Batch #2
Started 9/30/2016 @ 11:35 a.m.
- 24 gm AnHui Qimen Keemun Black Tea
- 1.75 liters boiling water
Started 9/30/2016 @ 11:35 a.m.
Started 9/10/2016 @ 10:00 a.m.
Here’s a fun & free PDF poster with a description and picture of some of Europe’s most famous (and some unknown) mythical creatures.
Here’s what’s on the poster:
Enjoy!
This is a deceptively simple recipe which produces a delicate waffle that showcases the sourdough flavor of your starter. The waffles are so light and airy, and the egg whites help them remain crisp. This recipe makes three waffles, but can easily be doubled or tripled. Enjoy! Continue reading
This recipe is for the benefit of my daughter, Siobhan. She has braces and says the Thanksgiving pecan pie is out. Yes, there’s a pumpkin pie, but we always have a second pie—and in our family, no one likes apple pie but me. So here’s my recipe, adapted from the recipe found in Cooking with Craig Claibourne and Pierre Franey: Continue reading
Most of the stew or sauce recipes you find that call for tomatoes specifically use canned tomatoes, instead of fresh tomatoes. If you have a garden full of tomatoes, however (or you’re trying to avoid cans lined with BPA plastic film), you may wonder if you can substitute fresh tomatoes for canned tomatoes — and, if so, how?
I came across a recipe for an easy, crustless coconut pie the other day, and I immediately thought about how to make it better. The original recipe called for Bisquick, which is a big no-no in my book because of all the chemicals and additives. It’s easy enough to make your own self-rising flour that I never use commercially prepared products. So then I figured, why not just whip up some self-rising coconut flour? And since coconut oil is a solid, it is a good substitute for the butter and add an extra coconut flavor boost.
But even more intriguing to me was the possibility of making some significant changes that could benefit those with food allergies and special diets. So here is my revised recipe, which is still quick and easy to make, and tastes delicious. Feel free to experiment with this one — the few ingredients it calls for can all be readily substituted based on your family’s particular needs. Continue reading
While we’re waiting for the tarragon vinegar to set up so we can make green goddess dressing, I dug through my recipe Dropbox to find some other salad recipes. Here is another one of our favorites — Steak Fajita Salad. The trick with this one is to make the dressing the night before, so all the spices have time to marry and the vinaigrette gets cold. The only thing that should be hot about this salad are the slices of juicy steak, fresh off the grill. Continue reading
We’ve been having a heat wave here in the Pacific NW — a bit early for us, but even though it is now cooling down after a week of 90-degree days, my thoughts are turning to summer salads. Of course, that means you have to have some interesting salad dressings to go along with it, and so I started digging into my “recipe box” for some ideas. Continue reading