Archive for January, 2010
Tuesdays With Dorie REWIND – Marshmallows
I have been so excited to try this recipe. Rachel’s sister made homemade marshmallows for her daughters’ baptism and they were amazing. Mine… Terribly disappointed. The gelatin and sugary-meringue mix became separate, leaving me with a super-sticky white layer and a firm, Jell-O-ish layer of sewage-brown nothingness. They taste fine, but definitely nothing I could [...]
Eggplant Crepes with Roasted Tomato Sauce
Roasted eggplant rolls filled with spinach, ricotta, and parmesan, topped with shreds of gruyere. Homemade tomato sauce out of fresh plum tomatoes. I did not have high hopes that this would work out well for me. LOOKIT. Even my inability to slice an eggplant couldn’t stop this dinner from looking…well, I must say, downright edible. [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie – Cocoa-Nana Bread
So what is a cocoa-nana? Besides being a potential title for the next Eddie-Murphy-in-drag comedy, it is a mixture of chocolate and bananas. It makes for a pretty good bread, although I probably enjoy plain banana bread more.
Hakuna Frittata
What a name… I’m not going to post the full recipe for this egg dish, because I feel like I’m eventually going to post all of the recipes out of “Eat, Shrink, and Be Merry” if I continue at this clip. This dish is described as “simple and delicious vegetable and herb frittata with cheddar [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie – Chocolate Oatmeal Almost-Candy Bars
These are great. I did not put any peanuts in these bars because I forgot them at the grocery store. Otherwise, everything went according to plan. Oatmeal cookie dough; rich chocolatey fudge filled with raisins. Thanks for this, Dorie. It was delicious. Also, fast and easy, which I appreciate as I spent the day ill [...]
Beef Pot Roast
I received Edmonds Cookery Book from Shara, my secret santa this year from a group of friends. This book has been part of New Zealand’s heritage since 1879, and now it’s been entrusted to me, a fat-skinny kid from Pennsylvania, USA. Very juicy and very good – it tasted like something you’d get at a [...]
Skewer Always On My Mind
Oh, the pun. Elvis would be rolling over in his grave if he weren’t alive and well in Tampa. Another entry from “Eat, Shrink, and Be Merry” by Janet and Greta Podleski. Another interesting thing about this book, which I did not notice until tonight while my salmon was marinating, is that every page is [...]
One Loaf To Love
So about two years ago I was approached by a publishing company to review a new cookbook. They graciously sent me a copy of it, and I proceeded to ignore it. It’s not that I didn’t like the cookbook. I was unmotivated. Unlike with dessert baking, I had never used a recipe for “meal” food. [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie – Mrs. Vogel’s Scherben
Not my favorite. I have nothing against deep-frying cookies; it sounds delicious! I guess it’s better in concept than in execution. My problem stems from the fact that there is very little sugar inside the dessert. There is only sugar on top of the dessert. I want sugar. Feeling grumpy. They are fine, although they [...]
Farmers’ Market Bowl
Another dinner from the ol’ vegetarian cookbook. We aren’t hippies, I promise. The next dog-eared recipe is for pot roast, which presumably involves meat of some sort (unless I’m roasting a potater). This meal is okay. I really like the “bowl” portion. I think there’s too much mass to it. It’s pretty much a stack [...]