Posted in seafood on 06/25/2009 10:11 pm by Foodie
From: Dishing up delights
Lately, I haven’t been making my usual grocery shopping lists, but I like to have certain things on hand for if a recipe strikes me as interesting. During my quickie farmers market run last weekend, I decided to get one thing that I haven’t used in a recipe yet on this blog. I love blackberries, but haven’t really ever cooked with them. I found many recipes for tarts, crumbles, and pies, but this one struck me because it took sweet blackberries and paired them in a savory dish. Since I was being spontaneous, I had to use what I had on hand which meant instead of crab, I had to use shrimp to make the cakes. I don’t normally buy mayonnaise, but I found some in my roommate’s section of the fridge. Shh…don’t tell her….more
Posted in Sausage on 06/25/2009 10:05 pm by Foodie
From: We are never full
…during our recent trip to Argentina we were intrigued by rusty little cabins that we passed throughout Buenos Aires, either parked-up or slumping shack-ily on the sidewalk, emitting wonderfully aromatic smoke and advertizing choripán and morcipán on gaily painted signs. After one particularly lengthy trek across the city from Palermo to Recoleta to the edge of Balvanera, we were ravenous and mentally-prepared for something of questionable hygiene wrapped in a roll and doused with condiments…more
Posted in Sausage, beef on 06/19/2009 08:50 am by Foodie
From: Kayotic kitchen
Saw this recipe in a Dutch magazine and immediately rushed to the store to buy the ingredients. Not that it needs a lot of ingredients or that it’s a complicated recipe. Not at all, quite the opposite, in fact. It’s so brilliantly simple, so beautiful and so straight forward. All you need is good quality, fresh ingredients and you won’t believe your eyes, or your taste buds, for that matter. This is my kinda cooking! …more
Posted in Chicken, Soup on 06/18/2009 11:51 pm by Foodie
From: For the love of cooking
I wasn’t in the mood to cook a big dinner so I decided to make soup. I had leftover roasted chicken
in the refrigerator so I thought a creamy chicken with rice soup would be a good choice. I have seen evaporated milk used in soup recipes to make it creamy without being full of fat and calories so I decided to give it a try. It turned out to be an excellent soup that was quick and very easy to make. It was a thick, creamy and delicious without all the guilt. My husband and I really enjoyed it and our daughter did too. My son didn’t seem too enthusiastic about it but he’s not a soup guy. I served it with a loaf of crusty bread and butter…more
Posted in Uncategorized on 06/16/2009 08:41 pm by Foodie
From: Dreamy dish
The making of a cookie is generally not rocket science, but there are some tricks to ensure your inability to stop eating these. First, use good quality ingredients (duh). Second, when adding the flour mixture to the wet mixture, only mix until just combined, and do so on low speed. Overmixing will create a tough cookie, rather than a chewy, crisp one. Also, since ovens vary so widely (mine especially, it really likes to mess with me!), check the cookies at 9 minutes to be sure they don’t get overbaked…more
Posted in seafood on 06/16/2009 08:38 pm by Foodie
From: Elizabeth’s edible experience
You could call these egg rolls Chinese, Cajun or Fusion. It really doesn’t matter what you decide or which angle you approach this dish - as long as you decide to make them. They are amazing! The combination of the Classic Chinese appetizer with the famous New Orleans ingredient is really fun and very flavorful. I used frozen crawfish, but this would be the perfect dish for using those last few leftover boiled crawfish from your crawfish boil…more
Posted in Breakfast, dessert, pancakes on 06/16/2009 08:35 pm by Foodie
From: My kitchen addiction
Every week at the grocery store, I buy a large bunch of bananas. About 4 days later, I always have 2 or 3 bananas sitting on my counter that are too ripe to eat. You would think that, after countless weeks of having overly ripe bananas left over, I would learn to buy a smaller bunch of bananas each week. If I had learned that lesson, though, you would not be seeing this recipe for banana berry pancakes…more
Posted in seafood on 06/16/2009 08:15 pm by Foodie
From: Have spork, will travel
Want to know how cool this meal is? So much so that I made it for Christmas Eve 2008, that’s how cool. I mean, it’s no Braums ( Flashback Christmas Eve 2007- sorry, husby…I’ll never do it again) but it’ll do. Also, so cool that it warranted getting a new plate just to enhance its awesomeness (stay with me, you’ll see it in the photo…a bit.)…more
Posted in Cake, Scones on 06/16/2009 08:13 pm by Foodie
From: Savoury sweet life
This morning I woke up at 7am to make and bake cream scones for a brunch I didn’t even get to go to. I’ll save you the reason why I had to cancel going to brunch and instead give you the recipe to make these “melt in your mouth” light and fluffy cream scones. Perhaps the reason they are so good is because of the high fat content from the ample heavy cream in the recipe. I suppose when you bake anything made of butter and heavy cream it would be hard not to melt in your mouth….more
Posted in Soup, seafood on 06/16/2009 09:16 am by Foodie
from: The Noshery
Meseidyl says: I have to be honest and tell you that I did not go to the grocery store to buy missing ingredients for this soup. I didn’t make this soup yesterday. I made it on Monday. I am taking this time to confess that I ran out to the grocery store and bought……well, I got…..I GOT A FROZEN BAG OF BERTOLLI PASTA DINNER AND GARLIC TEXAS TOAST…….okay, I feel better now. Yes, it is true! I bought something pre-made and frozen and it wasn’t pastry dough. Dude! What can I say? I was tired and hungry. Any food blogger out there that says they have never bought a frozen bag of something or other for dinner is probably a fibber..more
