My “Daring Cook’s” Challenge

As soon as I heard of The Daring Kitchen, I rushed over and registered.  Each month, The Daring Kitchen issues a challenge to the participants to make and photograph a recipe.  I quietly prayed for a recipe that appealed to me.
I was SO happy when I found out my recipe challenge was for my fav [...]

I made marshmallows

I’ve never wanted to make marshmallows.  I never gavemuch thought to marshmallows, except when I drank cocoa or had a campfire. 
Then…..
I saw a blog post about making marshmallows.  It looks SO easy…. and delicious.
Saw, I got up.  When to the kitchen.  And made marshmallows.
Now I’m addicted.  Poor me.
The blogger (and sorry, I can’t remember who) [...]

Another (much more successful) attempt at Homemade Bread

I tried making bread again yesterday.  My second attempt was much more successful.  I used a combination of wheat a white flour (2.5 cups wheat & 5 cups bread flour).  I also increased the yeast to 2.5 t.  The next time I try it, I will increase the yeast even more.  But, I am out [...]

Yummy Dinner

I nailed dinner tonight.  It was one of the best meals I have prepared in a long time.  Funny thing it, I threw it together.
I made baked chicken and rice with Kale and white beans.
For the baked chicken, I sprayed a 9X13 baking dish with Pam.  Then added 1 cup Jasmine Rice, 1 can chicken [...]

Homestyle White Bread Recipe

Homestyle White Bread
 
1 ½ cups water
1 ½ tablespoons honey
2 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
 
4 cups bread flour
3 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
2 tablespoons toasted wheat germ, optional
1 ½ sugar
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon gluten
2 teaspoons salt
 
1 tablespoon Bread Machine Yeast
  
Dump all ingredients into Kitchen-Aid mixer and blend for approx 3 minutes.
 
Turn up speed (medium) [...]

Celebrating Thansgiving Early

My family is celebrating Thansgiving today, as everyone has to be somewhere else on Thanksgiving.  I am responsible for bringing Zipper Peas (I frozen these from the Farmers Market back during the summer), a dessert (my hubby is making his famous banana pudding).  I am going to film in making his banana pudding and put [...]

Bread Machine vs Handmade Bread

I purchased a bread machine from the Thrift Store about 2years ago and went crazy making all sorts of homemade bread.  Then I purchased “The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook” by Beth Hensperger.  Every recipe I a make from her cookbook overflowed my bread machine.  I decided to give the cookbook one more shot and [...]