What's cookin', good lookin'?

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

What, only one??

 

[MeekMe]

Yep, I baked a single cupcake. I even made the frosting. (-｡-;

 

[desertslave]

Thawing the ham bone from Thanksgiving to make stock for ham & bean soup. We have a bunch of chilly days ahead, so soup seems needful.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I have been revelling in soup weather lately too!!
Several quarts of homemade stock, and making soups of whatever meats and veggies i have to hand, egg or phô noodles. Happy

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[seela]

Cookies.

Lemon&ginger
Orange
Cocoa&orange
Glögg spiced
Rosemary

I'm starting to get pretty good at rolling the dough evenly.

For lunch today zander, jerusalem artichokes and a lemony thyme dressing.

 

[desertslave]

I'd forgotten how much fun marathon baking can be. . I'm got the baking for my friend done this morning and am now putting together some things tea for her and G. I was thinking if i made cut cakes i could make up some little bags for a couple of older widows i know in the village who might appreciate having something on hand for guests dropping in for coffee / tea over the festive period but who don't want to keep a whole cake on hand rather than send it in to the office next week, which will be full of stuff?

I really want to do some cookie baking, but my chief baking partner is in Chicago. DD2 will help with some of it, but she has a phobia about the oven that I don't know how to overcome. And, of course, every time I set out to deliberately talk her into making an attempt, I lose my mind and manage to burn myself. Not exactly reassuring.

And I'm really craving lace cookies, dammit!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[desertslave]

I want Jerusalem artichokes!! I don't think its been cold enough to try for ours. I might have a little dig tomorrow. Mmm.

We are having fish, potato and salad tonight, its a bit cool for cold salad, but i we have ended up with lots of pomegranates and a huge avocado. I am keeping all but the kitchen cool in the house to try and feel more wintry. This just feels odd.

Warm up a cold salad with some hot bacon dressing! The classic version goes on a spinach salad with hard boiled eggs. I like adding sunflower seeds and dried cranberries.

Chop 4-6 slices of bacon and brown in a medium saucepan. Add a tablespoon of flour and cook until flour darkens, stirring constantly.

Meanwhile. Beat 1/4 cup sugar into one egg in a medium bowl. Add 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar and 3/4 cup water plus 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard, and some fresh ground pepper to taste.

Gradually stir the liquid into the saucepan. Heat over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Pour over salad and toss vigorously.

If you have leftover dressing it can be stored for several days, and microwaved to reheat.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[desertslave]

No bacon . We are having potato and fish though, so there is something warm. Also, I might cook some broccoli instead of putting cold and raw in the salad.

Although its not cold enough for winter, it really was a bit silly to turn the heating off I think.

I've been totally bipolar with the house temperature the last few days. Thursday it was 80. It turned chilly and rainy yesterday which prompted me to turn the bedroom ceiling fan off and the heat up to 70. At bedtime it was still raining so I opened the windows a few inches and added a degree to the thermostat because I wanted to fall asleep listening to the rain.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Anonymaso]

Weekend comfort food; french toast with nutella.

 

[desertslave]

Weekend comfort food; french toast with nutella.

Nutella is better than all street drugs and almost as good as wasabi peas.

 

[BiBunny]

Baked potatoes: Because eating sour cream straight out of the container makes you look like a jackass.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I broke down a whole chicken and coated it in flour then egg then bread crumbs, and oven "fried" it. It came out great. Juicy and buttery soft. But the fun part was the left over flour, egg and bread crumbs with parmesan. I didn't want to just throw it away, so I mixed it all together, added a little more flour and some milk, made a simple pasta dough, rolled it out and dried it a bit, then boiled it and finished it off in a hot skillet with brown butter and mushrooms. It was amazing, if I do say so myself

And now I want to make some more of that blueberry lemon bread.
*wanders off to the kitchen*

 

[Primalex]

Roast duck with rösti and braised red cabbage.

It is a culinary overkill for a Tuesday, but...sometimes you just crave something.

 

[julia2442]

Roast duck with rösti and braised red cabbage.

It is a culinary overkill for a Tuesday, but...sometimes you just crave something.

that sounds so unbelievably good.

rösti! so yummy.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I made kefteh last night with mushroom couscous and.. Errr. fried lettuce. I know, it sounds weird, but after i made the kefteh, there was so much yummy looking stuff in the pan that I made a romaine chiffonade and flash fried the lettuce in the same pan. Just about 10 seconds. Long enough to pick up the flavour and short enough so that it was still bright green. I dressed it with a yoghurt mint sauce, which I also used for the kefteh. It was nom!

And I love röschti
Good winter food!

 

[julia2442]

... there was so much yummy looking stuff in the pan...

It was nom!

yummmm!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Sixteen dozen tamales!!
And a superb batch, if I do say so myself

 

[MeekMe]

Sixteen dozen tamales!!
And a superb batch, if I do say so myself

（；゜０゜）That's amazing! So many!

 

[desertslave]

Just frozen lasagna, tonight, but it sure smells good!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]