anyway, back to my lunch! Plenty more to come this week though!

Including sprinkles!

 

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Secret Recipe Club: White Chocolate Yogurt Mousse

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Secret Recipe Club

It’s another reveal day for the Secret Recipe Club, and I have been so excited for this month!  I was very happy when I got my email telling me who I got to follow for the month and cook from. I will admit to do a little happy dance at my computer. And maybe a little cheer. Just a small one!

I was very pleased to be paired up with Liz at That Skinny Chick Can Bake! Liz had my blog last year for I believe the August reveal and hers is a blog I read with regularity. Little, small bits of regularity, really. Keeping up on all the blogs I enjoy reading is a full-time job anymore, there are so many.

With a blog name featuring baking, ones first question would likely fall along the lines of what did you bake from Liz’s wonderful blog? And my answer would be I did not bake. Shocking, yes? Continue reading →

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Sourdough Waffles

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Did you think I’d forgotten about Sebastian? Did you forget about him? I wouldn’t be surprised if you had. He has hung out in my fridge, not doing much since December. Just hanging out, getting a feeding from time to time, really doing well considering I’ve ignored him.

But last week, after a good feeding, he demanded to be used, he was filling up his jar home far too much and threatening to over flow.

So, I made waffles.

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Mushroom and Spinach Panade

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

I baked bread, and we did our due diligence in trying to eat it, but some did end up going stale. Sometimes, being only two people, we just can’t eat a lot of bread that fast, but other times we have no problem! It is funny how we go through phases.

Fortunately, I found a way to not only use the rest of the bread, but also some veggies that needed to be cooked with too! Continue reading →

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Lentil Soup

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

When we went out for my mom’s birthday back in February, my husband chose the soup of the day for his starter. It was a lentil soup, made that day in the restaurant. I had a taste, and it was pretty fantastic. We finished our meal that night and went home, and my husband was still thinking about the soup. I had to promise him I would make some lentil soup at home he was so smitten with it. Continue reading →

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Speedy-ish French Bread

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

I love using Pinterest for keeping track of and finding new recipes to try. This was one of the recipes that caught my interest a couple of weeks back. It promised french style bread in under an hour.

Less than one hour for bread that didn’t use instant yeast? I was willing to give it a go. Continue reading →

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