For many years, I have made Sticky Buns on Christmas morning. This year, I decided to make a different kind of cinnamon roll for variety. The website www.thekitchn.com ran a serious of articles evaluating popular cinnamon roll recipes on the internet, and I decided to make their favorite, which was from The Vanilla Bean Blog. Read More …
This very tasty dish is adapted from a recipe in thekitchn.com. A key step is accelerating the caramelization of the onions through sautéing them with a little sugar, baking soda, and salt. I finished by broiling the chicken in individual baking dishes (as shown in the photo), but they could be broiled all together in Read More …
These rolls were popular at this morning’s dress rehearsal for a choir Christmas concert tomorrow. The recipe is adapted from Overnight Cinnamon Rolls in tasteofhome.com, although I flipped their process to better fit serving them for breakfast. In my version, the dough is made the night before, and after its first rising is rolled out, Read More …
This is an adaptation of an idea in tasteofhome.com for an easy midweek dinner, mainly using pantry staples, and emphasizing Greek flavors. Part of the adaptation was a successful experiment to do almost all of the cooking in my rice cooker. The general idea (which is used in the recipe below) is to start with Read More …
This Italian entrée salad is adapted from Lidia Bastianich’s cookbook Lidia’s Italy in America. I chose it because Carol is fond of artichokes. I have sized this for 2 servings. I liked the bread cubes in it, but Carol did not. The next time I make it I may simply double the chickpeas and omit Read More …