Recipes & Canning
Sometimes I cook (bake) things that are so good it’s worth sharing the recipe. Here’s a look at all things recipe related, from most-recent to those way back in the past. To view recipes sorted by type of recipe, visit the recipes page.
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**Canning Basics (Read Me First)
This is the first of what’s going to become a series on preserving food. I do a fair amount of canning and freezing. Although I’m no Barbara Kingsolver, and some years I do decidedly more than others, canning is one of the ways that I help to keep our grocery bills under budget while eating as locally…
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Blueberry-Cucumber Smoothie
[portfolio_slideshow] Barely Adapted From Vegetarian Times See more recipes here The last few days have felt like fall around here: rainy and a little cool. We’ve been wearing sweaters and jeans almost as often as not, but we still have plenty of delicious farm fresh veggies to work our way through. A couple of weeks…
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Strawberry Crumb Muffins
Adapted from Janae Monir See more recipes here While we were flush with strawberries after two weekends of picking, I also happened across a rather delicious looking recipe for Blueberry Crumb Cake. Being the baker that I am, I decided it would be the perfect starting point for a second strawberry muffin recipe (I also…
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Risotto Rice Pudding with Brown Sugar and Vanilla
Adapted from Joy the Baker See more recipes here Rice pudding is one of my favorite quick late-night desserts (as you can see by the yellowish lighting in all the pictures!). It’s sweet, but not too much, and the milk provides the heavier, comfort-food happiness I’m usually looking for at those times when I should…
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Rhubarb Muffins
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen See more recipes here Here’s number two of my rhubarb deliciousness kick. It’s an adaption of a recipe from my favorite cooking blog, Smitten Kitchen, which interestingly post just as I was getting ready to make muffins of on of my tried-and-true recipes. I loved Deb’s description of them as “a…
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Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
Adapted from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book See more recipes here I know I haven’t written a report card in forever, and I have a million things I should be writing about, but I’ve been spending my free time with my visiting in-laws and I have two rhubarb recipes that are dying to…
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No-Egg Pancakes
Related Post: Report Card (3 April 2011) An Amber Original! See more recipes here
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Easy Artisan Multigrain Loaf
This tasty loaf has been our go-to for homemade bread. Related Post: Report Card (3 April 2011)A Chris and Amber collaboration, based upon Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day See more recipes here Ingredients Directions If using active dry yeast, stir into the warm water and allow to bloom (5-10 minutes). In a large…
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The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie
This recipe is my new all-time favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. I’ve tried all sorts of variations – butter verse crisco, equal parts brown and white sugar or unequal parts, more and less vanilla, but I keep coming back to this one. These are close to a Toll House recipe, but better: crisp at the…
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Cookie Truffle Kisses
Nora and I made a Valentine’s Day surprise for Chris: giant Oreo truffle “kisses.” This recipe was easy and delicious. Enjoy! Related Post: Hugs and KissesBased on Bakerella’s Oreo KissesSee more recipes here Ingredients Directions Put 30 Newman-O’s in a food processor (that leaves three for you to eat!!!) and pulse until finely crumbled. Add…
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Chai
When I was in high school, I dated an Indian boy and developed a love for Indian culture, Indian food, and, of course, chai. This recipe is my version of a technique I learned at his house. The key to best flavor is steeping the tea in both water and milk (instead of in water…
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Orange-Strawberry Yogurt Muffins
For this recipe, I used organic Stonyfield Farm yogurt. It has a great pink color that comes from organic beet juice, not artificial coloring; unfortunately, the color baked out — I was hoping they would stay pink. The yogurt I used didn’t have strawberry pieces in it, but if I did it again, I would…
